Maryland Announces 12th Season of Under the Shell
12/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Head coach Brenda Frese and the Big Ten champion Maryland women's basketball team announced the 12th season of the program's all-access television show, “Under the Shell”, Wednesday. The season premiere will air Sunday, Dec. 20 on Comcast SportsNet at 11 a.m. ET.
For the past 11 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 11 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.”
"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 12th 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. 20 season premiere, the second episode will air Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. ET. Episodes will follow every two weeks into April.
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 back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015
- Maryland winning the 2006 National Championship
- Maryland winning the 2009, 2012 and 2015 conference championships
- Compelling stories of players and their families sharing the experience of high level college athletics
- Road trips around the country and the world
- Practical jokes on team members
- Brenda Frese surprising her team that she was pregnant with twins
- Brenda Frese delivering twins while her team won a game at Duke
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