Maryland Terrapins | |||
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University | University of Maryland | ||
Head coach | Brenda Frese (23rd season) | ||
Conference | Big Ten | ||
Location | College Park, Maryland | ||
Arena | Xfinity Center (capacity: 17,950) | ||
Nickname | Terrapin | ||
Colors | Red, white, gold, and black[1] | ||
NCAA tournament champions | |||
2006 | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
1982, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2015 | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1982, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023 | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |||
NCAA tournament second round | |||
1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |||
AIAW tournament runner-up | |||
1978 | |||
AIAW tournament Final Four | |||
1978 | |||
AIAW tournament Elite Eight | |||
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |||
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |||
AIAW tournament appearances | |||
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
The Maryland Terrapins women's basketball are an American basketball team. The team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. Maryland, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference. The program won the 2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship and has appeared in the NCAA Final Four five times (1982, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2015); Maryland also appeared once in the AIAW Final Four (1978). As members of the ACC, the Terrapins won regular season conference championships (1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 2009) and an ACC-record ten conference tournament championships (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012). The program won the Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021.
Since 2002, the team has been led by head coach Brenda Frese. Over her 20 season tenure, she has led the Terrapins to 17 NCAA tournament appearances, ten NCAA Sweet Sixteens, six NCAA Elite Eight, three NCAA Final Fours, and the 2006 NCAA National Championship.