Maryland Athletic Director Damon Evans admitted there was a sense of urgency to get Brenda Frese some help this offseason. Her Terrapins women’s basketball team had just posted its fewest wins since 2003-04, losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in her 22 seasons as coach. The struggles of the most successful program in the Big Ten over the past 10 years, however, seem to have come with a silver lining.
The early exit from the postseason allowed the focus to be placed elsewhere, specifically the transfer portal, from which Frese signed seven players and quickly reconstructed her roster.