With the NCAA men’s tournament selection show set to begin at 6 PM on CBS tomorrow and the team set to meet with the media shortly after, we take a look at where Maryland stands in the updated bracketology heading into Selection Sunday:
ESPN: four-seed vs. Yale (East)
On3: four-seed vs. Yale (West)
NCAA.com: four-seed vs. High Point (East)
CBS: four-seed vs. High Point (West)
The Athletic: four-seed vs. High Point (South)
Patrick Stevens: four-seed vs. Yale (East)
While ESPN projects Duke as the one-seed in Maryland’s region, Stevens projects Houston as the one-seed with fifth-seed Louisville, who reached the ACC championship game, facing A-10 Tournament winner VCU. ESPN’s ultimate projection is unlikely to come to fruition, though, with Lunardi projecting Oregon as the five-seed – conference opponents will not be scheduled for a potential matchup prior to the Sweet 16. One trait that has remained consistent: Maryland is projected to ultimately land in the East region.
This marks Maryland men’s basketball’s second appearance in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Kevin Willard, who is 1-1 as Maryland’s head coach and 2-6 all-time. Maryland is looking for its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2016 and second since its national championship back in 2002.
Maryland will also look to turn the page from Saturday’s one-point loss vs. Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, keeping them out of what could have been the program’s first title game appearance. Maryland earned the No. 2 seed for the second time since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15 and reached the Big Ten semifinal game for the first time since 2016.
“Like I said, keep learning. We definitely got to do a better job rebounding,” Selton Miguel said after the loss vs. Michigan. “That's the main thing, especially for the guards on our team. At the same time, we take every loss as a lesson. So just see what we can do in March Madness.”
Meanwhile, Maryland women’s basketball is projected as a five-seed vs. Fairfield in the Birmingham region with four-seed North Carolina expected to host.
Head coach Brenda Frese enters the tournament with five ranked wins this season, highlighted by the 93-90 overtime win over Ohio State on Senior Day. Maryland's eight Quad One wins rank third in the country while the Terps finished 23-7 (13-5) and third in the Big Ten. Maryland is 53-30 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 41-18 under Frese. Maryland has appeared in 32 NCAA Tournaments including 14th straight under Frese with 11 Sweet Sixteens, seven Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 NCAA Championship.
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