30th Annual ACC Tournament

Thursday, March 1 • First Round
	Gm 1: #5 Florida State vs. #12 Wake Forest, 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
	Gm 2: #8 Virginia vs. #9 Clemson, 3 p.m. (RSN)
	Gm 3: #7 Virginia Tech vs. #10 Boston College, 7 p.m. (ACCselect.com)
	Gm 4: #6 Georgia Tech vs. #11 Miami, 8 p.m. (ACCselect.com)
Friday, March 2 • Quarterfinals
	Gm 5: #4 NC State vs. Game 1 winner, 11 a.m. (RSN)
	Gm 6: #6 Duke vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m. (RSN)
	Gm 7: #2 North Carolina vs. Game 3 winner, 6 p.m. (ACCselect.com)
	Gm 8: #3 Maryland vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. (ACCselect.com)
Saturday, March 3 • Semifinals
	Gm 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m. (FSN)
	Gm 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 4:30 p.m. (FSN)
Sunday, March 5 • Championship game
	Gm 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m. (FSN)

RSN - indicates game on Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports South, Sun Sports, New England Sports Network
FSN - indicates game on Fox Sports Net (national)
Satellite Radio: All games can be heard on Channel 193
Radio - WMUC Radio (audio link available at www.umterps.com)
Video - Link to live video stream from ACCselect.com (when available) at www.umterps.com

#3-Seed Terps Looking for first title in 18 years
• After posting its 100th win and clinching a first-round bye in the conference tournament, the 2007 senior class of Shay Doron and Aurelie Noirez are looking to capture the only title that has eluded them - an ACC Tournament crown. The Terps won the NCAA title in 2006, but have not won an ACC Tournament title since 1989.
• Ranked sixth in the nation in the latest Associated Press poll and fifth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, Maryland awaits the winner of Thursday's matchup between sixth-seeded Georgia Tech and 11th-seeded Miami. The Terps begin their hunt for the title on Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m. They have advanced to the semifinal game in each of the last three years.
• Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the tournament, the Terps own the record for most ACC Tournament titles, all coming in the first 12 years of the ACC. Maryland won the inaugural tournament, 89-82, over NC State in 1978.
• The winners of all four quarterfinal games move on to the semifinals on Saturday, March 3, with tip offs scheduled for 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The championship game will be played on Sunday, March 4 at 1 p.m.
• Maryland's Friday night clash can be watched on the web at www.ACCselect.com and can be heard on the University's WMUC Radio. For the first time in the history of the conference, all 11 ACC Tournament games will be broadcast XM Radio Channel 193.
• The semifinals and championship games will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington area).

About The ACC Tournament
• The 30th-Annual ACC Tournament expanded to 12 teams last season and each are competing for the conference crown, beginning Thursday March 1. The event continues through until a champion is crowned on Sunday, March 4. Games are played on each of the four days.
• The top four teams in the standings received first-round byes, including the Terps who earned the third seed in the tournament. Duke clinched the top seed, after posting a spotless regular-season record. North Carolina is the No. 2 seed, while NC State rounds out the top four.
• Four first-round games take place on March 2, with the winners advancing to face on of the top four seeds in the quarterfinals. The winners of the four quarterfinal matchups move onto the semifinal round on Saturday, March 3. The champion will be decided on Sunday, March 4. The champion also receives the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
• Two of the quarterfinal games on Friday will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Network. The games not on television, can be watched live at www.ACCselect.com, including the Terps' 8 p.m. matchup. The semifinals and championship game will air nationally on Fox Sports Net (Comcast SportsNet in the Baltimore/Washington area).

Terps in the ACC Tournament
• Maryland has won an unprecedented eight ACC titles, including the first-ever title in 1978. While the Terps have claimed the NCAA Championship, they have not hoisted the conference championship trophy since 1989. Maryland boasts the second-most wins (40) and second-best winning percentage (.656) in the tournament all-time, behind only North Carolina (44 wins, .667 winning percentage).
• The Terps are 40-21 all-time in the ACC Tournament, reaching the semifinals in each of the last three seasons, also advancing to the championship game last year for the first time since 1993.
• Maryland is the third seed in the ACC Tournament for the second-straight year and the fourth time overall. The Terps are 8-1 all-time as the third seed, winning the title twice (1981 and 1982).
• Maryland has advanced to the semifinal round in each of the last three years.
• A QUICK LOOK BACK: Maryland opened the tournament agaist No. 11-seed Georgia Tech. Looking for another upset, the Yellow Jackets led with five minutes remaining in the game, but late free throws and a three-pointer from Ashleigh Newman gave back the lead to the Terps and the eventual win, 71-66. In the semifinals, Maryland was staring at a 14-game losing streak to Duke. The Terps went to the free throw line 34 times, making 23, compared to the Blue Devils' 15 trips. They also shot 49.1 percent from the floor and limited Duke to 35 percent shooting, to snap the skid, 78-70, to advance to the championship game for the first time since 1993. In the finals, however, North Carolina avenged a its only regular-season loss which came against the Terps. UNC claimed its seventh ACC title, 91-80.

