2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	South Carolina
Regular season	November 9, 2021 – March 6, 2022
NCAA Tournament	2022
Tournament dates	March 18 – April 3, 2022
National Championship	Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Champions	South Carolina
Other champions	South Dakota State (WNIT) Saint Mary's (WBI)
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Aliyah Boston, South Carolina (Naismith, Wade, Wooden)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 9, 2021. The regular season ended on March 6, 2022, with the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 18, and ending with the championship game at the Target Center in Minneapolis on April 3.

Rule changes

The following rule changes were recommended by the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee and approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the 2021–22 season:^[1]

• The three-point line was moved to the FIBA standard of 6.75 meters (22 ft 2 in) (6.6 meters (21 ft 8 in) in the corners), matching the distance used in NCAA men's basketball^[2] since 2019–20 in Division I and 2020–21 in Divisions II and III.
• Live statistics may be transmitted to the bench area for coaching purposes.
• In an experimental rule, conferences could apply for an NCAA waiver to allow transmission of live video feeds to the bench in conference games. This was still prohibited during nonconference games. (Previously, only preloaded video had been allowed in the bench area.)
• The following adjustments were made to reply review rules:
  • Officials can use replay to review any out-of-bounds play, regardless of the number of players involved. Previously, only deflections involving two players could be reviewed.
  • Coaches may request review of the result of a play involving the restricted area or lower defensive box at any time in the game. Previously, this play could only be reviewed by officials in the last two minutes of the game (or at the same time in an overtime period). An unsuccessful coach-initiated review results in that team losing a timeout.
  • Officials can now use replay to determine whether a basket should count when a player commits a foul away from the ball. Coaches may request this review at any time (at the cost of a timeout if the review is unsuccessful); officials can initiate a review on their own only in the last two minutes of the game (or overtime period).

Season headlines

Two of the most significant developments impacting the 2021–22 season took place before the end of the 2020–21 school year, with one occurring before the start of the 2020–21 basketball season.

• On October 14, 2020, the NCAA announced that all student-athletes in winter sports during the 2020–21 school year, including men's and women's basketball, would receive an extra year of athletic eligibility.^[3]
• On April 15, 2021, the NCAA Division I Council adopted legislation that extended the so-called "one-time transfer exception" to all D-I sports, with the Division I Board of Directors ratifying this on April 28. This allows student-athletes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, and men's ice hockey to transfer one time without having to sit out a year, placing them under the same transfer regulations that previously applied to all other D-I sports.^[4][5]

Other news:

• May 6, 2021 – The University of Hartford's governing board voted to begin the process of transitioning the school's athletic program from Division I to NCAA Division III. The plan calls for the following steps:^[6][7]
  • January 2022: Formal request for reclassification with the NCAA.
  • 2022–23: No athletic scholarships will be awarded to incoming students.
  • 2023–24: Become a provisional member in a D-III conference to be determined; transition remaining students off athletic scholarships by the end of that school year.
  • 2024–25: Become a full member of the aforementioned D-III conference.
  • 2025–26: Full D-III membership.
• July 21 – The Houston Chronicle reported that Oklahoma and Texas had approached the Southeastern Conference about the possibility of joining that league, and that an announcement could come in early August. The SEC and both schools refused comment on this report, but did not issue definitive denials.^[8][9]
• July 26 – Oklahoma and Texas notified the Big 12 Conference that the two schools do not wish to extend their grant of television rights beyond the 2024–25 athletic year and intend to leave the conference.^[10][11][12]
• July 27 – Oklahoma and Texas reached out to the SEC about acceptance into the conference in 2025.^[13][14]
• July 28 – The Big 12 sent a cease-and-desist letter to ESPN, accusing the network of tortious interference by working with other conferences attempting to lure Big 12 members in a bid to ease Oklahoma's and Texas' exits for the SEC. The network denied the allegations.^[15]
• July 29 – The presidents and chancellors of the 14 current SEC members voted unanimously to extend invitations to Oklahoma and Texas, effective in 2025.^[16]
• July 30 – Oklahoma and Texas formally accepted the SEC's invitations.^[17]
• August 3 – An independent review commissioned by the NCAA and conducted by the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink following the controversy that erupted on social media over the disparities in amenities between the Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments was issued. Among the recommendations:^[18]
  • The men's and women's Final Fours should be a combined event held at a single site.
  • The "March Madness" branding, previously used only for the men's tournament, should be extended to the women's tournament. The NCAA had already announced that it would do so before the report was issued.
  • The women's tournament field should be expanded to 68 teams to match the men's tournament.
  • Media rights for the women's tournament, currently bundled with rights for more than two dozen other NCAA championships and sold separately from the men's tournament, should be decoupled from those other championships once the current contract for those championships expires.
  • If possible, the NCAA's current contract with CBS and Turner to broadcast the men's tournament, which gives said media companies control of sponsorships for all NCAA championship events—even those broadcast by other entities—should be renegotiated in order to make it easier for companies to sponsor NCAA championships other than the men's tournament.
  • The current system by which a significant amount of revenue from the men's tournament is returned to Division I members should be extended to the women's tournament.
• September 3
  • Multiple media outlets reported that the Big 12 was on the verge of inviting four schools—American Athletic Conference members Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF, plus BYU, a West Coast Conference member and an FBS independent in football. All four schools were reportedly preparing membership applications, and their future entrance could be approved as early as the next scheduled meeting of Big 12 presidents on September 10. The entry timeline was uncertain at the time of the report, but would most likely be in 2024.^[19][20]
  • Baylor announced that basketball, soccer, and volleyball, the last three Baylor women's sports still using the "Lady Bears" nickname, would drop "Lady" effective immediately. The soccer and volleyball teams had changed their social media accounts to reflect this change several days earlier.^[21][22]
• September 10 – BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF were officially announced as incoming Big 12 members no later than 2024–25.^[23]
• October 18 – Yahoo Sports reported that The American was preparing to receive applications from six of the 14 members of Conference USA—Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA.^[24]
• October 19 – ESPN reported that all six C-USA members named in Yahoo Sports' report had submitted applications to The American, and that each would receive a formal letter by the end of that week (October 22) detailing the terms of expansion.^[25]
• October 21 – The six aforementioned C-USA members were announced as incoming members of The American at a date to be determined.^[26]
• October 22 – The Action Network reported that C-USA member Southern Miss had accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference in 2023, though no formal announcement had then been made. The report added that the Sun Belt was preparing to add two other C-USA members, Marshall and Old Dominion, as well as FCS program James Madison. At the time, some formal announcements of new members were expected on October 25, but a Marshall announcement was likely to wait until after the school announced its new president on October 28. The report also indicated that the Sun Belt would expel its two full non-football members, Little Rock and UT Arlington, after the 2022–23 season.^[27]
• October 26 – Southern Miss was officially announced as a Sun Belt member, effective no later than July 2023.^[28] In other Sun Belt realignment news, it was reported that Old Dominion's arrival would be announced later that week, and that James Madison's board had scheduled an emergency meeting on October 29 (presumably to discuss a Sun Belt invitation).^[29]
• October 27 – Old Dominion was officially announced as a Sun Belt member, also effective no later than July 2023. This marked ODU's return to that conference after an absence of more than 30 years.^[30]
• October 30 – The day after both the Sun Belt Conference and Marshall issued tweets indicating that the Thundering Herd had accepted a Sun Belt invitation,^[31] this move was officially announced.^[32]
• November 5 – Conference USA, which had nine of its schools depart to other conferences, announced that ASUN Conference members Jacksonville State and Liberty and Western Athletic Conference members New Mexico State and Sam Houston would join C-USA no later than July 2023.^[33]
• November 6 – James Madison made its move to the Sun Belt official, initially effective no later than July 2023.^[34]
• November 12
  • The WAC announced that Incarnate Word would join from the Southland Conference in July 2022.^[35]
  • Utah governor Spencer Cox signed a bill passed by the Utah State Legislature that changed the name of Dixie State University to Utah Tech University, effective in the 2022–23 school year. The nickname of Trailblazers was not affected.^[36][37]
• November 16
  • The Atlantic 10 Conference announced that Loyola Chicago would join from the Missouri Valley Conference after the 2021–22 season.^[38]
  • CBS Sports reported that the MVC had entered into talks with three schools regarding future membership—Summit League member Kansas City, Ohio Valley Conference member Murray State, and non-football Sun Belt member UT Arlington. The report indicated that the latter two schools were seen as the strongest candidates, but all three were likely to receive invitations in the coming months.^[39]
• November 17 – The NCAA announced that the women's tournament would expand from 64 to 68 teams, effective with the 2022 tournament. This was another recommendation made in the August 2021 gender equity report. For the 2022 tournament only, the four extra games, held using the same format as the existing men's First Four, will be held on campuses of teams seeded in the top 16. From 2023 on, the women's First Four will be held at a neutral site to be determined.^[40]
• December 9 – The other Sun Belt member without a football program, Little Rock, announced that it would join the Ohio Valley Conference on July 1, 2022.^[41]
• January 7, 2022 – Murray State was announced as a new member of the MVC, effective July 1.^[42]
• January 21 – UT Arlington announced it would return to the WAC, in which it had been a member in the 2012–13 school year, effective July 1.^[43]
• January 25 – The Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would add three members effective that July—Big South Conference member Hampton, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference member Monmouth, and Stony Brook, a full member of the America East Conference whose football team was already a member of the legally separate entity of CAA Football.^[44]
• January 26 – UIC was announced as a new member of the MVC, effective July 1.^[45]
• February 2 – The Sun Belt and James Madison both reported the latter's entry to the conference would be on July 1, rather than 2023.^[46]
• February 7 – The University of Southern Indiana, then a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference, announced that it would begin a transition to Division I in 2022–23, with a D-I conference affiliation to be announced in the coming days.^[47] A committee report issued in January indicated three leagues believed to be the ASUN Conference, Horizon League, and Ohio Valley Conference were possible landing spots.^[48]
• February 9 – Southern Indiana was announced as a new member of the OVC, effective July 1.^[49]
• February 11 – Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, which were initially announced as moving from C-USA to the Sun Belt no later than 2023, jointly announced that they intended to leave C-USA later in July. All three schools claimed that in December 2021, they had notified C-USA of their intent to leave C-USA after the 2021–22 school year, but that C-USA did not attempt to negotiate a resolution to this issue. C-USA had stated in late January that it expected the three departing schools to remain in the conference through 2022–23.^[50]
• February 22 – The CAA announced that North Carolina A&T would join from the Big South Conference in non-football sports on July 1. (The NCA&T football team remained as a Big South affiliate for the 2022 season and is to join CAA Football in 2023.)^[51]
• February 23
  • Marshall sued C-USA in a local court in an attempt to make its planned move to the Sun Belt Conference in July.^[52]
  • The OVC announced the entry of another Division II upgrader, Lindenwood, also in July.^[53]
• March 1 – While not directly related to basketball, the Sun Belt Conference's release of its 2022 football schedule notably included all three schools set to move from C-USA (Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss). The SBC release did not mention the ongoing dispute between C-USA and the three schools, or the prospect of those schools being unable to join for the 2022–23 school year.^[54]
• March 29
  • Conference USA, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss issued a joint statement that all parties had reached a settlement that allowed the three schools to join the Sun Belt Conference in July 2022.^[55]
  • The America East Conference announced that Bryant would join from the Northeast Conference on July 1, 2022.^[56]
• April 5 – The Northeast Conference announced the addition of then-current Division II member Stonehill, effective July 1, 2022.^[57]
• May 2 – Mount St. Mary's announced it would join the Metro Atlantic beginning July 1, 2022.^[58]
• May 6 – Queens University of Charlotte, a member of the Division II South Atlantic Conference, announced it would join the ASUN on July 1, 2022.^[59]

