No. 4 Terps Set to Host NCAA First Round Friday

Friday, March 18

College Park, MD

5:00 PM

Maryland

Delaware

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#4 Maryland vs. #13 Delaware
NCAA First Round
March 18, 2022
XFINITY Center (College Park, Md.)
5:00 pm ET
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#5 Virginia Tech vs. #12 FGCU
NCAA First Round
March 18, 2022
XFINITY Center (College Park, Md.)
2:30 pm ET
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland women's basketball team (21-8) earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship and will host the First and Second Rounds this weekend at the XFINITY Center.

The Terrapins, who are in the Spokane Region, will face 13^th-seeded Delaware (24-7) in the NCAA First Round Friday at 5 p.m. The winner of Friday's game will advance to face the winner of a matchup between No. 5-seeded Virginia Tech (23-9) and No. 12-seeded Florida Gulf Coast (29-2) Sunday. The Virginia Tech/FGCU game will be played at 2:30 p.m., on Friday. Friday's games will air on ESPNU.

Parking Information

Beginning at 12 p.m. Friday, parking will be open to the public in lots 4b, 6, 9b, 11b, and XVL. These lots will remain open after 12 p.m. and throughout the weekend. Click here for a campus parking map.

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2021-22 STORYLINES

What's UP

Including this season, the Terps have earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 12 seasons. This is Maryland's 29th NCAA Tournament appearance. The Terps are 48-27 (.640) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In their 16 appearances under head coach Brenda Frese, the Terrapins are 36-15 (.706). Frese has led the Terrapins to nine Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
The Terrapins have earned a top-four seed 21 times in their 29 NCAA Tournament appearances and 14 times in head coach Brenda Frese's 20 postseasons. The Terps are 17-3 all-time in First Round Games and 16-0 in First Round games under Frese.
Most recently, the fourth-seeded Terrapins fell to fifth-seeded Indiana, 62-52, in the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis on March 4. Ashley Owusu led the Terps with 21 points. Angel Reese added 14 and 13 rebounds.
The Terps are No. 10 in the country in scoring (78.1). Angel Reese is second in the nation in offensive rebounds (5.5) and No. 14 in double-doubles (17). She is leading the Big Ten in rebounds (313) and in double-doubles. Katie Benzan is No. 9 in the country and is second in the Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.81). She is 11th in the nation and No. 2 in the league in three-point percentage (.435).
Angel Reese earned All-Big Ten First Team honors from the league's head coaches and media panel. She was also named to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Chloe Bibby, Diamond Miller and Ashley Owusu earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors from both groups. Katie Benzan earned Second Team honors from the media panel and Honorable Mention honors from the coaches. Shyanne Sellers was named Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year and was named to the All-Freshman Team.
Sophomore Angel Reese was one of 15 players in the country named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Watch List on Jan. 25. Reese and junior Ashley Owusu were named to the Wooden Award Late Top 20 List on Jan. 31. Reese was named to the Katrina McClain Award Watch List and Owusu was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List this week. Junior Diamond Miller and Owusu were named to the Wooden Top 50, Watch Watch and Naismith Trophy watch lists to start the season.
Katie Benzan was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award in December.
The 2021-22 Terrapins return all five starters from last year's Big Ten championship squad. The Terps also return 10 of 11 letterwinners and 93 percent of their scoring from last year's team that led the nation in scoring (90.8).
Maryland is ranked No. 13 in the latest AP Poll and in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Terps were ranked No. 4 in the AP Preseason Poll, as well as in the Sports Illustrated and NCAA.com Preseason Polls.
The Terps were picked to win the Big Ten by the league's head coaches and media panel. Ashley Owusu and Diamond Miller were both named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
Four Terps were named to watch lists for national player of the year for their respective positions. Owusu was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List (point guard), Miller and Katie Benzan were named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (shooting guard) and Chloe Bibby was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List (small forward).

#13 Maryland Terrapins vs. #10 Indiana Hoosiers at XFINITY Center in College Park, IN on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Zach Bland/Maryland Terrapins

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Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 20th season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 533-139 (.793), 14 conference titles, 18 NCAA Tournament bids in 20 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, six Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
Frese was named National Coach of the Year by the AP, The Athletic and ESPN at the end of the 2020-21 season. In October, Frese was the first woman inducted into the Washington DC Metro Basketball Hall of Fame.
With the Terrapins' win at Nebraska on Feb. 14, 2021, Frese picked up win No. 500 at Maryland, which makes her the winningest coach in Maryland basketball history. Hall of Fame women's basketball head coach Chris Weller won 499 games in her 27 seasons (1975-02).

Maryland in the ncaa tournament

The Terps are 48-27 (.640) all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In their 16 appearances under head coach Brenda Frese, the Terrapins are 36-15 (.706). Frese has led the Terrapins to nine Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
The Terrapins have earned a top-four seed 21 times in their 29 NCAA Tournament appearances and 14 times in head coach Brenda Frese's 20 postseasons.
The Terps are 17-3 all-time in First Round Games and 16-0 in First Round games under Frese.
Maryland is 24-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament games in College Park and 18-4 in NCAA Tourney games at the XFINITY Center.

Angel Reese (10)#13 Maryland Terrapins vs. #10 Indiana Hoosiers at XFINITY Center in College Park, IN on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Zach Bland/Maryland Terrapins

terps in the polls

Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 230 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That mark is behind just Baylor (355 weeks) and Connecticut (545 weeks).
Maryland has been ranked for 281 weeks in the last 18 seasons, with 213 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 92 in the AP top 5.
Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 332 weeks in her career. She recently passed former Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan for 13th all time.
Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 12 seasons straight and 17 of head coach Brenda Frese's 20 seasons in College Park. The Terps have been in the AP Preseason Top 10 11 times under Frese and in the top five six times.

matchup history

This is the 14th meeting between Maryland and Delaware and first in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps are 13-0 in the series.
Brenda Frese is 5-0 vs. the Blue Hens.
The Terrapins won the last meeting, 99-55, in College Park on Nov. 17, 2019.