A 6-0 start quickly unraveled in the Bahamas over Thanksgiving for No. 8 Maryland women's basketball. Head coach Brenda Frese purposely stacked her team’s schedule to simulate the intensity of games in March, but injuries and illness led to back-to-back shorthanded blowouts at the hands of No. 2 NC State and No. 4 Stanford.
“I think you are seeing that teams are playing in a much more competitive schedule and kind of wanting to learn about themselves in November to prepare themselves for what lies ahead,” Frese said after the Stanford loss. “I think it’s exciting for women’s basketball.