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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.

Former New Town guard and Lady Vol leaving program

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.