Three Terps Earn ACC Honors
• Maryland's Crystal Langhorne, Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver were all named to the All-ACC women's basketball team, which was voted on by the Atlantic Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Langhorne becomes only the third Terrapin to be selected to the first team twice, while Coleman makes a repeat on the second team. Toliver was voted to the third team.
• It is the third-straight year the Terps have had multiple honorees and the seventh-straight with at least one Terp on the All-ACC team. There has also been a Terrapin on the first team for three-consecutive years, a first since 1992-94.
• The 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year, Langhorne earns All-ACC honors for the third-straight year. She was named to the second team as a freshman. She joins an elite company at Maryland, also becoming just the third player in school history with three All-ACC citations, along with other Terrapin greats Vicky Bullett (1987-89) and current teammate Shay Doron (2004-06).
• Coleman was the 2006 ACC Rookie of the Year. She posted the program's first-ever triple double in December against UCSB. It was also the 11th triple-double in ACC history. She ranks in the top 20 in the ACC in scoring, and is in the top 15 in rebounding, field goal percentage, assists per game, free throw percentage, 3-point shooting and assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Toliver boasts the second-best three-point shooting percentage in the country and the best in the ACC. One of 11 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, she is ranked in the conference in scoring, shooting percentage, third in assists per game, three-pointers made per game and assist-to-turnover ratio.

Five Among Finalists for Naismith, First Time Ever
• For the first time ever, five players from the same team were named preseason candidates for the Naismith Award in early December. Maryland's five starters were those players and each has moved on to the 30-member finalists list for the award, presented to the national player of the year, which was announced in early December.
• Maryland continues to make history. Four Terrapins were selected preseason candidates for the Wade Trophy, making it a first in the history of the award that four players from the same team were placed on the Wade Watch list.
• Senior Shay Doron, junior Crystal Langhorne and sophomore Marissa Coleman have been named to three national player of the year lists to date, while sophomore Kristi Toliver was also placed on the Wade Watch. This marks the first time junior Laura Harper, last year's Final Four Most Outstanding Player, has been placed on a national player of the year candidate list.
• Maryland's five starters are averaging double figures this season.

It's All-Academic: Langhorne, Doron Named Academic All-Americans
• Shay Doron and Crystal Langhorne have shown excellence, not only on the court, but in the classroom, as well. Recently, both were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America team, with Doron making her second-straight appearance on the second team. Langhorne earned the honor for the first time, earning a spot on the third team.
• Doron and Langhorne were first team All-District 2 honorees earlier this season, and were eligible for the national ballot.
• Doron was a second team Academic All-American last season. In her final semester at Maryland, she has made three appearances on the all-district team, earning a spot on the second team as a sophomore. She is a Criminology & Criminal Justive major with a 3.67 GPA. Last year, she was named to the Academic All-ACC team.
• Langhorne was voted to the all-district squad for the second year in a row. Last season, she was voted to the second team. Also an Academic All-ACC honoree last season, she is a communications major with a 3.4 GPA.

Langhorne Shooting For NCAA Record
• Junior Crystal Langhorne is within reach of the NCAA's single-season field goal shooting record. The All-American and national player of the year candidate is shooting 72.5 percent from the field, just one tenth of a percentage point better than the NCAA record of 72.4 percent, set by Myndee Larsen of Southern Utah in 1998.
• Langhorne leads the nation in the category for the second-straight year. She has shot better than 70 percent from the floor 22 times this season, including two perfect outings (vs. George Mason; at Loyola).
• Last year, Langhorne's 67 percent shooting from the floor was the best in the nation. She currently holds the school career record at 65.6 percent, which currently ranks among the top five best shooting percentages in NCAA history.

Langhorne Heats Up
• First-team All-ACC honoree Crystal Langhorne has been on a tear lately, having posted four double-doubles in the Terps last four games going into the ACC Tournament. Three of those games were on the road and the other was against No. 1/1 Duke.
• Langhorne, who leads the team in scoring and reboundings, has been averaging 17.3 ppg and 12.3 rpg over those games.
• A three-time All-ACC honoree, she is the conference's active double-doubles leader with 44 in her career. This season, Langhorne ranks second in the ACC with 11.

Coming Up
• Maryland will have a little break before the Division I Women's Basketball Committee announces the seedings, sites and brackets for the 2007 NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 12 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.