#2-Seed Maryland (27-6)
vs.
#3-Seed Notre Dame (27-5)
NCAA Regional Semifinals
March 25, 2023
11:30 AM ET
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC)
ESPN
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Game Notes
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland women's basketball team (27-6) will take on No. 3-seeded Notre Dame (27-5) Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the NCAA Regional Semifinals at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. Saturday's game will be televised on ESPN.
2022-23 STORYLINES
What's UP
- Maryland is the No. 2 seed in the Greenville 1 Regional in the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins will take on 3rd-seeded Notre Dame (27-5) Saturday in the NCAA Regional Semifinals.
- This is the Terps' 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, dating back to 2010, and 18th in head coach Brenda Frese's 21 seasons at Maryland (2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled). Maryland is 52-28 (.650) all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 40-16 (.714) under Frese.
- The Terrapins are 8-4 vs. ranked teams this season and have five wins over top 10 teams. The Terps won 27 games with the second-toughest schedule in the country, according to the Massey Ratings.
- Miller was named a WBCA Division I Coaches All-America finalist. She also earned Second Team All-America honors from The Athletic, the Associated Press and the USBWA.
- Miller and Sellers were named to ESPN's Top 25 list of players in the Sweet 16. Miller was No. 4 and Sellers was No. 18.
- Miller was named a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection by the league's head coaches and media panel. Shyanne Sellers was voted to the First Team by the media, Second Team by the coaches and earned All-Defensive Team honors. Abby Meyers was named to the Second Team by both groups and Faith Masonius earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
- Diamond Miller was named a Wodden Award Finalist, a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, as well as the Wade Watch and Naismith Midseason lists.
- Shyanne Sellers was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Final 10 list for the nation's top small forward.
- Maryland has five 1,000 point scorers (Miller - 1,640; Meyers - 1,414; Briggs - 1,189; Alexander - 1,128; Pinzan - 1,029).
- Maryland women's basketball is in its 52nd season and owns a record of 1,105-449 (.711). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.
- Senior Diamond Miller was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team for the second straight season to start the year. She is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and was the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Co-MOP.
- Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten by both the league's head coaches and media panel. Both groups picked Iowa to win the conference. The coaches selected Ohio State to finish second, Indiana to finish third with Michigan rounding out the top five. The media panel picked Indiana to finish second, Ohio State third and Michigan fifth.
- Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brought in nine new players this season, including AP Honorable Mention All-American honoree Abby Meyers (Princeton), All-SEC transfer Lavender Briggs (Florida), All-AAC transfer Elisa Pinzan (USF), SEC graduate transfer Brinae Alexander (Vanderbilt) and All-CAA transfer Allie Kubek (Towson).
- All five transfers averaged over 9.0 points per game last year - Meyers (17.9), Alexander (15.2), Briggs (12.5), Kubek (12.2) and Pinzan (9.3).
NCAA tournament history
- This will be the Terps' 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, dating back to 2010, and 18th in head coach Brenda Frese's 21 seasons at Maryland (2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled). Maryland is 52-28 (.650) all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 40-16 (.714) under Frese.
- Maryland is 10-4 all-time in the Sweet Sixteen and 6-4 under Brenda Frese.
- The are 5-5 vs. Notre Dame. Maryland won their earlier meeting this season, 74-72, in South Bend on Dec. 1. Diamond Miller hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer to take the victory.
frese file
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 21st season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 562-146 (.794), 14 conference titles, 18 NCAA Tournament bids in 20 postseasons, three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
- Frese owns a career record of 619-176 (.779) over her 24 years as a head coach.
- 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 2021, 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 b1g
- The Terps are 199-54 (.787) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
- Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 157-24 (.867) vs. their conference opponents, including their 20-4 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- In the 21 years under Frese, the Terps are 168-28 (.857) against their Big Ten opponents.
- Frese is 182-33 (.847) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.
- Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 72-6 (.923) against Big Ten teams at home.
terps in the polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country. The Terrapins have been ranked in 249 straight Associated Press polls, dating back to the preseason poll of the 2010-11 season. That streak is behind just Connecticut (564 weeks).
- Maryland has been ranked for 300 weeks in the last 19 seasons, with 223 of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93 in the AP top 5.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 351 weeks in her career.
- Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 13 seasons straight and 18 of head coach Brenda Frese's 21 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.
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