Milestones and records

• January 16 and 20 – Caitlin Clark of Iowa recorded consecutive 30-point triple-doubles against Nebraska and Minnesota, becoming the first NCAA Division I player of either sex to accomplish this feat. Clark was also the first women's player in Big Ten Conference history to record consecutive triple-doubles regardless of scoring total.^[60]
• January 23 – Ayoka Lee of Kansas State broke the Division I women's single-game scoring record with 61 points in a 94–65 Wildcat win over No. 14 Oklahoma.^[61]
• February 8 – Villanova defeated UConn 72–69 in Hartford, Connecticut. This was the first regular-season conference loss for the Huskies since a loss to Notre Dame in March 2013, in the final season for both teams as members of the original Big East Conference. UConn's conference winning streak ended at 145 games in regular-season play, a Division I women's record, and 169 when including conference tournament games (with the latter streak starting after UConn lost to Notre Dame in the 2013 Big East tournament final).^[62]
• February 28 – Macee Williams of IUPUI was named Horizon League player of the year for the fourth straight season, making her only the fourth D-I women's player^[63] to be a four-time conference player of the year.^[64]
• March 18 – In the first round of the NCAA tournament, overall top seed South Carolina defeated Howard 79–21, with Howard's total being a new record for lowest team score in any D-I women's tournament game. The Gamecocks also led the Bison 44–4 at halftime, with Howard's score also being the lowest in a half in tournament history.^[65]
• Fresno State's Haley Cavinder ended the season with a new D-I single-season record for free throw percentage at 97.3%.^[66]
• Caitlin Clark also ended the season as the first woman to lead Division I in per-game scoring and assists in the same season.^[67]
• Iowa also became the first D-I men's or women's program with the national leaders in scoring, assists, and field goal percentage in the same season, with Monika Czinano leading in the last statistic.^[68]

Conference membership changes

Eleven schools joined new conferences for the 2021–22 season, including St. Thomas that is transitioning directly from NCAA Division III.

School	Former conference	New conference
Abilene Christian	Southland Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Bethune–Cookman	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Central Arkansas	Southland Conference	ASUN Conference
Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley Conference	ASUN Conference
Florida A&M	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Jacksonville State	Ohio Valley Conference	ASUN Conference
Lamar	Southland Conference	Western Athletic Conference
North Carolina A&T	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Big South Conference
St. Thomas	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (D-III)	Summit League
Sam Houston	Southland Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Stephen F. Austin	Southland Conference	Western Athletic Conference

Arenas

New arenas

• This is the first season for High Point at the 4,500-seat Qubein Center (full name: Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center). The new arena was originally intended to open for the 2020–21 season,^[69] but was delayed due to COVID-19 issues.^[70] The facility officially opened on the weekend of September 24–26;^[71] the first women's game was an exhibition against Division II Mount Olive on November 5, 2021, the day after High Point's men played an exhibition at the new arena against the same school.^[72][73] The regular-season opener was a men's and women's doubleheader against nearby Elon on November 9.^[74]
• This is the first season for Idaho at the new 4,200-seat Idaho Central Credit Union Arena. The first women's game in the new arena was an exhibition against NAIA member Whitman on November 7, won 64–50 by the Vandals.^[75] The first women's regular-season game was on November 14 when the Vandals lost 66–46 to San Diego.^[76]

Arena of new D-I team

• St. Thomas plays at its existing on-campus facility, Schoenecker Arena (capacity 1,800).

Arenas closing

The following D-I programs planned to open new arenas for the 2022–23 season. All will move within their current campuses unless otherwise indicated.

• Alabama A&M will leave Elmore Gymnasium for the new Alabama A&M Events Center; the venue is scheduled to open in July 2022.^[77]
• Austin Peay planned to leave the on-campus Winfield Dunn Center for the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee.^[78] However, construction delays led to this move being put off until 2023–24.^[79]
• Georgia State will leave GSU Sports Arena for a facility tentatively named Georgia State Arena.
• Texas will leave the Frank Erwin Center, which will be demolished to accommodate an expansion of the university's medical school, for the Moody Center.
• Vermont will leave Patrick Gymnasium for the Tarrant Event Center.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.

AP Ranking Team 1 South Carolina (14) 2 UConn (10) 3 Stanford (5) 4 Maryland 5 NC State 6 Louisville 7 Baylor 8 Indiana 9 Iowa 10 Oregon 11 Michigan 12 Iowa State 13 Kentucky 14 Oregon State 15 Tennessee 16 Florida State 17 Ohio Stateт 18 Georgia Techт 19 West Virginia 20 UCLA 21 South Florida 22 Arizona 23 Texas A&M 24 Virginia Tech 25 Texas

USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 1 South Carolina (13) 2 Stanfordт (13) 3 UConnт (6) 4 NC State 5 Maryland 6 Louisville 7 Indiana 8 Baylor 9 Oregon 10 Michigan 11 Iowa 12 Tennessee 13 Kentucky 14 UCLA 15 Arizona 16 Iowa State 17 Texas A&M 18 Oregon State 19 Georgia 20 Georgia Tech 21 Texas 22 South Florida 23 West Virginia 24 Florida State 25 Ohio State

Regular season top 10 matchups

Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.

• November 9
  • No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 5 NC State, 66–57 (Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina)
• November 21
  • No. 3 Maryland defeated No. 6 Baylor, 79–76 (Xfinity Center, College Park, Maryland)
  • No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 9 Oregon, 80–63 (Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas)
• November 22
  • No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 2 UConn, 73–57 (Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas)
• November 25
  • No. 5 NC State defeated No. 2 Maryland, 78–60 (Baha Mar Hoops, Baha Mar Convention Center, Nassau, Bahamas)
  • No. 7 Stanford defeated No. 4 Indiana, 69–66 (Baha Mar Hoops, Baha Mar Convention Center, Nassau, Bahamas)
• November 27
  • No. 7 Stanford defeated No. 2 Maryland, 86–67 (Baha Mar Hoops, Baha Mar Convention Center, Nassau, Bahamas)
• December 2
  • No. 2 NC State defeated No. 6 Indiana, 66–58 (Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana)
• December 12
  • No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 8 Maryland, 66–59 (Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina)
• December 18
  • No. 3 Stanford defeated No. 7 Tennessee, 74–63 (Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee)
• December 19
  • No. 6 Louisville defeated No. 7 UConn, 69–64 (Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut)
• December 21
  • No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 2 Stanford, 65–61 (Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina)
• January 2
  • No. 8 Indiana defeated No. 6 Maryland, 70–63^OT (Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana)
• January 20
  • No. 4 NC State defeated No. 3 Louisville, 68–59 (Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina)
• January 30
  • No. 2 Stanford defeated No. 8 Arizona, 75–69 (Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California)
• January 31
  • No. 6 Michigan defeated No. 5 Indiana, 65–50 (Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• February 6
  • No. 10 UConn defeated No. 7 Tennessee, 75–56 (XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut)
• February 28
  • No. 5 Baylor defeated No. 8 Iowa State, 87–62 (Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa)
• March 12
  • No. 7 Texas defeated No. 10 Iowa State, 82–73^OT (2022 Big 12 women's basketball tournament, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri)
• March 13
  • No. 7 Texas defeated No. 4 Baylor, 67–58 (2022 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri)

Regular season

Early season tournaments

The inaugural women's Battle 4 Atlantis will take place from November 20–22 and will include Buffalo, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Florida, Syracuse and UConn.

