After a quarterfinal defeat to Indiana (a No. 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament) in the Big Ten tournament on March 4, Maryland was given the No. 4-seed in the Spokane Region on Selection Sunday.
The loss to Indiana not only was the first time the Terps failed to win a tournament game, but it was also the first time they didn’t reach the championship game. Still, after losing in its first game in the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, Maryland went on to make the Final Four.
Maryland, which ended the season as the 13th-ranked team in the AP top-25 poll, opens the tournament against the No.