Women Terps Go Dancing; Host First & Second Rounds on March 20 & 22
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March 17, 2005
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NCAA 1st & 2nd ROUNDS AT COMCAST CENTER
Sunday, March 20 • First Round
Philadelphia Regional
Gm 1: #2 Ohio State (28-4) vs. #15 Holy Cross (20-10), 12 noon (ESPN2)
Gm 2: #7 Maryland (21-9) vs. #10 UW-Green Bay (27-3), approx. 2:30 (ESPN)
Chattanooga Regional
Gm 3: #5 DePaul (25-4) vs. #12 Virginia Tech (17-11), 7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Gm 4: #4 Penn State (19-10) vs. #13 Liberty (24-6), approx. 9:30 (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Tuesday, March 22 • Second Round
Games begin at 7 p.m.
TV Talent: Pam Ward (PxP), Van Chancellor (Analyst) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline)
Live Stats at www.umterps.com
TERPS GO DANCING; HOST FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS
• The Maryland women's basketball team is making its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance and second-straight, the first time since 1992 and 1993 the Terps have earned back-to-back berths. Maryland is also one of eight predetermined sites for the first and second rounds, welcoming eight schools. The action at Comcast Center begins at noon on Sunday, March 20 with the Ohio State-Holy Cross clash. The Terps tip-off at approximately 2:30 p.m. In the second session, DePaul and Virginia Tech tip-off at 7 p.m. with Penn State and Liberty following. Second round action takes place on Tuesday, March 22 beginning at 7 p.m.
• The Terps earned the seventh seed in the Philadelphia Region and face 10th-seeded UW-Green Bay on Sunday. It is the first-ever meeting between the teams. The game airs on ESPN. The winner of this game goes on to face the winner of the Ohio State-Holy Cross matchup in the second round on Tuesday.
• This marks the eighth time in school history the Terps are hosting an NCAA Tournament game and the first time in 13 years. It is the first NCAA game ever hosted in Comcast Center.
• Calling all the action this weekend for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU are Pam Ward and Van Chancellor.
ABOUT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• The 64-team 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship bracket was announced on Selection Sunday on ESPN. Of the 64 teams, 31 earned their way into the tournament by capturing their respective conference's championship title and automatic berth. Thirty-three squads, including Maryland, earned at-large bids to fill out the bracket. LSU, Tennessee, North Carolina and Michigan State garnered the top seeds in each of the four regions, which have been renamed by location (Philadelphia, Kansas City, Tempe and Chattanooga). The winners of each regional move onto the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 3. The national championship game will be contested on April 5.
• Eight predetermined sites were selected in the summer of 2004 to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, including Comcast Center. The format is a change from previous seasons when four teams were sent to 16 sites. Eight teams will compete for the chance to advance to the Sweet 16 as each site features four sqads from two different regions.
• First-round action begins on March 19 and 20 at the eight predetermined sites. Winners go on to play in the second round on March 21 and 22. The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight will be played on March 26 & 28 at the Chattanooga and Tempa Regionals, and on March 27 & 29 at the Philadelphia and Kansas City Regionals.
ACC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• The ACC earned a conference-record and tournament-high seven NCAA Tournament bids. The top seed in the Tempe Regional, ACC Champion North Carolina opens its championship action at home in Chapel Hill, N.C., vs. #16 Coppin State.
• Duke, NC State, Florida State, Virginia, Maryland and Virginia Tech earned at-large berths. The Terps are the seven seed in the Philadelphia Regional, while NC State earned the fifth seed in the same bracket. Florida State is the lone ACC squad in the Kansas City Regional, garnering a six seed. In the Tempe Regional, while Virginia is the No. 6 seed. In the Chattanooga Regional, Duke is the No. 2 seed and Virginia Tech is the 12 seed.
• The Hokies travel to College Park to open the postseason, while the Blue Devils and Tar Heels will both be in Chapel Hill. NC State travels west to Dallas, Florida State will be in Storrs, Conn., and the Cavaliers open their tournament run in Minneapolis.
• The ACC has garnered just one NCAA Champion in the history of the league, with North Carolina capturing the 1994 crown. At least four ACC teams have participated in the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 11 years, including this season. An ACC team has been awarded 10 No. 1 seeds in the history of the tournament, including the last five seasons.
TERPS IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• Maryland is making its 14th overall NCAA Tournament appearance and its second-straight, the first time since 1992 and 1993 the Terps will be making back-to-back tournament appearances. Only 18 teams in the this year's tournament have made more appearances.
