2021–22 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team explained

Year:2021–22
Team:Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
Sex:none
Sport:basketball
Conference:Big West Conference
Short Conf:Big West
Record:20–10
Conf Record:13–3
Head Coach:Laura Beeman
Hc Year:10th
Asst Coach1:Alex Delanian
Asst Coach2:Khalilah Mitchell
Asst Coach3:Derrick Florence
Arena:Stan Sheriff Center
(Capacity: 10,300)
Champion:
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:first round

The 2021–22 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rainbow Wahine, led by Laura Beeman in her 10th season as head coach, played their home games at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu as a member of the Big West Conference.

The Rainbow Wahine finished the season with a 20–10 record, including a 13–3 mark in Big West conference play that netted them the regular season championship and the top overall seed in the Big West Conference tournament.[1] The team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Baylor in the first round.[2] [3]

Previous season

See also: 2020–21 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team.

The Rainbow Wahine finished the 2020–21 season with an overall record of 9–8 (7–6 in Big West play), to finish fifth in the Big West conference standings. The team beat Cal State Bakersfield in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament 81–67 before losing to the eventual conference champions UC Davis in the semifinal round, 64–52.

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaneshiro . Jason . University of Hawaii women’s basketball team wins Big West regular-season title . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . 5 April 2022.
  2. Web site: Tsai . Stephen . Hawaii women’s basketball team wins Big West title, earns NCAA berth . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . 5 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Shimabuku . Christian . Hawaii women’s basketball eliminated by Baylor in NCAA Tournament . KHON2 . 5 April 2022.