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Women's NCAA Tournament: What to know about Maryland, Iowa State's first-round opponent

Women's NCAA Tournament: What to know about Maryland, Iowa State's first-round opponent
RIGHT NOW, AND TONIGHT. THE BRACKETS ARE SET IN MARCH. MADNESS IS IN FULL SWING. THIS IS THE MOMENT FIVE IOWA TEAMS LEARNED THEIR DESTINATIONS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY SELECTION NIGHT. WE WANT TO START WITH vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. SCOTT TODD, WE GOT IT RIGHT HERE. HOT OFF THE PRESS, THE BRACKETS, THE MEN’S, THE WOMEN’S. LOTS OF INFO FOR YOU AND LET’S START WITH THE IOWA STATE MEN. THEY KNEW BY ALL ACCOUNTS THEY’D GET TO OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY IN OMAHA. WHAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW IS WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A ONE OR A TWO NEXT TO THEIR NAME. THEY DIDN’T GET THAT ONE. SEED WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IN SCHOOL HISTORY, BUT A TWO SEED, AN INCREDIBLE FEAT, HADN’T BEEN A TWO SINCE 2001. THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPS JUST HAD THREE STRAIGHT BLOWOUT WINS IN CASEY THERE IN THE EAST REGION. AND IT’S ALL ABOUT OMAHA FOR BASKETBALL FANS OF BOTH IOWA STATE AND DRAKE. CHECK THIS OUT. TJ ALTENBERGER IS GOING TO TAKE ON HIS FORMER TEAM, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING STOP THURSDAY. 635 ON TRU TV. WINNER WILL GET THE WINNER OF THAT LATE GAME IN OMAHA. DRAKE AND WASHINGTON STATE. THE DRAKE. THAT’S A LOOK AT DRAKE AS THEY SAW THEIR NAME ON THE SCREEN. BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR PLAYING IN OMAHA AND POSSIBLY EVEN FACING IOWA STATE IN ROUND TWO. IF DRAKE OR IOWA STATE WINS TWICE IN OMAHA, THEIR NEXT STOP WOULD BE BOSTON. UCONN IS THE TOP SEED IN THE EAST REGION. THE HAWKEYE WOMEN, AS EXPECTED, THE NUMBER ONE SEED. BUT IT DIDN’T MAKE IT ANY LESS SWEET. CAITLIN KIRK AND COMPANY OUT OF THEIR SEATS CHEERING. THEY ARE IN THE ALBANY TWO REGION. THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPS WENT 29 AND FOUR, MAKING THE FINAL FOUR IN CLEVELAND IS GOING TO BE HARD. THEIR REGION HAS THE TWO SEED, UCLA AND THE THREE SEED IS THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS, LSU. THOSE GAMES WHERE THEY START WILL BE IOWA CITY. WE DON’T KNOW TIMES OF THE WOMEN’S GAMES YET, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE IOWA WOMEN WILL BE PLAYING ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY. HERE’S CAITLIN CLARK ON TWO MORE GAMES FOR HER HAWKEYES ON OUR HOME COURT. REALLY FORTUNATE AND LUCKY AND KIND OF KNOWING, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I TAKE THE COURT COULD BE MY LAST. AND, YOU KNOW, SOAKING THAT IN AND GOING OUT THERE AND PLAYING MY HEART OUT. BUT ANY TIME YOU GET TO HOST IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE. AND I EXPECT OUR FANS TO TRAVEL REALLY WELL. IF WE CAN ADVANCE OUT OFF OF OUR TWO GAMES HERE, OFF OUR HOME COURT. SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING I’M JUST EXCITED AND GOING TO TRY TO SOAK IN THE MOMENT. AND I KNOW THAT TICKETS ARE GOING TO BE HARD TO COME BY. YES, THEY WILL. CYCLONE WOMEN BACK IN THE DANCE FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR AND THE 15TH IN THE PAST 17 LOVE THE KIDS DANCING. THEY MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT FINAL AND THEY GOT A SEVEN SEED IN THE PORTLAND FOUR REGION, WHERE TEXAS IS THE TOP SEED, AND WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DAY THEY’RE PLAYING YET. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THEY’RE HEADED TO PALO ALTO TO PLAY IN THE STANFORD REGION. AND IF IOWA STATE WINS TWICE, UH, THEY DO HEAD TO PORTLAND. THE DRAKE WOMEN HAD TO WIN THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. GAME TODAY. THEY WERE DOWN ONE WITH 2.6 SECONDS LEFT. HERE’S THE SEASON, FOLKS. SO THEY GO TO ANNA BO AND THE INSIDE AT THE BUZZER AND IT DROPS AS DRAKE WINS A INCREDIBLE, THRILLING GAME. 7675.
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Women's NCAA Tournament: What to know about Maryland, Iowa State's first-round opponent
Iowa State is back in the women's NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season, facing a brand new — yet familiar — opponent.The No. 7 seed Cyclones are heading to the West Coast for the first two rounds. Iowa State will take on No. 10 seed Maryland with a chance to advance to the second round, which would likely mean a rematch of the 2009 Elite Eight, where the Cyclones fell to No. 2 seed Stanford.Here's what to know about Maryland ahead of Friday's first-round game.Maryland women's basketball: Record, stats, NCAA Tournament history and moreCampus location: College Park, MarylandRecord: 19-13Conference: Big Ten (9-9; finished tied for 6th)NCAA Tournament history: Maryland has been a fixture in the NCAA Tournament for two decades. Since head coach Brenda Frese arrived in 2002, the Terrapins have been to 19 NCAA Tournaments, including every tournament since 2011. The Terps won the 2006 NCAA championship and have been to the Elite Eight or further six times since then.Maryland women's basketball players to watch: Shyanne Sellers, Jakia Brown-TurnerJunior guard Shyanne Sellers is Maryland's go-to player.Sellers ranks first on the team in scoring (15.5 points per game), second in rebounds (5.8 per game) and first in assists (5.5 per game). She has eight games this year with 20 or more points, including a 25-point, 8-rebound, 7-assist performance in a Big Ten Tournament victory over conference champion Ohio State.Fifth-year forward Jakia Brown-Turner is second on the team in points (13.8 per game) and leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game. Iowa State vs. Maryland women's basketball series historyThese two programs have never met.That doesn't mean there isn't history between the teams, however:Maryland coach Brenda Frese has plenty of Iowa connections Brenda Frese, Maryland's longtime head coach, should be a familiar face and name to Iowans.Frese grew up in Cedar Rapids and starred at Washington High School before playing at Arizona. Frese became an assistant coach at Iowa State in 1995 and stayed through the 1998-99 season, in which the Cyclones made the Elite Eight after upsetting No. 1 UConn. Frese's sister, Stacy, became a star player at Iowa State while Brenda was an assistant coach. Stacy Frese averaged 15.6 points per game across three seasons in Ames and was a second-team All-American in 1999-2000 as a senior.Brenda Frese left Iowa State to become the head coach at Ball State in 1999. After short stints there and at Minnesota, she became the head coach at Maryland in 2002 and has been there ever since.Other Iowa tiesIowa State assistant coach Billy Fennelly spent the 2007-08 season on the Maryland coaching staff.Additionally, Maryland has recruited Iowans in the past. Former West Des Moines Valley star Zoe Young signed with Maryland in 2019 and spent three years on the roster before ending her playing career early due to injuries.

