 Marić akatamira kuUnited States muna 2012 kunopinda La Lumiere School muLa Porte, Indiana. Muna 2013, akanyoresa kuNorthern Illinois University uye akatanga Huskies varume basketball. Kukuvadzwa pakutanga kwegore rake rekutanga kwakamuita kuti ashandise redshirt mwaka wa2013-14. Akadzoka mumwaka wa2014 15 uye akatamba mwaka mitatu izere yeHuskies. Muna 2017, pakutanga akazivisa nokuda kwedrafti yeNBA, asi akabvisa zita rake risati rasvika nguva yokugumisa kubvisa basa. Iye gare gare akasiya Northern Illinois uye akabatana neDePaul semudzidzi akapedza kudzidza. Mumwaka wake mumwe chete paDePaul, Maric akaenzana 13.6 mapoinzi uye 6.6 rebounds pamutambo. Akanga aine mwaka wepamusoro-soro 25 mapoinzi, 11 rebounds uye 5 anobatsira kurwisa St. Johns musi waNdira 6, 2018. 