Maryland Announces 11th Season of Under the Shell
12/4/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Head coach Brenda Frese and the Maryland women's basketball team announced the 11th season of the program's all-access television show, “Under the Shell”, Thursday. The season premier will air Sunday, Dec. 14 on Comcast SportsNet at 11 a.m. ET.
For the past 10 seasons, “Under the Shell” has given fans an “all-access” look inside the program. No other women's basketball program in the country has had a show like it or for as long. Along the way, the show has captured incredible moments, creating a video scrapbook for fans, players and their families. Every episode of the previous 10 seasons is available on the Terrapins' YouTube page.
"Under the Shell has been a real treasure for us,” Frese said. “It tells terrific stories and captures very candid moments for fans to enjoy. It's also like a video scrapbook for our players and their families. So many amazing moments have been caught and will be there to be enjoyed for them. I have to give huge compliments to the people that put the show together, because they have amazing eyes for great stories. I love seeing what they put together each episode."
"It's a great experience for our players. They learn to be very comfortable with cameras around them and they get lots of experience giving interviews. You get to see our players grow up before your eyes. Nobody else really has anything like Under the Shell and it is a huge advantage we have here at Maryland."
Now in its 11th season of production, “Under the Shell” continues, courtesy of the access granted by Frese and funding from the athletic department. It airs both locally and nationally on satellite. Fans with DirecTV can catch it on channel 642 and fans with Verizon Fios can watch on channel 576. Click here for your channel number for Comcast SportsNet.
After the Dec. 14 season premier, the second episode will air Jan. 4. Episodes will follow every two weeks into April.
This year, the show is produced by Ryan Celli, who has worked on the show for years as a creative mind and editor.
Among the memorable moments captured over the years on “Under the Shell” include:
- Maryland's run to the 2014 Final Four
- Maryland winning the 2006 National Championship
- Maryland winning the 2009 and 2012 ACC Championships
- Brenda Frese surprising her team that she was pregnant with twins
- Brenda Frese delivering twins while her team won a game at Duke
- All road games
- Compelling stories of players and their families sharing the experience of high level college athletics
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