For all of the unfamiliar hurdles the Maryland women’s basketball program will face this season – the spectre of the coronavirus pandemic, a schedule abbreviated by the current health scare, the loss of seven players from last year’s squad – coach Brenda Frese finds comfort in one aspect.
“As competitive as last year’s team was — and they were and they were super talented — there’s been no dropoff,” she said Thursday afternoon. “It’s been even higher quite honestly. So that’s been pretty exciting.”
The last time the Terps were on the floor, they were walking off the court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as Big Ten tournament champions for the fourth time in the past six years.