2021–22 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season explained

2021–22 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:150
No Of Teams:14
Tv:Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1
Season:2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Season Champs:Iowa & Ohio State
Mvp:Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Mvp Link:Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:Iowa
Finals Runner-Up:Indiana
Finals Mvp:Caitlin Clark
Finals Mvp Link:Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament#Results by year
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Year:2020–21
Nextseason Year:2022–23

The 2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball season was expected to begin with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The regular season ended in March, 2022.

Regular season

The conference schedule was released on September 8.[1]

Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (January 2, 2022):

Regular season

Power 7 ConferencesRecord
American3–0
ACC7–13
Big East5–3
Big 122–5
Pac-122–4
SEC2–4
Power 7 Conferences total21–29
Other NCAA Division I conferencesRecord
America East3–2
A-102–3
ASUN3–2
Big Sky0–0
Big South1–0
Big West2–0
CAA5–0
C-USA4–1
Horizon6–3
Ivy League1–0
MAAC6–0
MAC8–1
MEAC6–0
MVC10–3
Mountain West3–0
NEC7–1
OVC1–1
Patriot League2–0
SoCon1–0
Southland0–0
SWAC4–0
Summit3–0
Sun Belt1–0
WAC0–1
WCC1–0
Other Division I total80–18
Division II total0–0
NCAA Division I total100–47

Preseason

Power 7 ConferencesRecord
American0–0
ACC0–0
Big East0–0
Big 120–0
Pac-120–0
SEC0–0
Power 7 Conferences total0–0
Other NCAA Division I ConferencesRecord
America East0–0
A-100–0
ASUN0–0
Big Sky0–0
Big South0–0
Big West0–0
CAA0–0
C-USA0–0
Horizon0–0
Ivy League0–0
MAAC0–0
MAC0–0
MEAC0–0
MVC0–0
Mountain West0–0
NEC0–0
OVC0–0
Patriot League0–0
SoCon0–0
Southland0–0
SWAC0–0
Summit0–0
Sun Belt0–0
WAC0–0
WCC0–0
Other Division I total0–0
NCAA Division I total0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conf.
record
No. 8 Indiana — W 88–67 1–0
Nov 20 Minnesota L 58–88 1–1
Nov 21 No. 3 Maryland ― W 79–76 2–1
Nov 25 No. 2 Maryland † Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 60–78 2–2
Nov 25 No. 4 Indiana † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 66–69 2–3
Nov 25 Purdue † St. Pete Showcase L 57–65 2–4
Nov 26 No. 12 Michigan † Daytona Beach Invitational W 61–52 3–4
Nov 27 No. 7 Stanford No. 2 Maryland † Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 68–86 3–5
Nov 27 Rutgers † L 44–80 3–6
Nov 27 Penn State No. 13 Iowa State † L 59–93 3–7
Nov 27 Purdue † Eckerd College ● St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Showcase W 66–61 4–7
Nov 27 Northwestern † Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam L 68–77 4–8
Dec 2 No. 2т NC StateNo. 6 Indiana Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, IN L 58–66 4–9
Dec 2 No. 12 Michigan ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 48–70 4–10
Dec 2 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 71–76 4–11
Dec 2 Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 58–67 4–12
Dec 8 No. 12 Iowa No. 15 Iowa State L 70–77 4–13
No. 8 Maryland L 59–66 4–14
Dec 19 No. 5 Baylor No. 13 Michigan † Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase 5–14

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking.

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Head coaches

Coaching changes prior to the season

Purdue

On March 26, 2021; Purdue announced the 2021–22 season will be the last year of the "Versyp Era" at Purdue, with Katie Gearlds joining the Lady Boilers' staff and then succeeding Versyp as the head coach after the 2021–22 season.[2] The Journal & Courier reported on August 18, 2021 that Purdue University was investigating allegations that Versyp created a "toxic and hostile environment," including verbally attacking players and bullying a member of her coaching staff.[3] It was announced on September 16, 2021 that Versyp would be retiring and replaced by Gearlds a year earlier than originally planned.[4]

Wisconsin

On March 9, 2021, the Badgers fired Jonathan Tsipis after five years as head coach. On March 25, 2021, Marisa Moseley was named the eighth head coach in Badgers history.

Coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordBig Ten recordBig Ten titlesBig Ten tournament titlesNCAA tournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA championships
style=IllinoisWashington (MO)535–796–6400000
style=IndianaTeri MorenIndiana State8148–7972–5000300
style=IowaLisa BluderDrake22436–232219–138121500
style=MarylandBrenda FreseMinnesota20512–131109–13651731
style=MichiganKim Barnes AricoSt. John's (Asst.)10193–10286–6400400
style=Michigan StateSuzy MerchantEastern Michigan15296–157144–93201000
style=MinnesotaLindsay WhalenMinnesota Lynx (Player)444–3720–3100000
style=NebraskaAmy WilliamsSouth Dakota672–7539–4800100
style=NorthwesternJoe McKeownGeorge Washington14223–18694–12800200
style=Ohio StateKevin McGuffWashington9169–8491–4521400
style=Penn StateCarolyn KiegerMarquette316–387–3000000
style=PurdueKatie GearldsMarian10–00–000000
style=RutgersC. Vivian StringerIowa27535–29163–52001720
style=WisconsinMarisa MoseleyBoston University10–00–000000
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Preseason national polls

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

See main article: 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament.

Iowa won the conference tournament from March 2 to March 6, 2022, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana. All 14 teams from the conference play at the tournament. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record of all Division I opponents, after coin toss if necessary.[5]

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Six teams from the conference were selected to participate: Iowa (as Big Ten tournament champion), and five others at-large bids: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst roundSecond roundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
No. 2Greensboro RegionalIowa––––
No. 3Bridgeport RegionalIndiana–––
No. 3Wichita RegionalMichigan––
No. 4Spokane RegionalMaryland–––
No. 6Spokane RegionalOhio State–––
No. 8Wichita RegionalNebraska–––––
6 BidsW-L (%):TOTAL:

National Invitation Tournament

Two teams from the conference were selected to participate: Minnesota and Purdue. The Big Ten conference rejected their automatic berth, the two teams qualify from at-large bids.

See main article: 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

BracketSchoolFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Region 3Minnesotadefeated Green Bay 73−65lost to South Dakota State 57−78––––
Region 4Purduedefeated Southern Illinois 82−60lost to Marquette 62−77––––
2 BidsTOTAL:
Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Ten releases women’s basketball conference schedules . live. leaderpub.com. September 8, 2021 . November 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211116202417/https://www.leaderpub.com/2021/09/08/big-ten-releases-womens-basketball-conference-schedules/ . 2021-11-16 .
  2. Web site: Carmin . Mike . 2021-03-26 . Purdue calls on Katie Gearlds to energize women's basketball program but challenges await . 2021-06-20 . Journal & Courier.
  3. News: Carmin . Mike . August 18, 2021 . Purdue women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp accused of creating 'toxic and hostile' environment . August 18, 2021 . Journal & Courier.
  4. News: Carmin . Mike . 2021-09-16 . Sharon Versyp to retire; Katie Gearlds takes over Purdue women's basketball program . 2021-09-16 . Journal & Courier.
  5. Web site: 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's and Women’s Basketball Championship Procedure and Tiebreaker Procedures for Tournament Seeding . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216183849/https://bigten.org/documents/2022/1/26//2022_Big_Ten_MBB_WBB_Tournament_Tiebreaker_January_2022.pdf?id=7393 . dead . February 16, 2022 . BigTen.org . February 27, 2022 . December 28, 2022.

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