Maryland (32-3)

Coach: Brenda Frese

Seed: No. 1

Location: College Park, Md.

Enrollment: 35,102

Founded: 1856

Mascot: Terrapins

Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (13-1)

How they got here: Beat 16th seed Coppin State 80-66 and eighth seed Nebraska 76-64 at College Park.

NCAA tournament record: 21-15

Marquee players: Senior Crystal Langhorne is the Terps’ leading scorer and rebounder. Junior Kristi Toliver leads the team in assists. Both players earned first-team All-ACC honors – the third straight honor for Langhorne, who was also picked as the ACC player of the year.

Famous alumni: Connie Chung, broadcast journalist; Jim Henson, Muppets creator; George J. Lauer, inventor of Universal Product Code (UPC)