Name	Dates	Location	No. teams	Champion
Preseason WNIT	November	Bramlage Coliseum (Manhattan, KS) Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh, NC)	8	None[80]
Battle 4 Atlantis	November 20–22	Imperial Arena (Nassau, Bahamas)	8	South Carolina
Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo	November 25–27	Baha Mar Convention Center (Nassau, Bahamas)	7	Indiana
Cancún Challenge	November 25–27	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (Cancún, MX)	10	Baylor (Mayan) UCF (Riviera)
Paradise Jam tournament	November 25–27	Sports and Fitness Center (Saint Thomas, VI)	8	Arizona (Island) Texas A&M (Reef)
Daytona Beach Invitational	November 25–27	Ocean Center (Daytona Beach, FL)	10
St Pete Showcase	November 25–27	McArthur Center (St. Petersburg, FL)	4	Purdue
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	November 25–27	South Point Arena (Las Vegas, NV)	7
San Juan Shootout	November 26–27	Coliseo Roberto Clemente (San Juan, PR)	10
Goombay Splash	November 25–28	Gateway Christian Academy (Bimini, Bahamas)	3
Gulf Coast Showcase	November 26–28	Hertz Arena (Estero, FL)	8	Iowa State
Holiday Hoops Classic	December 20–21	South Point Arena (Las Vegas, NV)	6
West Palm Beach Invitational	December 20–22	Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, FL)	10
Southland Basketball Tip-Off	January 3–5	Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, TX)	8	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols in multiple programs

Upsets

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I women's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).

Winner	Score	Loser	Date	Tournament/event
Auburn	58–51	No. 18 Georgia Tech	November 21, 2021
BYU	61–54	No. 17 Florida State	November 25, 2021	St. Pete Showcase
Missouri State	76–68	No. 24 Virginia Tech	November 26, 2021	San Juan Shootout
Kent State	75–69	No. 19 UCLA	November 26, 2021	Gulf Coast Showcase
Purdue	66–61	No. 17 Florida State	November 27, 2021	St. Pete Showcase
South Dakota State	76–66	No. 19 UCLA	November 27, 2021	Gulf Coast Showcase
BYU	58–57	No. 22 West Virginia	November 27, 2021	St. Pete Showcase
Notre Dame	64–62	No. 16 Oregon State	November 27, 2021	Daytona Beach Invitational
UC Davis	64–57	No. 18 Oregon	December 1, 2021
Princeton	58–55	No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast	December 1, 2021
Syracuse	97–91	No. 18 Ohio State	December 1, 2021	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
UT Arlington	61–56	No. 13 South Florida	December 2, 2021
Duke	79–64	No. 9 Iowa	December 2, 2021	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
LSU	69–60	No. 14 Iowa State	December 2, 2021	Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
Georgia Tech	55–54	No. 20 Georgia	December 5, 2021	Rivalry
DePaul	94–85	No. 14 Kentucky	December 9, 2021
Georgia Tech	57–44	No. 3 UConn	December 9, 2021
Oklahoma	99–91OT	No. 16 BYU	December 10, 2021
TCU	87–75	No. 18 Texas A&M	December 12, 2021
Villanova	56–52	No. 23 Oregon State	December 12, 2021
Ole Miss	61–53	No. 18 South Florida	December 21, 2021	West Palm Beach Invitational
IUPUI	74–73	No. 15 Iowa	December 21, 2021
Virginia Tech	77–55	No. 15 Duke	December 30, 2021
Kansas State	68–59	No. 10 Baylor	January 2, 2022
Nebraska	79–58	No. 8 Michigan	January 4, 2022
Texas Tech	74–61	No. 9 Texas	January 5, 2022
Northwestern	77–69	No. 22 Iowa	January 6, 2022
Florida	97–892OT	No. 25 Texas A&M	January 9, 2022
USC	76–67	No. 4 Arizona	January 9, 2022
Kansas	70–66OT	No. 13 Texas	January 12, 2022
Virginia Tech	65–54	No. 16 Duke	January 13, 2022
Texas Tech	64–45	No. 25 Kansas State	January 15, 2022
Oregon	68–66OT	No. 7 Arizona	January 15, 2022
Miami (FL)	46–45	No. 15 Georgia Tech	January 16, 2022
UCF	67–51	No. 24 South Florida	January 16, 2022	Rivalry
Oregon	72–59	No. 9 UConn	January 17, 2022
Oregon State	69–66OT	No. 22 Colorado	January 17, 2022
Ohio State	95–89	No. 12 Maryland	January 20, 2022
Boston College	73–71	No. 19 Notre Dame	January 20, 2022	Rivalry
Florida	77–52	No. 23 Kentucky	January 20, 2022
Arizona State	57–52OT	No. 22 Colorado	January 21, 2022
Ole Miss	63–54	No. 23 Kentucky	January 23, 2022
Kansas State	94–65	No. 14 Oklahoma	January 23, 2022
Florida	74–73	No. 11 LSU	January 23, 2022
North Carolina	78–62	No. 21 Duke	January 27, 2022	Rivalry
Auburn	71–61	No. 4 Tennessee	January 27, 2022
Arkansas	90–76	No. 12 LSU	January 27, 2022
Florida	84–59	No. 7 Tennessee	February 3, 2022
Portland	75–64	No. 16 BYU	February 3, 2022
Florida	54–51	No. 14 Georgia	February 6, 2022
Florida State	70–65	No. 20 Notre Dame	February 6, 2022
Arizona State	55–49	No. 19 Oregon	February 6, 2022
Villanova	72–69	No. 8 UConn	February 9, 2022
Michigan State	63–57	No. 4 Michigan	February 10, 2022	Rivalry
Virginia Tech	73–63	No. 11 Georgia Tech	February 10, 2022
Arizona State	81–77	No. 6 Arizona	February 11, 2022	Rivalry
Stetson	58–55	No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast	February 12, 2022
Virginia	58–55	No. 23 North Carolina	February 13, 2022	Rivalry
Northwestern	71–692OT	No. 4 Michigan	February 13, 2022
Oregon State	68–62	No. 24 Oregon	February 13, 2022	Rivalry
Nebraska	72–55	No. 5 Indiana	February 14, 2022
Texas Tech	97–87	No. 15 Oklahoma	February 16, 2022
Alabama	74–64	No. 12 Tennessee	February 17, 2022
Auburn	65–60	No. 21 Georgia	February 20, 2022
Miami (FL)	51–39	No. 16 Georgia Tech	February 20, 2022
Washington State	72–67	No. 8 Arizona	February 20, 2022
Colorado	86–83	No. 25 Oregon	February 23, 2022
Vanderbilt	63–59	No. 15 Florida	February 24, 2022
Florida State	65–63OT	No. 22 Georgia Tech	February 24, 2022
UCLA	64–46	No. 12 Arizona	February 24, 2022
Missouri	78–73	No. 15 Florida	February 27, 2022
Colorado	45–43	No. 14 Arizona	March 3, 2022	Pac-12 tournament
Alabama	74–62	No. 25 Georgia	March 3, 2022	SEC tournament
Ole Miss	70–60	No. 23 Florida	March 4, 2022	SEC tournament
Miami (FL)	61–59	No. 4 Louisville	March 4, 2022	ACC tournament
Kentucky	78–63	No. 6 LSU	March 4, 2022	SEC tournament
Nebraska	76–73	No. 10 Michigan	March 4, 2022	Big Ten tournament
Kentucky	83–74	No. 18 Tennessee	March 5, 2022	SEC tournament/Rivalry
Kansas	73–67	No. 19 Oklahoma	March 5, 2022
Miami (FL)	57–54	No. 20 Notre Dame	March 5, 2022	ACC tournament
Kentucky	64–62	No. 1 South Carolina	March 6, 2022	SEC tournament
Gonzaga	71–59	No. 15 BYU	March 8, 2022	WCC tournament

In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there have been five^{[citation needed]} non-Division I teams to defeat a Division I team so far this season. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).

Winner	Score	Loser	Date	Tournament/event
Coker (Division II)	51–44	Winthrop	November 24, 2021
UNC Pembroke (Division II)	65–45	Winthrop	November 27, 2021
Belmont Abbey (Division II)	56–48	Charleston Southern	November 29, 2021
Freed–Hardeman (NAIA)	71–62	North Alabama	November 29, 2021
Texas A&M International (Division II)	68–55	Florida A&M	December 11, 2021

Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 32 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Conference	Regular season first place	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	Maine	Anne Simon, Maine[81]	Amy Vachon, Maine[81]	2022 America East women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Albany
American Athletic Conference	UCF	Diamond Battles, UCF[82]	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, UCF[82]	2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament	Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX)	UCF
ASUN Conference	Florida Gulf Coast (East) Jacksonville State (West)[a]	Kierstan Bell, Florida Gulf Coast[83]	Karl Smesko, Florida Gulf Coast[83]	2022 ASUN women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic 10 Conference	Dayton	Sam Breen, UMass[84]	Shauna Green, Dayton[84]	2022 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament	Chase Fieldhouse (Wilmington, DE)	UMass
Atlantic Coast Conference	NC State	Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech[85]	Wes Moore, NC State[85]	2022 ACC women's basketball tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, NC)	NC State
Big 12 Conference	Baylor	NaLyssa Smith, Baylor[86]	Brandon Schneider, Kansas[86]	2022 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, MO)	Texas
Big East Conference	UConn	Maddy Siegrist, Villanova[87]	Denise Dillon, Villanova[87]	2022 Big East women's basketball tournament	Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT)	UConn
Big Sky Conference	Idaho State	Lianna Tillman, Sacramento State[88]	Seton Sobolewski, Idaho State[89]	2022 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament	Idaho Central Arena (Boise, ID)	Montana State
Big South Conference	Campbell[b] Longwood	Akila Smith, Longwood[90]	Becky Burke, USC Upstate[90]	2022 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament	Bojangles Coliseum (Charlotte, NC)	Longwood
Big Ten Conference	Iowa Ohio State[b]	Caitlin Clark, Iowa[91]	Kim Barnes Arico, Michigan[91]	2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)	Iowa
Big West Conference	Hawaiʻi	Amy Atwell, Hawaiʻi[92]	Laura Beeman, Hawaiʻi[92]	2022 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament	Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, NV)	Hawaiʻi
Colonial Athletic Association	Drexel	Jasmine Dickey, Delaware[93]	Amy Mallon, Drexel[93]	2022 CAA women's basketball tournament	Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, PA)	Delaware
Conference USA	Charlotte (East) Louisiana Tech (West)[a]	Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte[94]	Cara Consuegra, Charlotte[94]	2022 Conference USA women's basketball tournament	Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, TX)	Charlotte
Horizon League	IUPUI[b] Youngstown State	Macee Williams, IUPUI[64]	John Barnes, Youngstown State[64]	2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament	Quarterfinals: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN)	IUPUI
Ivy League	Princeton	Abby Meyers, Princeton[95]	Carla Berube, Princeton[95]	2022 Ivy League women's basketball tournament	Lavietes Pavilion (Boston, MA)	Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Fairfield	Lou Lopez Sénéchal, Fairfield[96]	Joe Frager, Fairfield[97]	2022 MAAC women's basketball tournament	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, NJ)	Fairfield
Mid-American Conference	Toledo	Jordyn Dawson, Akron[98]	Tricia Cullop, Toledo[98]	2022 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, OH)	Buffalo
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Howard	Jaia Alexander, Coppin State[99]	Laura Harper, Coppin State[99]	2022 MEAC women's basketball tournament	Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA)	Howard
Missouri Valley Conference	Southern Illinois	Abby Brockmeyer, Southern Illinois[100]	Cindy Stein, Southern Illinois[100]	2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament	TaxSlayer Center (Moline, IL)	Illinois State
Mountain West Conference	UNLV	Desi-Rae Young, UNLV[101]	Chris Gobrecht, Air Force[101]	2022 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, NV)	UNLV
Northeast Conference	Fairleigh Dickinson	Madison Stanley, Fairleigh Dickinson[102]	Angelika Szumilo, Fairleigh Dickinson[102]	2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Mount St. Mary's
Ohio Valley Conference	Belmont	Katelyn Young, Murray State[103]	Bart Brooks, Belmont[103]	2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament	Ford Center (Evansville, IN)	Belmont
Pac-12 Conference	Stanford	Haley Jones, Stanford (coaches)[104] Cameron Brink, Stanford (media)[105]	Tara VanDerveer, Stanford (coaches)[104] Kamie Ethridge, Washington State (media)[105]	2022 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament	Michelob Ultra Arena (Paradise, NV)	Stanford
Patriot League	Holy Cross	Avery LaBarbera, Holy Cross[106]	Maureen Magarity, Holy Cross[106]	2022 Patriot League women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	American
Southeastern Conference	South Carolina	Aliyah Boston, South Carolina[107]	Dawn Staley, South Carolina[107]	2022 SEC women's basketball tournament	Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN)	Kentucky
Southern Conference	Mercer	Tierra Hodges, Furman[108]	Susie Gardner, Mercer[108]	2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament	Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, NC)	Mercer
Southland Conference	Houston Baptist	Timia Jefferson, Houston Baptist[109]	Donna Finnie, Houston Baptist[109]	2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament	Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, TX)	Incarnate Word
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Jackson State	Ameshya Williams-Holliday, Jackson State[110]	Tomekia Reed, Jackson State[110]	2022 SWAC women's basketball tournament	Bartow Arena (Birmingham, AL)	Jackson State
Summit League	South Dakota South Dakota State[b]	Chloe Lamb, South Dakota[111]	Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State[111]	2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament	Denny Sanford Premier Center (Sioux Falls, SD)	South Dakota
Sun Belt Conference	Troy	Starr Jacobs, UT Arlington[112]	Shereka Wright, UT Arlington[112]	2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament	Pensacola Bay Center (Pensacola, FL)	UT Arlington
West Coast Conference	BYU	Shaylee Gonzales, BYU[113]	Jeff Judkins, BYU[113]	2022 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament	Orleans Arena (Paradise, NV)	Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference	Stephen F. Austin	Caitlyn Harper, California Baptist[114]	Mark Kellogg, Stephen F. Austin[114]	2022 WAC women's basketball tournament		Stephen F. Austin

Statistical leaders

Includes postseason games. Division I record in bold.

Points per game				Rebounds per game				Assists per game				Steals per game
Player	School	PPG		Player	School	RPG		Player	School	APG		Player	School	SPG
Caitlin Clark	Iowa	27.0		Aneesah Morrow	DePaul	13.8		Caitlin Clark	Iowa	8.0		Veronica Burton	Northwestern	4.03
Maddy Siegrist	Villanova	25.3		Aijha Blackwell	Missouri	13.0		Olivia Miles	Notre Dame	7.4		Angel Parker	Niagara	4.00
Jasmine Dickey	Delaware	25.3		Jada Dapaa	Saint Francis (PA)	12.6		Emily Ryan	Iowa State	7.1		Jordyn Cambridge	Vanderbilt	3.91
Dyaisha Fair	Buffalo	23.4		Josie Williams	Utah Valley	12.4		Lauren Park-Lane	Seton Hall	7.0		Camille Downs	Norfolk State	3.34
Cierra Hooks	Ohio	22.3		Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	12.4		McKenna Hofschild	Colorado State	6.5		Mackenzie DeWees	Quinnipiac	3.31

Blocked shots per game				Field goal percentage				Three-point field goal percentage				Free throw percentage
Player	School	BPG		Player	School	FG%		Player	School	3FG%		Player	School	FT%
Lucy Cochrane	Portland	3.93		Monika Czinano	Iowa	67.89		Tess Amundsen	Cal State Northridge	49.12		Haley Cavinder	Fresno State	97.32
Brooke Flowers	Saint Louis	3.52		Celena Taborn	Butler	67.51		Taylor Mikesell	Ohio State	47.50		Kacie Borowicz	North Dakota	95.71
Tamari Key	Tennessee	3.50		Mya Berkman	Liberty	66.27		Hayley Frank	Missouri	46.24		Taylor Robertson	Oklahoma	92.80
Taiyanna Jackson	Kansas	3.06		Isnelle Natabou	Sacramento State	64.31		Kayla Spruill	La Salle	45.93		Rachel McLimore	IUPUI	92.59
Nancy Mulkey	Washington	3.00		Macee Williams	IUPUI	63.77		Kendall Spray	Florida Gulf Coast	45.58		Hannah Simental	Northern Iowa	90.60

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Tournament upsets

For this list, an "upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 5 or more spots below its defeated opponent.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Region	Round
March 18	Florida Gulf Coast (#12)	84–81	Virginia Tech (#5)	Spokane	First Round
March 19	Princeton (#11)	69–62	Kentucky (#6)	Bridgeport	First Round
March 19	Villanova (#11)	61–57	BYU (#6)	Wichita	First Round
March 19	Belmont (#12)	73–702OT	Oregon (#5)	Wichita	First Round
March 20	Creighton (#10)	64–62	Iowa (#2)	Greensboro	Second Round
March 20	South Dakota (#10)	61–47	Baylor (#2)	Wichita	Second Round
March 25	Creighton (#10)	76–68	Iowa State (#3)	Greensboro	Sweet 16