Iowa State is back in the women's NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season, facing a brand new — yet familiar — opponent.

The No. 7 seed Cyclones are heading to the West Coast for the first two rounds. Iowa State will take on No. 10 seed Maryland with a chance to advance to the second round, which would likely mean a rematch of the 2009 Elite Eight, where the Cyclones fell to No. 2 seed Stanford.

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Here's what to know about Maryland ahead of Friday's first-round game.

Maryland women's basketball: Record, stats, NCAA Tournament history and more

Campus location: College Park, Maryland

Record: 19-13

Conference: Big Ten (9-9; finished tied for 6th)

NCAA Tournament history: Maryland has been a fixture in the NCAA Tournament for two decades. Since head coach Brenda Frese arrived in 2002, the Terrapins have been to 19 NCAA Tournaments, including every tournament since 2011.

The Terps won the 2006 NCAA championship and have been to the Elite Eight or further six times since then.

Maryland women's basketball players to watch: Shyanne Sellers, Jakia Brown-Turner

Junior guard Shyanne Sellers is Maryland's go-to player.

Sellers ranks first on the team in scoring (15.5 points per game), second in rebounds (5.8 per game) and first in assists (5.5 per game). She has eight games this year with 20 or more points, including a 25-point, 8-rebound, 7-assist performance in a Big Ten Tournament victory over conference champion Ohio State.

Fifth-year forward Jakia Brown-Turner is second on the team in points (13.8 per game) and leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game.

Iowa State vs. Maryland women's basketball series history

These two programs have never met.

That doesn't mean there isn't history between the teams, however:

Maryland coach Brenda Frese has plenty of Iowa connections

Brenda Frese, Maryland's longtime head coach, should be a familiar face and name to Iowans.

Frese grew up in Cedar Rapids and starred at Washington High School before playing at Arizona. Frese became an assistant coach at Iowa State in 1995 and stayed through the 1998-99 season, in which the Cyclones made the Elite Eight after upsetting No. 1 UConn.

Frese's sister, Stacy, became a star player at Iowa State while Brenda was an assistant coach. Stacy Frese averaged 15.6 points per game across three seasons in Ames and was a second-team All-American in 1999-2000 as a senior.

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Head coach Brenda Frese of the Maryland Terrapins talks to her team during the game against the Syracuse Orange at Xfinity Center on November 19, 2023 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
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Head coach Brenda Frese of the Maryland Terrapins talks to her team during the game against the Syracuse Orange at Xfinity Center on November 19, 2023 in College Park, Maryland.

Brenda Frese left Iowa State to become the head coach at Ball State in 1999. After short stints there and at Minnesota, she became the head coach at Maryland in 2002 and has been there ever since.

Other Iowa ties

Iowa State assistant coach Billy Fennelly spent the 2007-08 season on the Maryland coaching staff.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 12: Zoe Young #12 of the Maryland Terrapins dribbles the ball while being guarded by Kaylah Rainey #1 of the Northwestern Wildcats during the second half of a college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Maryland Terrapins won the game 85-72 over the Northwestern Wildcats to advance to the finals. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
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Zoe Young #12 of the Maryland Terrapins dribbles the ball while being guarded by Kaylah Rainey #1 of the Northwestern Wildcats during the second half of a college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Additionally, Maryland has recruited Iowans in the past. Former West Des Moines Valley star Zoe Young signed with Maryland in 2019 and spent three years on the roster before ending her playing career early due to injuries.