Mediocrity is not something the Maryland Terrapins, one of the country’s premier women’s basketball programs, is used to. And yet, in 2023-24, Maryland finished 19-14 and 9-9 in conference play—by far the program’s worst record since joining the Big Ten in 2014—and got bounced in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament by Iowa State. It was the first time since head coach Brenda Frese was hired over two decades ago that Maryland failed to advance past its first-round tournament matchup.
There’s optimism, though, that last season was a fluke, and that Maryland’s flurry of activity in the transfer portal will put the Terrapins back to where they’re used to being: at the top of the Big Ten standings. Senior guard Shyanne Sellers certainly believes so.
“It’s time to chop it up. Maryland basketball is back.”
Sellers is among the most instantly recognizable players in the Big Ten, and not just because of her signature goggles she wears during games. She’s also one of just four returning members of last season’s Terrapins team and was the team’s leading scorer as a junior, which is a role she’ll probably keep this season.
Perhaps most importantly, Frese will be relying on Sellers to lead Maryland’s new-look roster back to excellence, which may…