Conference standings

2021–22 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Dayton 14 – 1   .933 25 – 6   .806 Rhode Island 12 – 2   .857 22 – 7   .759 UMass † 11 – 4   .733 26 – 7   .788 VCU 9 – 5   .643 16 – 12   .571 La Salle 9 – 6   .600 16 – 12   .571 Fordham 8 – 6   .571 18 – 11   .621 Saint Joseph's 7 – 8   .467 13 – 17   .433 Richmond 7 – 9   .438 16 – 14   .533 Davidson 6 – 10   .375 18 – 15   .545 Duquesne 6 – 10   .375 11 – 18   .379 Saint Louis 5 – 9   .357 9 – 18   .333 George Washington 4 – 11   .267 13 – 18   .419 St. Bonaventure 4 – 12   .250 12 – 16   .429 George Mason 3 – 12   .200 10 – 19   .345 † 2022 A10 Tournament winner	2021–22 ASUN women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East No. 23 Florida Gulf Coast † 15 – 1   .938 30 – 3   .909 Liberty 14 – 2   .875 28 – 5   .848 Stetson 11 – 5   .688 20 – 12   .625 Jacksonville 8 – 8   .500 16 – 13   .552 North Florida 5 – 11   .313 13 – 17   .433 Kennesaw State 5 – 11   .313 9 – 19   .321 West Jacksonville State 13 – 3   .813 24 – 8   .750 North Alabama* 8 – 8   .500 13 – 16   .448 Eastern Kentucky 7 – 9   .438 15 – 16   .484 Lipscomb 5 – 11   .313 10 – 20   .333 Central Arkansas 4 – 12   .250 9 – 19   .321 Bellarmine* 1 – 15   .063 4 – 24   .143 * ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II † 2022 ASUN Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 3 NC State † 17 – 1   .944 32 – 4   .889 No. 4 Louisville 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853 No. 17 North Carolina 13 – 5   .722 25 – 7   .781 No. 21 Notre Dame 13 – 5   .722 24 – 9   .727 No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697 Georgia Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656 Boston College 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636 Miami (FL) 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618 Florida State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548 Duke 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567 Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 16 – 17   .485 Syracuse 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379 Clemson 3 – 15   .167 10 – 21   .323 Pittsburgh 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367 Virginia 2 – 16   .111 5 – 22   .185 † 2022 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll
2021–22 America East Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Maine 15 – 3   .833 20 – 12   .625 Stony Brook* 14 – 4   .778 23 – 6   .793 Albany † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697 Vermont 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645 NJIT 9 – 8   .529 15 – 15   .500 UMass Lowell 8 – 9   .471 11 – 16   .407 Binghamton 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310 New Hampshire 4 – 12   .250 7 – 21   .250 Hartford 4 – 14   .222 4 – 26   .133 UMBC 2 – 14   .125 3 – 23   .115 *Ineligible for the AmEast Tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the AmEast. † 2022 America East tournament winner	2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 24 UCF † 14 – 1   .933 26 – 4   .867 South Florida 12 – 3   .800 24 – 9   .727 Tulane 11 – 5   .688 21 – 10   .677 Temple 8 – 8   .500 13 – 15   .464 SMU 7 – 7   .500 14 – 15   .483 Houston 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529 Memphis 6 – 9   .400 16 – 12   .571 Tulsa 5 – 8   .385 17 – 11   .607 Wichita State 5 – 11   .313 14 – 16   .467 East Carolina 4 – 11   .267 11 – 18   .379 Cincinnati 4 – 11   .267 11 – 17   .393 † 2022 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 7 Baylor 15 – 3   .833 28 – 7   .800 No. 10 Iowa State 14 – 4   .778 28 – 7   .800 No. 6 Texas † 13 – 5   .722 29 – 7   .806 No. 22 Oklahoma 12 – 6   .667 25 – 9   .735 Kansas 11 – 7   .611 21 – 10   .677 Kansas State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606 West Virginia 7 – 11   .389 15 – 15   .500 Texas Tech 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367 Oklahoma State 3 – 15   .167 9 – 20   .310 TCU 2 – 16   .111 6 – 22   .214 † 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll
2021–22 Big East women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 5 UConn † 16 – 1   .941 30 – 6   .833 Villanova 15 – 4   .789 24 – 9   .727 Creighton 15 – 5   .750 23 – 10   .697 DePaul 14 – 6   .700 22 – 11   .667 Marquette 13 – 7   .650 23 – 11   .676 Seton Hall 12 – 8   .600 24 – 13   .649 St. John's 7 – 12   .368 12 – 19   .387 Providence 6 – 14   .300 11 – 19   .367 Georgetown 4 – 15   .211 10 – 19   .345 Xavier 4 – 16   .200 9 – 21   .300 Butler 0 – 18   .000 1 – 27   .036 † 2022 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 Big Sky women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Idaho State 15 – 5   .750 19 – 12   .613 Montana State † 14 – 6   .700 22 – 13   .629 Southern Utah 14 – 6   .700 18 – 12   .600 Northern Arizona 12 – 8   .600 17 – 14   .548 Montana 12 – 8   .600 19 – 11   .633 Idaho 11 – 9   .550 14 – 18   .438 Sacramento State 10 – 10   .500 14 – 16   .467 Northern Colorado 9 – 11   .450 15 – 16   .484 Eastern Washington 7 – 13   .350 9 – 21   .300 Weber State 6 – 14   .300 11 – 20   .355 Portland State 0 – 20   .000 5 – 24   .172 † Big Sky tournament winner	2021–22 Big South women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Campbell 15 – 3   .833 23 – 8   .742 Longwood † 15 – 3   .833 22 – 12   .647 USC Upstate 14 – 4   .778 22 – 8   .733 Gardner–Webb 13 – 5   .722 16 – 15   .516 High Point 13 – 5   .722 17 – 14   .548 North Carolina A&T 11 – 7   .611 14 – 15   .483 Hampton 8 – 9   .471 13 – 16   .448 Presbyterian 6 – 12   .333 12 – 18   .400 Winthrop 4 – 14   .222 6 – 24   .200 UNC Asheville 3 – 15   .167 10 – 22   .313 Radford 3 – 15   .167 7 – 23   .233 Charleston Southern 2 – 15   .118 2 – 27   .069 † 2022 Big South tournament winner
2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 14 Ohio State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 7   .781 No. 8 Iowa † 14 – 4   .778 24 – 8   .750 No. 12 Michigan 13 – 4   .765 25 – 7   .781 No. 13 Maryland 13 – 4   .765 23 – 9   .719 No. 11 Indiana 11 – 5   .688 24 – 9   .727 Nebraska 11 – 7   .611 24 – 9   .727 Northwestern 8 – 8   .500 17 – 12   .586 Michigan State 8 – 9   .471 15 – 15   .500 Purdue 7 – 11   .389 17 – 15   .531 Minnesota 7 – 11   .389 15 – 18   .455 Penn State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 18   .379 Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 8 – 21   .276 Rutgers 3 – 14   .176 11 – 20   .355 Illinois 1 – 13   .071 7 – 20   .259 † 2022 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 Big West women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Hawaiʻi † 13 – 3   .813 20 – 10   .667 UC Irvine 14 – 4   .778 21 – 12   .636 Long Beach State 12 – 6   .667 19 – 9   .679 UC Riverside 10 – 6   .625 14 – 11   .560 UC San Diego* 10 – 8   .556 13 – 14   .481 UC Santa Barbara 9 – 8   .529 15 – 12   .556 UC Davis 8 – 8   .500 15 – 13   .536 Cal State Fullerton 5 – 12   .294 11 – 18   .379 Cal State Northridge 5 – 12   .294 9 – 19   .321 Cal State Bakersfield 3 – 11   .214 5 – 20   .200 Cal Poly 2 – 13   .133 3 – 22   .120 * ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition period † 2022 Big West tournament winner	2021–22 Conference USA women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Charlotte † 15 – 3   .833 22 – 10   .688 Middle Tennessee 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771 Old Dominion 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706 Western Kentucky 11 – 7   .611 18 – 12   .600 Marshall 10 – 8   .556 15 – 13   .536 FIU 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484 Florida Atlantic 1 – 17   .056 5 – 25   .167 West Louisiana Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636 North Texas 10 – 7   .588 17 – 13   .567 Southern Miss 9 – 8   .529 18 – 12   .600 Rice 8 – 9   .471 14 – 13   .519 UAB 8 – 10   .444 16 – 15   .516 UTEP 6 – 12   .333 14 – 15   .483 UTSA 3 – 14   .176 7 – 23   .233 † 2022 C-USA Tournament winner
2021–22 CAA women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Drexel 16 – 2   .889 28 – 6   .824 Delaware † 15 – 3   .833 25 – 7   .781 Towson 14 – 4   .778 24 – 8   .750 James Madison* 10 – 8   .556 14 – 15   .483 Elon 9 – 9   .500 17 – 12   .586 Charleston 9 – 9   .500 18 – 13   .581 Northeastern 8 – 10   .444 14 – 18   .438 William & Mary 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333 Hofstra 4 – 14   .222 8 – 20   .286 UNC Wilmington 0 – 18   .000 3 – 26   .103 *Ineligible for the CAA Tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the CAA. † 2022 CAA tournament winner	2021–22 Horizon League women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT IUPUI † 18 – 4   .818 24 – 5   .828 Youngstown State 18 – 4   .818 23 – 7   .767 Green Bay 15 – 4   .789 19 – 8   .704 Cleveland State 14 – 6   .700 21 – 9   .700 Northern Kentucky 14 – 6   .700 21 – 8   .724 Milwaukee 13 – 9   .591 14 – 16   .467 Oakland 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500 Robert Morris 11 – 11   .500 13 – 15   .464 Purdue Fort Wayne 7 – 14   .333 7 – 21   .250 Wright State 3 – 18   .143 4 – 19   .174 UIC 1 – 20   .048 2 – 25   .074 Detroit Mercy 1 – 21   .045 1 – 27   .036 † 2022 Horizon League Tournament winner	2021–22 Ivy League women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 25 Princeton † 14 – 0   1.000 25 – 5   .833 Columbia 12 – 2   .857 25 – 7   .781 Yale 9 – 5   .643 16 – 11   .593 Harvard 7 – 7   .500 13 – 14   .481 Penn 7 – 7   .500 12 – 14   .462 Cornell 4 – 10   .286 9 – 16   .360 Dartmouth 2 – 12   .143 3 – 23   .115 Brown 1 – 13   .071 6 – 20   .231 † 2022 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll
2021–22 MAAC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Fairfield † 19 – 1   .950 25 – 7   .781 Quinnipiac 14 – 6   .700 21 – 12   .636 Manhattan 14 – 6   .700 21 – 11   .656 Niagara 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500 Siena 10 – 10   .500 10 – 19   .345 Monmouth 9 – 11   .450 14 – 16   .467 Saint Peter's 9 – 11   .450 13 – 18   .419 Iona 8 – 12   .400 11 – 16   .407 Rider 7 – 13   .350 9 – 21   .300 Marist 6 – 14   .300 8 – 21   .276 Canisius 3 – 17   .150 6 – 25   .194 † 2022 MAAC tournament winner	2021–22 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Toledo 19 – 1   .950 29 – 6   .829 Buffalo † 16 – 4   .800 25 – 9   .735 Akron 13 – 7   .650 17 – 12   .586 Ball State 11 – 8   .579 20 – 13   .606 Northern Illinois 11 – 9   .550 14 – 15   .483 Kent State 10 – 10   .500 19 – 12   .613 Western Michigan 10 – 10   .500 16 – 14   .533 Bowling Green 10 – 10   .500 17 – 16   .515 Ohio 9 – 10   .474 15 – 15   .500 Miami (OH) 4 – 16   .200 8 – 21   .276 Eastern Michigan 4 – 16   .200 7 – 20   .259 Central Michigan 2 – 18   .100 4 – 25   .138 † 2022 MAC tournament winner	2021–22 MEAC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Howard † 11 – 3   .786 21 – 10   .677 Norfolk State 11 – 3   .786 17 – 12   .586 Morgan State 11 – 3   .786 18 – 8   .692 Coppin State 9 – 5   .643 15 – 13   .536 Maryland Eastern Shore 7 – 7   .500 12 – 16   .429 South Carolina State 4 – 10   .286 4 – 25   .138 North Carolina Central 3 – 11   .214 5 – 20   .200 Delaware State 0 – 14   .000 0 – 24   .000 † 2022 MEAC tournament winner
2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Southern Illinois 15 – 3   .833 21 – 10   .677 Missouri State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 8   .758 Northern Iowa 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676 Illinois State † 12 – 6   .667 19 – 14   .576 Loyola Chicago 10 – 8   .556 18 – 12   .600 Valparaiso 9 – 9   .500 11 – 19   .367 Drake 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588 Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 20   .355 Evansville 2 – 16   .111 8 – 22   .267 Bradley 1 – 17   .056 4 – 24   .143 † 2022 MVC tournament winner	2021–22 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UNLV † 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788 New Mexico 14 – 4   .778 26 – 10   .722 Wyoming 11 – 6   .647 17 – 13   .567 Nevada 11 – 6   .647 20 – 13   .606 Air Force 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576 Colorado State 9 – 9   .500 21 – 12   .636 San Diego State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484 Fresno State 7 – 10   .412 11 – 18   .379 Utah State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367 Boise State 4 – 13   .235 8 – 21   .276 San Jose State 2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167 † 2022 MW Tournament winner	2021–22 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Fairleigh Dickinson 15 – 3   .833 19 – 12   .613 St. Francis Brooklyn 13 – 5   .722 17 – 10   .630 Mount St. Mary's † 11 – 7   .611 16 – 13   .552 Wagner 10 – 8   .556 17 – 12   .586 LIU 9 – 9   .500 9 – 18   .333 Saint Francis (PA) 8 – 10   .444 8 – 22   .267 Merrimack* 7 – 11   .389 9 – 17   .346 Bryant 6 – 12   .333 10 – 22   .313 Sacred Heart 6 – 12   .333 8 – 17   .320 Central Connecticut 5 – 13   .278 6 – 20   .231 * ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition period † 2022 NEC tournament winner
2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Belmont † 16 – 2   .889 23 – 8   .742 Tennessee Tech 14 – 4   .778 21 – 11   .656 Murray State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 10   .688 Austin Peay 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606 Eastern Illinois 11 – 7   .611 16 – 14   .533 UT Martin 9 – 9   .500 12 – 18   .400 SIU Edwardsville 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419 Tennessee State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387 Southeast Missouri State 2 – 16   .111 6 – 23   .207 Morehead State 0 – 18   .000 1 – 27   .036 † 2022 OVC tournament winner	2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Stanford † 16 – 0   1.000 32 – 4   .889 Oregon 11 – 6   .647 20 – 12   .625 Washington State 11 – 6   .647 19 – 11   .633 No. 19 Arizona 10 – 6   .625 21 – 8   .724 Colorado 9 – 7   .563 22 – 9   .710 Utah 8 – 7   .533 21 – 12   .636 UCLA 8 – 8   .500 18 – 13   .581 Oregon State 6 – 9   .400 17 – 14   .548 Arizona State 4 – 9   .308 12 – 14   .462 USC 5 – 12   .294 12 – 16   .429 California 2 – 10   .167 11 – 13   .458 Washington 2 – 12   .143 7 – 16   .304 † 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 Patriot League women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Holy Cross 14 – 4   .778 20 – 11   .645 American † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719 Boston University 12 – 6   .667 17 – 14   .548 Bucknell 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706 Lehigh 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633 Army 10 – 8   .556 16 – 13   .552 Lafayette 7 – 11   .389 12 – 18   .400 Navy 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323 Colgate 4 – 14   .222 6 – 24   .200 Loyola (MD) 2 – 16   .111 5 – 24   .172 † 2022 Patriot League tournament winner
2021–22 SEC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 1 South Carolina 15 – 1   .938 35 – 2   .946 No. 9 LSU 13 – 3   .813 26 – 6   .813 No. 18 Tennessee 11 – 5   .688 25 – 9   .735 Ole Miss 10 – 6   .625 23 – 9   .719 Florida 10 – 6   .625 21 – 11   .656 Georgia 9 – 7   .563 21 – 10   .677 No. 15 Kentucky † 8 – 8   .500 19 – 12   .613 Missouri 7 – 9   .438 18 – 13   .581 Arkansas 7 – 9   .438 18 – 14   .563 Alabama 6 – 10   .375 20 – 14   .588 Mississippi State 6 – 10   .375 15 – 14   .517 Texas A&M 4 – 12   .250 14 – 15   .483 Vanderbilt 4 – 12   .250 16 – 19   .457 Auburn 2 – 14   .125 10 – 18   .357 † 2022 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll	2021–22 SWAC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Jackson State † 18 – 0   1.000 23 – 7   .767 Alabama A&M 13 – 5   .722 15 – 14   .517 Alabama State 12 – 6   .667 15 – 15   .500 Southern 11 – 7   .611 14 – 17   .452 Texas Southern 11 – 7   .611 11 – 15   .423 Prairie View A&M 10 – 8   .556 13 – 17   .433 Grambling State 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9 – 9   .500 13 – 16   .448 Bethune–Cookman 5 – 13   .278 6 – 21   .222 Florida A&M 4 – 14   .222 3 – 25   .107 Mississippi Valley State 3 – 15   .167 4 – 22   .154 Alcorn State 2 – 16   .111 3 – 22   .120 † 2022 SWAC tournament winner	2021–22 Southern Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Mercer † 13 – 1   .929 23 – 7   .767 Wofford 11 – 3   .786 17 – 14   .548 Furman 10 – 4   .714 20 – 14   .588 Samford 7 – 7   .500 13 – 17   .433 UNC Greensboro 5 – 9   .357 9 – 19   .321 Chattanooga 5 – 9   .357 7 – 23   .233 East Tennessee State 5 – 9   .357 6 – 22   .214 Western Carolina 0 – 14   .000 7 – 23   .233 † 2022 SoCon Tournament winner
2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Houston Baptist 12 – 2   .857 16 – 11   .593 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 11 – 3   .786 19 – 10   .655 Southeastern Louisiana 10 – 4   .714 16 – 11   .593 McNeese State 8 – 6   .571 13 – 15   .464 Incarnate Word † 5 – 9   .357 13 – 17   .433 Northwestern State 5 – 9   .357 12 – 14   .462 New Orleans 3 – 11   .214 5 – 18   .217 Nicholls 2 – 12   .143 4 – 22   .154 † 2022 Southland tournament winner	2021–22 Summit League women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT South Dakota State 17 – 1   .944 29 – 9   .763 South Dakota † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 6   .829 Kansas City 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719 Oral Roberts 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516 North Dakota 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500 North Dakota State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 18   .379 Western Illinois 5 – 12   .294 14 – 15   .483 Denver 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333 St. Thomas* 4 – 14   .222 7 – 21   .250 Omaha 3 – 14   .176 7 – 19   .269 * Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III † 2022 Summit League Tournament winner	2021–22 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Troy 13 – 2   .867 24 – 9   .727 UT Arlington † 11 – 4   .733 20 – 8   .714 Louisiana 9 – 4   .692 18 – 7   .720 Appalachian State 8 – 4   .667 14 – 12   .538 Little Rock 8 – 4   .667 17 – 10   .630 Texas State 9 – 6   .600 15 – 14   .517 Georgia Southern 8 – 6   .571 18 – 10   .643 Arkansas State 5 – 9   .357 12 – 16   .429 Coastal Carolina 4 – 9   .308 15 – 11   .577 Georgia State 4 – 9   .308 10 – 16   .385 South Alabama 2 – 10   .167 8 – 18   .308 Louisiana–Monroe 0 – 14   .000 4 – 25   .138 † 2022 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 19, 2022 Rankings from AP poll
2021–22 WAC women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Stephen F. Austin † 17 – 1   .944 28 – 5   .848 Grand Canyon 14 – 4   .778 22 – 10   .688 California Baptist* 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719 Utah Valley 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516 Abilene Christian 9 – 9   .500 17 – 13   .567 Sam Houston State 9 – 9   .500 15 – 16   .484 Tarleton State* 8 – 10   .444 16 – 13   .552 Lamar 8 – 10   .444 14 – 15   .483 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424 Seattle 6 – 12   .333 11 – 19   .367 Dixie State* 6 – 12   .333 10 – 19   .345 New Mexico State 6 – 12   .333 10 – 19   .345 Chicago State 3 – 15   .167 4 – 23   .148 * ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II † 2022 WAC tournament winner	2021–22 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT[115] No. 20 BYU 15 – 1   .938 26 – 4   .867 Gonzaga † 15 – 2   .882 27 – 7   .794 San Francisco 10 – 8   .556 17 – 16   .515 Portland 8 – 7   .533 20 – 11   .645 Saint Mary's 9 – 9   .500 18 – 15   .545 San Diego 8 – 9   .471 17 – 15   .531 Santa Clara 8 – 10   .444 16 – 15   .516 Pepperdine 4 – 11   .267 8 – 17   .320 Loyola Marymount 4 – 13   .235 11 – 19   .367 Pacific 3 – 14   .176 6 – 23   .207 † 2022 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Award winners

