The 10th-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team has fought through a serious roster reboot as it heats up just in time for a run at the Big Ten title.Winners in nine of their last 10 games, Maryland came into this season with much roster turnover. But fans knew it wouldn’t take too long for Maryland to be right around where one would expect: Fighting for another conference championship.Four starters are gone from a core team that enjoyed plenty of success, but heartache, too, with early exits in the NCAA Tournament.”I wasn’t sure myself,” Frese said. “There was so much change. When you talk about just one returning starter with Diamond Miller — obviously, a very special one — but to kind of really build around that core, it’s probably the most we’ve ever lost,” said Brenda Frese, who marks the 21st year as head coach.But, one doesn’t become the school’s all-time winningest coach without a deep pool of resilience. And, Coach B never flinched.”She kind of just knew that we were always going to be OK. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her have a bad day. I’ve never seen her not smile, bring a smile to her face. I’ve never seen it,” Maryland sophomore guard Shyanne Sellers said.Sellers, the reigning Big Ten player of the week and rising Terps star, grew her game by leaps and bounds with a simple motto that followed: “No days off.””I stayed here, basically, the whole summer. I didn’t really go home. I think I went home once. But I stayed here because I wanted to make a big step for my team, and obviously, you can see that it’s happened,” Sellers said.Despite the roster rollover, Maryland has enjoyed some monster wins, including a first-ever win over Gino Auriemma’s UConn Huskies and a buzzer-beating thriller at seventh-ranked Notre Dame. Maryland senior guard Diamond Miller, the superstar that stayed, is delivering above and beyond.But the Big Ten conference is at a peak with four top 10 teams this week.”Just being a part of that is amazing, but it also means that every night, we have to work, and the Big Ten is tough this year,” Miller said.Next up for Maryland comes No. 13 Michigan at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Xfinity Center in College Park.
The 10th-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team has fought through a serious roster reboot as it heats up just in time for a run at the Big Ten title.
Winners in nine of their last 10 games, Maryland came into this season with much roster turnover. But fans knew it wouldn’t take too long for Maryland to be right around where one would expect: Fighting for another conference championship.
Four starters are gone from a core team that enjoyed plenty of success, but heartache, too, with early exits in the NCAA Tournament.
“I wasn’t sure myself,” Frese said. “There was so much change. When you talk about just one returning starter with Diamond Miller — obviously, a very special one — but to kind of really build around that core, it’s probably the most we’ve ever lost,” said Brenda Frese, who marks the 21st year as head coach.
But, one doesn’t become the school’s all-time winningest coach without a deep pool of resilience. And, Coach B never flinched.
“She kind of just knew that we were always going to be OK. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her have a bad day. I’ve never seen her not smile, bring a smile to her face. I’ve never seen it,” Maryland sophomore guard Shyanne Sellers said.
Sellers, the reigning Big Ten player of the week and rising Terps star, grew her game by leaps and bounds with a simple motto that followed: “No days off.”
“I stayed here, basically, the whole summer. I didn’t really go home. I think I went home once. But I stayed here because I wanted to make a big step for my team, and obviously, you can see that it’s happened,” Sellers said.
Despite the roster rollover, Maryland has enjoyed some monster wins, including a first-ever win over Gino Auriemma’s UConn Huskies and a buzzer-beating thriller at seventh-ranked Notre Dame.
Maryland senior guard Diamond Miller, the superstar that stayed, is delivering above and beyond.
But the Big Ten conference is at a peak with four top 10 teams this week.
“Just being a part of that is amazing, but it also means that every night, we have to work, and the Big Ten is tough this year,” Miller said.
Next up for Maryland comes No. 13 Michigan at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Xfinity Center in College Park.
