Last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year wanted to play in front of friends and family, sure, but she ultimately chose the Terps because she hoped to compete for a national championship. Her veteran savvy has Maryland surging into a Sweet 16 game with Notre Dame.
Diamond Miller saw her best friends leave the program but opted to stay at Maryland. Now she has the Terps headed to a third straight Sweet 16 and a rematch Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina, with No. 3 seed Notre Dame.
Brandon Miller heated up and so did Alabama, which avoided the fate of two other top NCAA Tournament seeds and brushed aside Maryland 73-51 behind a dominant second half on Saturday night.