• In 13 previous appearances, Maryland has posted a 13-13 record all-time. The Terps have reached the Final Four twice (1982 and 1989), while making four Elite Eight and five Sweet Sixteen appearances.
• The Terps have earned a top-four seed seven times, garnering a No. 1 seed in 1989. Maryland was tabbed a No. 2 seed four times and a No. 3 seed twice. Maryland's No. 7 seed this season is the first for the program.
• The Terps' first-round win over Miami, 86-85, in 2004 was the first NCAA Tournament victory for the program since 1992.
NCAA TOURNAMENT IN COLLEGE PARK
• College Park has been the host to seven NCAA Tournament games, all-time. The Terps have played in each of those games, going 6-1. Maryland is the only school in the state to ever host an NCAA Women's Basketball Division I Tournament game.
• Maryland has been host to three first-round games (1982, 1983, 1990) and four second-round contests (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993).
• The Terps were last hosts to an NCAA Tournament matchup in 1993, falling to SW Missouri State, 86-82.
• This will be the first time an NCAA Tournament game will be played in Comcast Center.
NCAA TOURNAMENT IN COLLEGE PARK Year Round MD Seed Opponent Result 1982 1st #2 #7 Stanford W, 82-48 1983 1st #3 #6 C. Michigan W, 94-71 1988 2nd #2 #7 St. Joseph's W, 78-67 1989 2nd #1 #9 B. Green W, 73-68 1990 1st #6 #11 App. St. W, 100-71 1992 2nd #2 #10 Toledo W, 73-60 1993 2nd #2 SW Missouri St. L, 82-86TERPS VS. THE FIELD OF 64
• Maryland is 5-9 against teams in the NCAA Tournament, including 1-1 against No. 1 seeds. The Terps have faced eight tournament teams, battling Duke three times, and Virginia, Virginia Tech and NC State twice.
• Maryland defeated top-seeded and ACC Champion North Carolina in the only meeting between the teams this season. The Terps also topped Arizona in overtime and Coppin State, while splitting meetings with Virginia and NC State. The team's nine losses have come to NCAA Tournament teams.
TOURNAMENT TESTED
• Unlike last year, the Terps enter the 2005 NCAA Tournament with plenty of postseason experience. A year ago, the Terps entered the Big Dance with no postseason experience. This year, however, Maryland has five players (France, Smith, Doron, Noirez, Carr) who played in the 2004 tournament, including a first-round victory. Two of those five have registered two postseason starts while all of them saw significant playing time.
DORON SELECTED WBCA REGION II ALL-AMERICA
• Sophomore Shay Doron added to her list of postseason accolades, earning a spot on the six-member Kodak/WBCA Region II All-America team. The first Terrapin in 12 years to earn the honor, she is the ninth player in school history to garner the award and only the second sophomore.
FRESE NAMED NATIONAL FINALIST
• Maryland head coach Brenda Frese was named one of 20 finalists for the Naismith Coach of the Year award, presented to the nation's top coach. She has guided the Terps to one of the most successful seasons in school history, reaching the 20-win plateau for the first time in her three years in College Park and the second time in her career. Spending 17-consecutive weeks in the Associated Press top 25, Maryland's 21 wins this season are the most since 1992-93. The Terps also reached the ACC Tournament semifinals for the second-straight year, despite its No. 6 seeding, and earned their second-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. While at Minnesota, Frese was named the 2002 AP Coach of the Year.
LANGHORNE ALL-ACC TOURNAMENT
• Crystal Langhorne was named first team All-ACC Tournament after averaging 19.3 ppg and 12.3 rpg, while posting one of the top performances in conference tournament history and helping the Terps reach the semifinals for the second-straight year. She was the only freshman to be named to the first team.
• Langhorne posted back-to-back double-doubles in the first and second rounds, grabbing 16 boards in both games, tying the two-game tournament record for rebounds. Her combined 47 points in the first two games were the fourth-most ever in tournament history. Her 37 rebounds over the three games is tied for the third-most every at the ACC Tournament.
LANGHORNE ACC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
• Maryland's Crystal Langhorne was tabbed the ACC's Rookie of the Year, the fourth Terrapin in school history to earn the honor and the first since 1991. She earned 64 of the 74 votes to win the award by a landslide over North Carolina's Erlana Larkins and Duke's Wanisha Smith. Read the entire release on page 12.
LANGHORNE & DORON VOTED ALL-ACC
• On Tuesday, the league announced its top players, voting sophomore Shay Doron first team All-ACC and freshman Crystal Langhorne to the second team. The two selections are the most for the Terps since the 1999-2000 campaign.
