2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season explained

2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:10
Tv:WDAY'Z Xtra, Midco Sports Network
Draft:WNBA Draft
Draft Link:2022 WNBA draft
Top Pick:Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
Picked By:Minnesota Lynx, 28th overall
Season:2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Season Champs:South Dakota & South Dakota State
Season Champ Name:Regular season champions
Mvp:Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
Mvp Link:Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Summit League tournament
Finals Link:2022 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:South Dakota
Finals Runner-Up:South Dakota State
Finals Mvp Link:Most Outstanding Player
Finals Mvp Name:Tournament MVP
Seasonslistnames:Summit League women's basketball
Prevseason Link:2020–21 Summit League women's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2020–21
Nextseason Link:2022–23 Summit League women's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2022–23

The 2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the fifteenth season under the Summit League name and the 40th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982.

The Summit League tournament is scheduled for March 5–8, 2022 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN !Signees
style= width=75Denver —
style= width=90Kansas City ―
style= width=75North Dakota ―
style= width=75North Dakota State ―
style= width=85Omaha ―
style= width=90Oral Roberts ―
style= width=75St. Thomas ―
style= width=75South Dakota ―
style= width=75South Dakota State ―
style= width=75Western Illinois ―

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[1] Naismith[2] Lieberman[3] Drysdale[4] Miller[5] McClain[6] Leslie[7] Wade
Myah Selland – South Dakota StateMyah Selland – South Dakota State
Hannah Sjerven – South Dakota		――Myah Selland – South Dakota State――

Preseason polls

Summit League Coaches' Poll

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
PlaceTeamPointsFirst place votes
1. ! style= width=75South Dakota 712 20
2. ! style= width=120South Dakota State 672 18
3. ! style= width=75North Dakota State 544 ―
4. ! style= width=75Kansas City 486 ―
5. ! style= width=75Denver 385 ―
6. ! style= width=75Oral Roberts 383 ―
7. ! style= width=75Western Illinois 382 ―
8. ! style= width=75Omaha 314 ―
9. ! style= width=75North Dakota 181 ―
10. ! style= width=75St. Thomas 147 ―
Source:[8]

Summit League Preseason All-Conference

Preseason All-Summit League First Team

Key
scope=col Symbolscope=col Meaning
scope=row Preseason player of the year automatically earns a spot on the first team
NameSchoolPos.Yr. Ht.Hometown (Last School)
Naomie Alnatas Kansas City Sr. G 5'7 Cayenne, French Guiana (Chalon Basket)
Paiton Burckhard South Dakota State Jr. F 6'0 Aberdeen, SD (Aberdeen Central HS)
Tylee Irwin South Dakota State Sr. F 6'0 Wahpeton, ND (Wahpeton HS)
Chloe Lamb South Dakota R-Sr. G 5'10 Onida, SD (Sully Buttes HS)
Myah Selland South Dakota State R-Jr. F 6'1 Letcher, SD (Sanborn Central/Woonsocket HS)
Hannah Sjerven South Dakota R-Sr. C 6'2 Rogers, MN (Rogers HS)

Preseason All-Summit League Second Team

NameSchoolPos.Yr. Ht.Hometown (Last School)
Meghan Boyd Denver Jr. G 5'11 Eagle, ID (Eagle HS)
Uju Ezeudu Denver Jr. F 6'0 Reynoldsburg, OH (Reynoldsburg HS)
Heaven Hamling North Dakota State Jr. G 5'8 Grand Rapids, MN (Grand Rapids HS)
Liv Korngable South Dakota R-Sr. G 5'10 Rochester, MN (Mayo HS)
Keni Jo Lippe Oral Roberts Gr. G 5'9 Adair, OK (Adair HS)

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Regular season

The schedule will be released in middle of June.[9]

Records against other conferences

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

Regular season

Power 7 ConferencesRecord
American1–5
ACC1–1
Big East3–3
Big Ten0–3
Big 120–7
Pac-121–1
SEC0–3
Power 7 Conferences Total6–23
Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecord
America East0–0
A-100–1
ASUN1–0
Big Sky3–5
Big South0–1
Big West1–2
CAA0–0
C-USA0–2
Horizon4–1
Ivy League1–0
MAAC1–0
MAC1–0
MEAC1–0
MVC6–5
Mountain West1–6
NEC0–0
OVC3–0
Patriot League0–1
SoCon0–0
Southland1–1
SWAC1–0
Sun Belt3–0
WAC6–1
WCC1–0
Other Division I Total35–26
Division II Total2–0
Division III Total3–0
NCAA Division I Total41–49
NAIA ConferencesRecord
AMC1–0
GPAC4–0
HAAC1–0
Independent1–0
NSAA2–0
SAC2–0
NAIA Total11–0

Post Season

Power 7 ConferencesRecord
American0–0
ACC0–0
Big East1–0
Big Ten1–1
Big 121–0
Pac-121–0
SEC2–0
Power 7 Conferences Total6–1
Other NCAA Division 1 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
MAC1–0
MEAC0–0
MVC1–1
Mountain West0–0
NEC0–0
OVC0–0
Patriot League0–0
SoCon0–0
Southland0–0
SWAC0–0
Sun Belt0–0
WAC0–0
WCC0–0
Other Division I Total2–1
NCAA Division I Total8–2

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 Conference record
Nov 9 Omaha ― L 38–65 0–1
Nov 12 South Dakota Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational L 41–72 0–2
Nov 15 South Dakota State No. 14 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA ― L 56–75 0–3
Nov 26 South Dakota † L 44–58 0–4
Nov 27 South Dakota State No. 19 UCLA † W 76–66 1–4
Dec 9 North Dakota State ― L 47–59 1–5
Mar 20 South Dakota No. 7 Baylor † NCAA tournament (second round) W 61–47 2–5
Mar 26 South Dakota No. 12 Michigan † NCAA tournament (Sweet 16) L 49–52 2–6

