COLLEGE PARK, MD --  The Big Ten Conference announced the Maryland women's basketball team's 2025-26 conference schedule Thursday, featuring home games against 2025 NCAA Tournament participants Ohio State, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon and Washington. 

Additionally, the 33rd Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2026 through Sunday, March 8, 2026 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Game times and television designations will be announced in the coming days. Click here for the full schedule to date. Season tickets are now on sale at umterps.com. 

The Terrapins will open Big Ten play with a Sunday, Dec. 7 matchup at Minnesota. After the holidays, they will resume league play with a Monday, Dec. 29 game vs. Wisconsin at the XFINITY Center.

Maryland will host Indiana at the XFINITY Center on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Terps will make the trip to Rutgers for a midweek matchup on Thursday, Jan. 8. 

Maryland will return home to host Ohio State, it's only double opponent in league play, on Sunday, Jan. 11. 

The Terrapins will make their cross-country trip to play USC on Thursday, Jan. 15 and UCLA on Sunday, Jan. 18.

Maryland will return home for a three-game home stand to close the month of January. The Terps will welcome Iowa to the XFINITY Center on Thursday, Jan. 22, then Washington on Wed, Jan. 28. Oregon will come to College Park on Saturday, Jan. 31.

The Terrapins will open February with back-to-back road games at Michigan State on Wednesday, Feb. 4 and at Nebraska on Saturday, Feb. 7. The Terps will take on Penn State in College Park on Thursday, Feb. 12 before making the return trip to Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 15.

Maryland will welcome Purdue to the XFINITY Center on Sunday, Feb. 22 and Northwestern on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The Terps will close the regular season with a game at Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 28. 

The Terps will officially open the season with a matchup vs. Loyola on Monday, Nov. 3. 

The Terrapins will play NC State in their first exhibition matchup on Sunday, Oct. 26 at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. ET. Click HERE for tickets.

The Terps earned a record of 25-8 this past season and tied Ohio State for third in the Big Ten with a record of 13-5 in conference play. The Terps advanced to their fourth Sweet Sixteen in five years and finished the year ranked No. 12 in the final Associated Press poll. 
 
Maryland returns All-Big Ten honorees Bri McDaniel and Kaylene Smikle, as well as starter Saylor Poffenbarger for the 2024-25 season.
 
Head coach Brenda Frese and her staff signed two transfers in Yarden Garzon (Indiana), Oluchi Okananwa (Duke), as well as freshmen Lea Bartelme, Addi Mack, Rainey Welson, Nicole Fritea and Marya Boiko.