All-America teams

The NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Sporting News, and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.

Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. The NCAA does not recognize Sporting News as an All-America selector in women's basketball.

Major player of the year awards

• Wooden Award: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[116]
• Naismith Award: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[117]
• Associated Press Player of the Year: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[118]
• Wade Trophy: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[119]
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's Player of the Year (USBWA): Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[120]
• ESPN.com National Player of the Year:

Major freshman of the year awards

• Tamika Catchings Award (USBWA): Aneesah Morrow, DePaul^[121]
• WBCA Freshman of the Year: Aneesah Morrow, DePaul^[122]
• ESPN.com Freshman of the Year:

Major coach of the year awards

• Associated Press Coach of the Year: Kim Mulkey, LSU^[123]
• Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina^[117]
• USBWA National Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina^[124]
• WBCA National Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina^[125]
• ESPN.com Coach of the Year:
• WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year: Kate Paye, Stanford^[126]

Other major awards

• Naismith Starting Five:^[127]
  • Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard): Caitlin Clark, Iowa
  • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (top shooting guard): Christyn Williams, UConn
  • Cheryl Miller Award (top small forward): Ashley Joens, Iowa State
  • Katrina McClain Award (top power forward): NaLyssa Smith, Baylor
  • Lisa Leslie Award (top center): Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
• WBCA Defensive Player of the Year: Veronica Burton, Northwestern^[128]
• Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[117]
• Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award: Kierstan Bell, Florida Gulf Coast^[129]
• Senior CLASS Award (top senior on and off the court): Lexie Hull, Stanford^[130]
• Maggie Dixon Award (top rookie head coach): Kelly Rae Finley, Florida^[131]
• Academic All-American of the Year (top scholar-athlete): Aliyah Boston, South Carolina^[132]
• Elite 90 Award (top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four): Lexie Hull, Stanford^[133]
• Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award: Kendall Currence, Northeastern^[134]

