Right. If KBA couldn't develop anyone she wouldn't have a job. But a lot of Michigan players seem to plateau after their sophomore year. Compare that with the depth of scoring options you see at Iowa and Maryland and maybe now Indiana, and it's going to be an issue.
For sure, TerpWomenFan. congrats! Wow, combined with UConn's loss to St. John's it should be interesting to see the ratings in coming days.
Both teams scored 96 points on their home courts. It will be interesting to see what happens if they meet again at a neutral site.
Iowa would only fall to the 3 seed at 14-4 since Ohio St is already 12-5 and would be the 4. Ohio St (4) & Michigan or Illinois would be in Indiana’s region of the bracket.
Definitely. Feel like Iowa’s gonna pull it off in front of that sell out crowd.
I wasn’t surprised they won either, but certainly did not expect a blowout. So the Terps can play great defense when they want to
Coach Bluder throwing some shade at the Terps fans
I agree she hasn't gotten credit for this season, considering who left. At the same time, I think her coaching acumen is taken for granted because most assume that Maryland will continue to operate as normal because the program deals with turnover on a consistent basis.I wasn’t surprised they won either, but certainly did not expect a blowout. So the Terps can play great defense when they want to
I must say that MD’s chemistry this year is miles better than last year’s team. Frese doesn’t get a lot of credit, but I think she’s done an amazing job this year considering all of the transfers they lost last year and not having any real post play after Reese’s departure.
Totally agree. Coach Frese does not get a lot of credit for the remarkable job she has done this year and over her amazing coaching career. We still wonder what she would have been able to do here in Minnesota if she stayed. That one year was awesome and helped Coach Pam Borton for a few years on her run with the Gophers.I wasn’t surprised they won either, but certainly did not expect a blowout. So the Terps can play great defense when they want to
I must say that MD’s chemistry this year is miles better than last year’s team. Frese doesn’t get a lot of credit, but I think she’s done an amazing job this year considering all of the transfers they lost last year and not having any real post play after Reese’s departure.
Coach Bluder throwing some shade at the Terps fans
Frese per usual has done an outstanding job. Maryland has been a staple in women's basketball for almost 2 decades, she's won a title and coached in 3 Final Fours, but she never gets enough credit for the work she does since her teams usually flop in the tournament and all of her studs transfer out. IMO she's as good as anyone in the country at developing kids and putting together really good basketball teams on the court. Her 2019-20 and 2020-21 teams played some really high level and fun basketball. The team success just doesn't seem to translate in March for whatever reason and all of her players who she develops into great players transfer to other programs. It's quite bizarre but she's always able to pick up the pieces, build up the returning players and put together really formidable teams.
All of her players?
Coach Bluder throwing some shade at the Terps fans
Hard to replace Mikesell's shooting but I don't know if there's a bigger dropoff from offense to defense in the conference (or country). She is like a traffic cone. Ohio State should be fun again next season.
I agree. Having close to 10,000 for a game is nothing to chirp about. It should have been commended to help reinforce that these games are worth attending.
Yeah. Coach Frese does a great job. Just needs to close the deal. A few years ago, I thought for sure she would get Maryland back to the Championship game.
Good point. And 9,000 is an outstanding crowd for any basketball game. My earlier comment about being a little surprised was with Iowa and POY candidate Caitlin Clark in town I would have thought it would have been closer to a sellout. There's a large metropolitan area to draw from and this was a marquee game.
I get where you're coming from, however her teams have played in that arena many times. I have a hard time believing she's not aware of her surroundings and couldn't take things into consideration, including the size of the arena in comparison to Carver.