• Doron, who is third in the conference in scoring and among the top 15 in free throw percentage, assists, steals, assist-to-turnover ratio, is the first Terrapin since 1993-94 to earn a first-team recognition.
• The second team selection is the highest ever by a Terrapin freshman. Langhorne earned the most first-team votes of any league rookie and the most points of any player named to the second team.
LANGHORNE ON A TEAR
• Something seemed to "click" after freshman Crystal Langhorne posted a 29-point, 22-rebound outing on Feb. 17. After that game, she went on to record five-straight double-doubles, ending that streak in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Averaging 23.2 ppg and 15.5 rpg over those six games, she scored at least 19 points in five times and grabbed at least 16 rebounds four times.
• That stretch of six games also included a record-setting 33-point outing vs. Northern Colorado and back-to-back 20+ point and 16-rebound games at the ACC Tournament.
20/20
• Freshman Crystal Langhorne made a strong case for ACC Rookie of the Year honors. In the Terps' 70-65 win at Miami, she posted a career night, scoring 29 points and 22 rebounds. She became only the eighth player in school history to have a 20+ rebound game and the first since 1980. Langhorne, who was one board off the single-game mark, is also the first Terrapin since 1980 to record a 20-point/20-rebound game.
• The 22 rebounds is the second-most this season by an individual in Division I and is also the most for an ACC player since Levys Torres from Florida State had 24 on Dec. 28, 2000.
• Langhorne is the only freshman in the country to have a 20 point-20 rebound game this season, she is also one of a few players in the history of the NCAA women's basketball to post a 20-point, 20-rebound outing. Below is a list compiled of all-time freshmen with 20-20 games (list compiled with the assistance of Division I women's basketball sports information directors).
Maryland Crystal Langhorne (1) 29 pts., 22 reb. vs. Miami, 2/17/05 Evansville Shyla McKibbon-Puelston (1) 30 pts., 23 reb. vs. Bradley, 2/25/98 Southern California Lisa Leslie (1) 20 pts., 23 reb. vs. San Diego State, 12/4/90 Texas Tech Carolyn Thompson (3) 29 pts., 22 reb. vs. Montana State, 12/6/80 36 pts., 21 reb. vs. Oklahoma State, 1/9/81 27 pts., 20 reb. vs. Texas Tech, 2/14/81 Syracuse Martha Mogish (1) 22 pts., 22 reb. vs. Vermont, 3/4/78 Georgia Wanda Holloway (3) 32 pts., 22 reb. vs. Mercer, 2/11/81 27 pts., 23 reb. vs. Vanderbilt, 2/16/81 32 pts., 20 reb. vs. Pittsburgh, 3/26/81 Navy Connie James (1) 22 pts., 22 reb. vs. Liberty, 1/7/87 Georgia Janet Harris (1) 37 pts., 23 reb. vs. S. Carolina, 1/30/77 Navy Bernie Boska (1) 20 pts., 20 reb. vs. George Mason, 12/9/77
MOVING UP
• With her 11 assists in the upset-win over then-No. 5/4 North Carolina, senior Anesia Smith entered the top15 among Maryland's career assist leaders. Now among the top 10 assist leaders in school history, she is one of only seven players in school history to have at least 400 assists, she has dished 406 over her career, tied for fifth in school history. Smith has had six double-digit assist games in her career, all this season, and is a finalist for the Nancy Liberman Award, given to the nation's top point guard.
• It took just one season, but sophomore Shay Doron has already made her way into the Maryland career record books and has her sights set on the three-point charts. She is seventh all-time with 62 treys after entering the season ranked 10th in the school record books. Her 202 attempts behind the three-point line are tied for sixth-most. She is also making her way up the free throw charts. After breaking the single-season mark for makes in back-to-back years, she is seventh in the career books with 274 free throws made. Her 349 attempts from the charity stripe in two years ranks 12th at Maryland.
• Freshman Ashliegh Newman is slowly becoming one of the best three-point sharp shooters in school history. Breaking out for seven treys in the win at Clemson on Feb. 6, her 31 threes this season are one away from breaking into the top 10 on the career lists. Her 88 attempts are eighth all-time.
UP NEXT
• The winners of all four first round games on Sunday, March 20 go on to play in the second round on Tuesday, March 22. Playing in the Philadelphia Region, the winner of the Ohio State-Holy Cross matchup would play the winner of the Maryland-UW-Green Bay game. The winner of the Penn State-Liberty game played the winner of the DePaul-Virginia Tech, moving onto the second round of the Chattanooga Regional.
