This is the Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
The Big Ten revealed Maryland women’s basketball’s 2024-25 conference opponents Tuesday afternoon. The Terps will play 18 interconference contests.
They will host Ohio State twice after losing to the highly ranked Buckeyes in the 2023-24 regular season, before defeating them in the Big Ten Tournament.
Maryland will also play host to a number of new Big Ten programs with the expansion of the conference. Now, it will face off against UCLA and USC at home — the latter of which will likely pack the Xfinity Center because of the Trojans’ JuJu Watkins — and travel cross-country to duel Washington and Oregon.
The Terps’ other home foes include Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Rutgers. They will head on the road to play Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.
Maryland’s nonconference schedule will be announced at a later date.
In other news
Maryland baseball will compete in its final midweek of the season against USC Upstate on Wednesday. Ben Messinger previewed the matchup.
Maryland men’s lacrosse defender Ajax Zappitello and faceoff specialist Luke Wierman were selected in the Premier League Lacrosse Draft Tuesday.
Official: @Ajaxzap4 is staying home!
He goes No. 3 overall to the @PLLWhipsnakes! #BeTheBest #ProTerps pic.twitter.com/sodNVc2VrA
— Maryland Men’s Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) May 7, 2024
With the 25th Pick in the 2024 College Draft, the Denver Outlaws select Luke Wierman. pic.twitter.com/7n4WcacRbb
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) May 8, 2024
Maryland softball will take on Penn State Wednesday.
Maryland will play Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament tomorrow at 5:30 EST.#FearTheTurtle
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) May 7, 2024