Coaching changes

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
American	Megan Gebbia		Tiffany Coll	Gebbia left American on May 26, 2022 after 9 seasons for the Wake Forest head coaching job.[135] Longtime Eagles associate head coach Coll was promoted to the head coaching position on June 7.[136]
Arizona State	Charli Turner Thorne		Natasha Adair	Turner Thorne announced on March 3, 2022 that she would retire after her 25th season at Arizona State.[137] Delaware head coach Adair was hired by the Sun Devils on March 27.[138]
Arkansas State	Matt Daniel	Destinee Rogers		Daniel resigned nine games into his third season at Arkansas State on December 13, 2021. The following day, the Red Wolves named associate head coach Rogers the interim head coach for the rest of the season.[139][140] After the season, the team named Rogers as the permanent replacement.[141]
Bradley	Andrea Gorski		Kate Popovec	Gorski announced her retirement on March 22, 2022 after six seasons at Bradley.[142] Northwestern associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Popovec was hired by the Braves on April 6.[143]
Buffalo	Felisha Legette-Jack		Becky Burke	Legette-Jack left Buffalo on March 26, 2022 after 10 seasons for the head coaching job at her alma mater Syracuse.[144] The Bulls hired USC Upstate head coach Burke as her replacement on April 6.[145]
Butler	Kurt Godlevske		Austin Parkinson	Butler parted ways with Godlevske on March 22, 2022 after seven seasons and a 91–144 record, including a combined 4–44 the last two seasons.[146] The Bulldogs hired IUPUI head coach Parkinson on April 8.[147]
BYU	Jeff Judkins		Amber Whiting	Judkins announced his retirement on April 14, 2022 after 21 seasons at BYU, leaving as the program's winningest head coach with 456 wins.[148] Whiting, a former BYU player who was serving as head coach at Burley High School in Idaho, was hired by the Cougars on May 18.[149]
Cal Poly	Faith Mimnaugh		Shanele Stires	Mimnaugh announced her retirement on March 9, 2022 after 25 seasons at Cal Poly, leaving as the program's winningest head coach with 338 wins.[150] Stires, head coach at D2 Cal State East Bay the past 6 seasons, was hired by the Mustangs on April 14.[151]
Cal State Northridge	Lindsey Foster	Carlene Mitchell		Foster announced her resignation on July 27, 2021 due to family reasons.[152] Mitchell's interim tag was removed on March 16, 2022[153]
Chattanooga	Katie Burrows		Shawn Poppie	Burrows stepped down as head coach of her alma mater on March 9, 2022 after four seasons and a 46–68 overall record.[154] Virginia Tech associate head coach Poppie was hired on March 30.[155]
Chicago State	Tiffany Sardin		Andrea Williams	Sardin resigned from Chicago State on May 8, 2022 after 2 seasons.[156] Andrea Williams, head coach at Division II Fort Valley State, was hired by the Cougars on July 1.[157]
Coastal Carolina	Jaida Williams		Kevin Pederson	Coastal Carolina parted ways with Williams on March 18, 2022 after nine seasons and a 129–127 record.[158] On April 12, the Chanticleers hired Pederson from DII Lander University as their new head coach.[159]
Coppin State	Laura Harper		Jermaine Woods	Harper left Coppin State on April 20, 2022 after 2 seasons for the Towson head coaching position.[160] After a month-long search, the Eagles promoted associate head coach Woods on May 26.[161]
Dayton	Shauna Green		Tamika Williams-Jeter	Green left Dayton on March 21, 2022 after six seasons for the Illinois head coaching job.[162] The Flyers hired Williams from D-III Wittenberg University as their new coach on March 26.[163]
Delaware	Natasha Adair		Sarah Jenkins	Adair left Delaware after five seasons for the Arizona State job on March 27, 2022.[138] Penn State assistant Jenkins, who was an assistant with the Blue Hens from 2017–2021, was hired on April 3.[164]
Detroit Mercy	AnnMarie Gilbert	LaTanya Collins	Kate Achter	Detroit Mercy announced on June 15, 2021 that Gilbert had left the program after an abbreviated debut season that was cut short when the parents of every player on the team sent a letter to the university administration alleging rampant mental and physical abuse by Gilbert. Although UDM initially retained Gilbert after an internal investigation, all 14 players on the 2020–21 roster left the program. Titans assistant Collins was named interim head coach for the 2021–22 season.[165][166] On April 27, 2022, the school hired former Loyola Chicago head coach Kate Achter as the permanent replacement.[167]
Fairfield	Joe Frager		Carly Thibault-DuDonis	Frager announced on October 19, 2021 that he will retire at the end of the season, his 15th as Fairfield head coach.[168] Minnesota associate head coach Thibault-DuDonis was hired by the Stags on April 11, 2022.[169]
Florida	Cameron Newbauer	Kelly Rae Finley		Newbauer, citing personal reasons, announced his resignation from Florida on July 16, 2021 after four seasons. Assistant coach Finley was initially named interim head coach of the Gators for the 2021–22 season.[170] In late September 2021, Florida's student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator, reported accusations by multiple players that Newbauer had a long pattern of verbal abuse, physical intimidation, and racist remarks.[171] On February 27, 2022, Florida removed the interim tag from Finley and officially named her head coach.[172]
Florida State	Sue Semrau		Brooke Wyckoff	Semrau announced her retirement from Florida State on March 21, 2022 after 24 seasons. Under Semrau, the Seminoles won 470 games, had 14 20–win seasons, and made the NCAA tournament 16 times.[173] Associate head coach Wyckoff, who served as the Seminoles' interim head coach when Semrau took a leave of absence during the 2020–21 season, was promoted on March 29.[174]
Fordham	Stephanie Gaitley	Candice Green	Bridgette Mitchell	Gaitley resigned from Fordham on July 1, 2022 after 11 seasons.[175] A week later, assistant coach Green was named interim head coach of the Rams for the 2022–23 season.[176] After the season ended, the school hired Northeastern head coach Mitchell on April 7.[177]
Georgia	Joni Taylor		Katie Abrahamson-Henderson	Taylor left Georgia after seven seasons for the Texas A&M job on March 23, 2022.[178] UCF head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, who played two seasons with the Lady Bulldogs from 1986–88 before transferring to Iowa, was hired on March 26.[179]
Harvard	Kathy Delaney-Smith		Carrie Moore	Delaney-Smith announced on November 5, 2021 that she would retire after the 2021–22 season, her 40th year at Harvard.[180] The Crimson hired Michigan assistant Moore as her replacement on April 5.[181]
Illinois	Nancy Fahey		Shauna Green	Fahey announced her retirement on March 4, 2022 after 36 seasons overall and five seasons at Illinois.[182] The Illini hired Dayton head coach Green on March 21.[162]
IUPUI	Austin Parkinson		Kate Bruce	Parkinson left IUPUI on April 8, 2022 after 12 seasons for the Butler head coaching job.[147] On May 12, the Jaguars hired Kate Bruce, head coach at Division II Walsh University, as their new head coach.[183]
Kansas City	Jacie Hoyt		Dionnah Jackson-Durrett	Hoyt left Kansas City after five seasons for the Oklahoma State job on March 20, 2022.[184] Texas associate head coach Jackson-Durrett was hired by the Roos on March 30.[185]
Lehigh	Sue Troyan		Addie Micir	After 27 seasons leading the Lehigh women's team, Troyan announced on April 27, 2022 that she will transition into a senior leadership role within the Athletics department and will be succeeded by Mountain Hawks associate head coach Micir.[186]
Longwood	Rebecca Tillett		Erika Lang-Montgomery	Tillett left Longwood on April 12, 2022 after 4 seasons for the head coaching job at Saint Louis.[187] Florida assistant coach Lang-Montgomery was hired by the Lancers to replace her on April 28.[188]
Loyola Chicago	Kate Achter		Allison Guth	Loyola announced on March 24, 2022 that Achter's contract would not be renewed, ending her six-year tenure with a 67–110 record.[189] The Ramblers hired Yale head coach Guth on April 8.[190]
Mississippi State	Nikki McCray-Penson	Doug Novak	Sam Purcell	McCray-Penson announced on October 12, 2021 that she was stepping down as head coach after one season at Mississippi State due to health concerns. Assistant Coach Novak, who had been hired by the Bulldogs in August, was named interim head coach for the season.[191] Louisville assistant Purcell was hired as the permanent replacement on March 12, 2022.[192]
Mississippi Valley State	Ashley Walker-Johnson		Kimberly Anderson	Anderson was hired to replace Walker-Johnson on May 3, 2022, following 7 seasons as head coach at D-II Lane College.[193]
Missouri State	Amaka Agugua-Hamilton		Beth Cunningham	Agugua-Hamilton left Missouri State on March 21, 2022 after three seasons to take the head coaching job at Virginia.[194] Duke assistant coach Cunningham was hired by the Lady Bears on March 30.[195]
New Mexico State	Brooke Atkinson		Jody Adams-Birch	New Mexico State announced on March 15, 2022 that Atkinson's contract will not be renewed after five seasons, finishing with a 75–68 record.[196] Southern Illinois assistant coach Adams-Birch, who previously served as head coach at Murray State and Wichita State, was hired by the Aggies on March 31.[197]
Oklahoma State	Jim Littell		Jacie Hoyt	Oklahoma State announced on March 7, 2022 that Littell will not return next season after 10 seasons as head coach.[198] Kansas City head coach Hoyt was hired on March 20.[184]
Oral Roberts	Misti Cussen		Kelsi Musick	Oral Roberts parted ways with Cussen on March 30, 2022 after 10 seasons.[199] Musick, head coach at Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State the past 13 seasons, was hired by the Golden Eagles on April 21.[200]
Purdue	Sharon Versyp		Katie Gearlds	Purdue initially announced on March 26, 2021 that the 2021–22 season, which would have been Versyp's 16th season as head coach, would be her last at her alma mater. She will be succeeded by another former Boilermaker star player in Katie Gearlds, who was set to serve as associate head coach this season after spending the past eight seasons as head coach of Marian (IN) of the NAIA.[201] However, Versyp announced her retirement effective immediately on September 16.[202]
Rutgers	C. Vivian Stringer		Coquese Washington	Stringer announced her retirement on April 30, 2022, effective September 1, after 50 years as head coach, the last 27 at Rutgers. Stringer, who did not coach the Scarlet Knights this season because of COVID concerns, leaves as the program's winningest coach with 535 wins and as the 5th all-time winningest coach in Women’s Basketball history with 1,055.[203] Notre Dame associate head coach and former Penn State head coach Washington was hired on May 23.[204]
Saint Louis	Lisa Stone		Rebecca Tillett	Saint Louis fired Stone on March 18, 2022 after 10 seasons and a 164–138 record.[205] Longwood head coach Tillett was hired by the Billikens on April 12.[187]
Saint Peter's	Mark Mitchell		Jennifer Leedham	In an unusual move, Mitchell left Saint Peter's on June 29, 2022 after 4 seasons for the head coaching job at NCAA D2 UIndy.[206] St. Francis Brooklyn associate head coach Leedham was hired by the Peacocks on July 25.[207]
San Jose State	Jamie Craighead		April Phillips	San Jose State announced on March 11, 2022 that Craighead will not be retained as head coach, ending her nine-year tenure with an 89–160 record.[208] Texas assistant coach Phillips was hired by the Spartans on April 6.[209]
South Carolina State	Audra Smith	Ervin Monier	Timothy Eatman	South Carolina State parted ways with Smith on February 24, 2022 after three seasons, a day after she filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school. Bulldogs associate head coach Monier was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.[210] On July 12, Rutgers assistant Eatman was hired as the new head coach.[211]
South Dakota	Dawn Plitzuweit		Kayla Karius	Plitzuweit left South Dakota on March 31, 2022 after 6 seasons for the West Virginia coaching job.[212] Drake assistant coach Karius, who was an assistant for the Coyotes from 2016–18, was hired on April 10.[213]
Southern Illinois	Cindy Stein		Kelly Bond-White	Stein announced her retirement on July 2, 2021, effective at the end of the season, her ninth at SIU.[214] Texas A&M associate head coach Bond-White was hired by the Salukis on March 31.[215]
Syracuse	Quentin Hillsman	Vonn Read	Felisha Legette-Jack	Hillsman resigned from Syracuse on August 2, 2021 after 15 seasons amid allegations of inappropriate behavior by former players.[216] Two days later, associate head coach Read was named interim head coach of the Orange for the 2021–22 season.[217] Following the season, Buffalo head coach and former Syracuse star Felisha Legette-Jack was hired on March 26.[144]
Temple	Tonya Cardoza		Diane Richardson	Temple announced on March 22, 2022 that Cardoza will not return as head coach, ending her 14-year tenure with a 251–188 record.[218] Towson head coach Richardson was hired by the Owls in April 5.[219]
Texas A&M	Gary Blair		Joni Taylor	Blair announced on October 28, 2021 that he will retire at the end of the 2021–22 season, his 19th as head coach at A&M.[220] Blair's accolades with the Aggies include being the winningest head coach of the program with 444 wins, two SEC tournament Titles, a National championship, and becoming the third women's college basketball coach to have the court at their home arena named for them. Georgia head coach Taylor was hired on March 23, 2022.[178]
Texas Southern	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke		Vernette Skeete	Cooper-Dyke, serving her second stint as Texas Southern head coach, announced her retirement on March 17, 2022 after three seasons at the school.[221] Texas A&M co-associate head coach Skeete was hired by the Lady Tigers on April 13.[222]
Towson	Diane Richardson		Laura Harper	Richardson left Towson on April 5, 2022 after 5 seasons for the Temple head coaching position.[219] The Tigers hired Coppin State head coach Harper on April 20.[160]
UCF	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson		Sytia Messer	Abrahamson-Henderson left UCF on March 26, 2022 after six seasons for the Georgia head coaching vacancy.[179] LSU associate head coach Messer was hired by the Knights on April 3.[223]
UIC	Tasha Pointer		Ashleen Bracey	UIC announced on March 5, 2022 that Pointer will not return as head coach, ending her four-year tenure with an 11–94 overall record.[224] Missouri assistant coach Bracey was hired by the Flames on March 28.[225]
UNC Wilmington	Karen Barefoot	Tina Martin	Nicole Woods	UNC Wilmington fired Barefoot on February 14, 2022 after four-and-a-half seasons, with the Seahawks at 50–83 overall and winless in conference play this season at the time of the announcement. Assistant coach Martin was initially named interim head coach for the rest of the season.[226] On April 8, the school announced that Martin will continue to serve as the interim head coach of the team for the 2022-23 season.[227] After Martin was not retained, Charlotte associate head coach Woods was hired on April 13, 2023.[228]
USC Upstate	Becky Burke		Jason Williams	Burke left USC Upstate on April 6, 2022 after 2 seasons for the Buffalo head coaching job.[145] On April 22, Jason Williams was hired by the Spartans after 9 seasons as head coach at D-II Belmont Abbey.[229]
Virginia	Tina Thompson		Amaka Agugua-Hamilton	Thompson was fired by Virginia on March 3, 2022 after four seasons and a 30–63 record.[230] Missouri State head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton was hired by the Cavaliers on March 21.[194]
Wake Forest	Jennifer Hoover		Megan Gebbia	Wake Forest fired Hoover on May 11, 2022 after 10 seasons and a 142–170 overall record.[231] American head coach Gebbia was hired by the Demon Deacons on May 26.[135]
West Virginia	Mike Carey		Dawn Plitzuweit	Carey announced his retirement on March 16, 2022. He retired after 21 seasons at West Virginia as their winningest coach with a record of 447–239.[232] The Mountaineers hired South Dakota head coach Plitzuweit as his replacement on March 31.[212]
William & Mary	Ed Swanson		Erin Dickerson	William & Mary announced on March 21, 2022 that Swenson will not be retained for next season, ending his nine-year tenure with a 126–128 record.[233] Wake Forest associate head coach Dickerson was hired by the Tribe on April 11.[234]
Wyoming	Gerald Mattinson		Heather Ezell	Mattinson announced his retirement on March 25, 2022 after three seasons at Wyoming and was succeeded by Cowgirls associate head coach Ezell.[235]
Yale	Allison Guth		Dalila Eshe	Guth left Yale on April 8, 2022 after 7 seasons for the head coach opening at Loyola Chicago.[190] Princeton assistant coach Eshe was hired by the Bulldogs on April 25.[236]

See also

• 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Footnotes

References