Sports Page Magazine Picks Terps 6th

Looks like a UConn-based online magazine and somehow they rewarded the Terps with a #6 ranking.

6) MARYLAND: Coach Brenda Frese wasted no time turning the Terrapins into a national contender, with back-to-back-to-back top rated recruiting classes. Shay Doron and Kalika France lead the backcourt attack, while ACC Freshman of the Year, 6-3 forward Crystal Langhorne, again powers the interior. The Terps will greatly benefit from the return of 6-4 center Laura Harper, whose initial season was cut short with an achilles injury. Frese guaranteed a win against ACC conference favorite Duke, and though the prophecy didn’t come true, 6-1 freshman Marissa Coleman and 5-8 Kristi Tolliver may give Maryland the depth and skill to deliver on that promise this season.

for the complete story go here: http://www.sportspagemagazine.com/published/college-sports/our-ncaa-womens-basketbal.shtml

Terps Picked Third in ACC Preseason Poll

2005-06 Preseason Poll
1. Duke (30) - 470
2. North Carolina (10) - 446
3. Maryland - 394
4. NC State - 352
5. Boston College - 302
6. Florida State - 256
7. Virginia Tech - 214
8. Virginia - 188
9. Wake Forest - 166
10. Georgia Tech - 152
11. Miami - 126
12. Clemson - 54

2005-06 Preseason All-ACC Team
Monique Currie, Duke
Shay Doron, Maryland
Tamara James, Miami
Crystal Langhorne, Maryland
Erlana Larkins, North Carolina
Ivory Latta, North Carolina

2005-06 Preseason Player of the Year
Monique Currie, Duke

2005-06 Preseason Rookie of the Year
Abby Waner, Duke

A few notes about the selections.
- Good to see Maryland have two selections, it's been a long time since we have seen that.
- I think Coleman will beat out Waner for ROY, but that all depends on the NC media.
- Duke was picked either 1st or second on every ballot, while North Carolina received at least one third place vote ( I think it was 4). Maryland looks to have had this breakdown
Second place - 4 votes, Third place - 26 Votes, Fourth place - 10 votes

Capital Gazette Previews the Team

Here's the article for the Annapolis Capital, one of the team's most loyal followers.

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/10_19-41/SPO

SI Ranks the Terps 13th

The author did a good job and reading a website and taking some facts from it, but she could have done more research. She mentions that Larkins and Latta are POY candidates and averaged 31 per game, yet Lang and Shay averaged nearly 35 ppg and are POY candidates too. Here's what she wrote about Maryland:

Maryland Terrapins
With so much of the attention falling on Duke and North Carolina, Terps coach Brenda Frese has been putting together quite a team. She brought in her second straight top-five recruiting class. Throw in four returning starters, and you have a potent squad. The Terps welcome back their top two scorers in Crystal Langhorne and Shay Doron.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/tracy_schultz/10/14/power.rankings/index.html

Today's Article

Disappointed that neither the Post or the Times did an article after media day yesterday. Below is the article from Ed Lee of the Baltimore Sun, who enters year two of covering the team.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/bal-sp.terpswom19oct19,1,5139803.story?coll=bal-sports-more

Dick Patrick's Sleeper Team

In case you missed it, Dick Patrick picked Maryland as his sleeper team in the USA Today preview issue on Friday. Here is the link and the excerpt:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2005-10-13-hoops-questions_x.htm#questions

Is there a team that might be a similar dark horse to national champ Baylor and runner-up Michigan State?
You might want to keep an eye on Maryland. Brenda Frese has had three strong recruiting classes in a row. Junior guard Shay Doron, sophomore posts Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper, returning from an Achilles' injury, plus newcomers including Marissa Coleman could make the Terrapins a force in March.

Dick Patrick's Sleeper Team

In case you missed it, Dick Patrick picked Maryland as his sleeper team in the USA Today preview issue on Friday. Here is the link and the excerpt:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2005-10-13-hoops-questions_x.htm#questions

Is there a team that might be a similar dark horse to national champ Baylor and runner-up Michigan State?
You might want to keep an eye on Maryland. Brenda Frese has had three strong recruiting classes in a row. Junior guard Shay Doron, sophomore posts Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper, returning from an Achilles' injury, plus newcomers including Marissa Coleman could make the Terrapins a force in March.

And We're Back

Sorry for the delay the last month or so, there wasn't a ton of news and I got lazy. Hope you all like the new design on top.

The season officially is underway as Coach Frese led the team to the floor last Friday night. It was great to hear about all the High School All-Americans the team has recruited. I had two complaints though. 1) The order in which the players were introduced. Shay and Crystal should have been the last two announced as they are the two stars. No offense to Aurelie, Charmaine and Angel, but their accolades aren't the same as #1 and #22. 2)The women only got to play for 6 minutes. Yes that's right 6 minutes. At a school that is trying to attract the students to women's games you would figure they would let them play for longer so the students could see what they were missing out on. Granted the ladies played technically instead of high-flying, but we need students at the game.

Yesterday was Media Day and here are the links to what the players had to say, as well as a photo gallery:
http://umterps.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101805aae.html
http://umterps.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101805aaa.html


Also, in case you missed it, here is the release about the preseason magazine polls:
http://umterps.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101305aab.html