Maryland coach Brenda Frese, who gave birth to twin boys on Feb. 17, will accompany her No. 2-seeded team to the Greensboro Coliseum for this week's ACC Tournament.

It's a quick return for Frese, who traveled to few road games this season because of her pregnancy but missed only one home contest. She said she felt good last week and made arrangements to travel with her new extended family.

"Absolutely, with where I'm at physically, I want to make sure I had the energy and the stamina to do that," she said. "I'm not going to miss this ACC Tournament."

With Frese, fifth-ranked Maryland gains inspiration to complement experience.

The Terps start four players who have scored 1,000 or more career points, including senior forward Crystal Langhorne, the program's all-time leading scorer and rebounder.

Backing Langhorne (16.5 points per game) are: junior point guard Kristi Toliver (17.2), junior guard Marissa Coleman (15.8) and senior forward Laura Harper (14.3).

In 2006, they led the Terps to the national championship.

In the midst of their fourth straight 20-win season, the Terps would like to start another national title run by winning their first ACC championship since 1989.

Maryland has lost only to No. 2 Carolina and No. 4 Rutgers this season. It took the Tar Heels two overtime periods to win, 97-86, on Jan. 26.

Their hands were full.

"You can't focus on shutting one or two people down and forcing everybody else to score," UNC senior Erlana Larkins said of Maryland. "You have to play people to their strengths and weaknesses and hope things go your way."

That's how it goes with a team that banks on its versatility. Here are the key players:

* Langhorne, a two-time All-America, has scored more than 2,000 career points and demands double- and triple-teams in the post. She is a candidate for all of the major player of the year awards.

* Toliver, the school's all-time leader in 3-pointers made and second in assists, is dangerous from beyond the arc. She is a candidate for the Nancy Lieberman Award as the nation's top point guard.

* Coleman hurts teams from all over the court, while Harper complements them all in the paint.

Ranked in the top five of The Associated Press poll all season, the Terps have defeated six ranked teams and had at least one player score in double figures in 26 of its 31 games. They're second in the nation in field-goal shooting at 49.7 percent and third in scoring with 82.5 points per game.