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- Mimi Collins, a Waldorf native, visited College Park recently and announced Monday that she was "home."
- The Maryland women’s basketball team received the No. 3 seed in the Albany Regional in the NCAA tournament and will open against No. 14 seed Radford in College Park on Saturday at 11 a.m.
- Will Darley scored 24 points and made 5 of 6 3-pointers, Jarius Lyles scored 23 points and had six assists, and the UMBC men's basketball team held off host UMES, 77-73, on Sunday.
- Notre Dame earned the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball preseason poll as it received 14 first-place votes from a national media panel.
- With Pat Summitt's death Tuesday morning at age 64, that is how Briana Hutchen chose to remember her: as the icon whose goodness as a person and greatness as a coach prompted a postgame standing ovation in an opposing gym and a beeline of rival players to approach her and say: "As a little girl, I always wanted to play for Tennessee."
- Maryland, picked to win the Big Ten by conference media and coaches, was ranked No. 9 in the preseason poll. The Terps return four starters from last year's 34-3 squad that went undefeated in the Big Ten and advanced to its second straight Final Four.
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- Lexie Brown scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half, Brionna Jones added 14 points and nine rebounds and top-seeded Maryland advanced to its second straight Final Four with a 58-48 win over Tennessee on Monday in the Spokane Regional final.
- Maryland (33-2) advanced to Monday night's Spokane Region final with a, 65-55, victory over former Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke Saturday afternoon. No. 2 seed Tennessee (30-5) erased a 17-point deficit with 6:34 left in regulation to force overtime and emerge with a 73-69 win against No. 11 seed Gonzaga.
- Tonight, Frese and Walz meet for a third time as adversaries in the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight, but both coaches indicated the showdown will be more about the players than the teacher-mentor dynamic.
- Terrapins have a shot at the Final Four thanks to the greatest basketball player in school history who has been widely ignored by fans
- Former New Town basketball star Jannah Tucker says she is a victim of domestic violence
- Former New Town girls basketball star Jannah Tucker will not enroll at Tennessee because of "personal reasons," Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick announced Sunday.
- Forward Monique Reid sank two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining to give hot-shooting Louisville an 82-81 upset of defending national champion and top-seeded Baylor in the NCAA women's basketball tournament regional semifinals in Oklahoma City.
- New Town rising senior Jannah Tucker dreams of playing professional basketball in the WNBA and competing in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.