The 2020–21 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins were led by nineteenth year head coach Brenda Frese and played their home games at the Xfinity Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season The Terrapins finished the 2019–20 season 28–4 (16–2) in Big Ten play to finish tied for 1st place and capturing their 5th Big Ten title. Also winning the Big Ten tournament title for the 4th time in school history.
Offseason
2020 recruiting class
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Transfer From Katie Benzan G 5'6" Senior Wellesley, MA Harvard Chloe Bibby F 6'1" Senior Warracknabeal, Australia Mississippi State Alaysia Styles F 6'3" Senior San Diego, CA California
Player departures
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure F 6'5" Fredericksburg, VA Transferred to Ole Miss G/F 6'1" Waldorf, MD Graduated and selected 2nd round 23rd pick overall 2020 WNBA draft F 6'2" Havre de Grace, MD Graduated G 5'11" Massillon, OH Transferred to Oregon C 6'4" Niskayuna, NY Transferred to Kentucky G 5'11" Maribor, Slovenia Graduated G 6'0" Nutley, NJ Graduated
Awards and honors Coach Brenda Frese voted Big Ten Coach of the Year(coaches/media), National Coach of the Year by ESPN, and AP National Coach of the Year
Watch List Ann Meyers Drysdale AwardAshley OwusuGSOWomen's Jersey Mike's Naismith TrophyAshley OwusuGSOWade TrophyAshley OwusuGSOCheryl Miller AwardAngel ReeseFFR
Honors NCAA Women's Basketball All-American Third teamAshley OwusuGSOAll Big Ten Preseason TeamAshley OwusuGSOAll-Big Ten First Team (unanimous) (coaches/media)Ashley OwusuGSOAll-Big Ten First Team (coaches/media)Diamond MillerGSONCAA Women's Basketball All-American Honorable mentionKatie BenzanGSRAll-Big Ten Second Team (coaches/media)Katie BenzanGSRAll-Big Ten Honorable Mention Team (coaches/media)Chloe BibbyFSRAll-Big Ten Honorable Mention Team (media)Mimi CollinsFSOAll-Big Ten Freshman Team (media)Angel ReeseFFRBig Ten Sportsmanship AwardChannise LewisGJR
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings*Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
References
External links Official Team Website