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[10]

  style= width=75Denver style= width=100Kansas City style= width=75North Dakotastyle= width=75North Dakota State style= width=75Omaha style= width=75Oral Roberts style= width=75St. Thomas style= width=75South Dakota style= width=75South Dakota State style= width=75Western Illinois
ND NDS COL OMA ORU STO SD SDS WI -->vs. Denver– 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas City 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Dakota0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Dakota State 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Omaha 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Oral Roberts 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. St. Thomas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. South Dakota 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0
vs. South Dakota State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0
vs. Western Illinois 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 –
ND NDS COL OMA ORU STO SD SDS WI -->
Total0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifference
style= width=75Denver ―――
style= width=100Kansas City ―――
style= width=75North Dakota ―――
style= width=75North Dakota State ―――
style= width=75Omaha ―――
style= width=75Oral Roberts ―――
style= width=75St. Thomas ―――
style= width=75South Dakota ―――
style= width=75South Dakota State ―――
style= width=75Western Illinois ―――
Through November 8, 2021[11]

Rankings

See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NVNo votes received
  PreWk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 ! Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Wk
17 		Wk
18 		Wk
19 		Final
Denver APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
Kansas City APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
North Dakota APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
North Dakota State APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
Omaha APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
Oral Roberts APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
St. Thomas APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
South Dakota APRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV NVNVRV
C
South Dakota State APRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C
Western Illinois APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
C

Head coaches

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeasons at schoolOverall recordSummit recordSummit titlesNCAA tournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
style= width=75DenverDoshia WoodsTulane (recruiting coordinator)2nd7–16 5–9 0000
style= width=100Kansas City Jacie HoytKansas State (assistant)5th58–56 7–8 00 ♠00
style= width=75North Dakota Mallory BernhardNorth Dakota (assistant)2nd2–19 2–13 0000
style= width=75North Dakota State Jory CollinsKansas (assistant)3rd26–28 16-16 0000
style= width=75Omaha Carrie BanksOhio State (assistant)2nd7–13 4–8 0000
style= width=75Oral Roberts Misti CussenOral Roberts (assistant)10th129–137 56–50 0100
style= width=75St. Thomas Ruth SinnApple Valley HS17th356–88 0–0 0000
style= width=75South Dakota Northern Kentucky6th129–30 66–9 22 ♠00
style= width=75South Dakota State Aaron JohnstonSouth Dakota State (assistant)22nd513–170 193–35 91000
style= width=75Western Illinois JD GravinaQuincy11th 156–146 83–73 0100
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Post season

Summit League tournament

See main article: 2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament.

South Dakota won the conference tournament from March 5–8, 2022, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD. The top eight teams from the conference regular season play at the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, after the NET rankings if necessary.

Reference:[12]

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. One team from the conference were selected to participate: South Dakota. South Dakota State selected one of the "first four out" team, will act as standbys in the event a school is forced to withdraw before the start of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. But that didn't happen, so they participated in 2022 WNIT.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst roundSecond roundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
No. 10Wichita RegionalSouth Dakota–––
1 BidW-L (%):TOTAL:

National Invitation Tournament

Two teams from the conference were selected to participate: South Dakota State & Kansas City.

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

BracketSchoolFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Region 3South Dakota Statedefeated Ohio 87−57defeated Minnesota 78−57defeated Drake 84−66defeated Alabama 78−73defeated UCLA 62−59defeated Seton Hall 82−50
Region 3Kansas Citylost to Northern Iowa 58−75−−−−−
2 BidsTOTAL W-L (%):
Index to colors and formatting
Summit League member won
Summit League member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Summit League offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[13]

WeekPlayer of the WeekSchool Ref.
Nov. 15style= width=135Liv Korngablestyle= width=100South Dakota[14]
Nov. 22style= width=135Brooklyn McDavidstyle= width=100Kansas City[15]
Nov. 29style= width=135Naomie Alnatasstyle= width=100Kansas City[16]
Dec 6.style= width=135Danni Nicholsstyle= width=100Western Illinois[17]
Dec 13.style= width=135Uju Ezeudustyle= width=100Denver[18]
Dec 20.style= width=135Brooklyn McDavid (2)style= width=100Kansas City[19]
Dec 27.style= width=135Paige Meyerstyle= width=125South Dakota State[20]
Jan. 3style= width=135Chloe Lambstyle= width=100South Dakota[21]
Jan 10.style= width=135Uju Ezeudu (2)style= width=100Denver[22]
Jan 17.style= width=135Kacie Borowiczstyle= width=100North Dakota[23]
Jan 24.style= width=135Kacie Borowicz (2)style= width=100North Dakota[24]
Jan. 31style= width=135Naomie Alnatas (2)style= width=100Kansas City[25]
Feb. 7style= width=135Naomie Alnatas (3)style= width=100Kansas City[26]
Feb. 14style= width=135Myah Sellandstyle= width=125South Dakota State[27]
Feb. 21style= width=135Tirzah Moore style= width=125Oral Roberts [28]
Mar. 1style= width=135Chloe Lamb (2)style= width=100South Dakota[29]
School Total
style= width=125Kansas City5
style= width=125South Dakota 3
style= width=125Denver 2
style= width=125North Dakota 2
style= width=125South Dakota State 2
style= width=125Oral Roberts 1
style= width=125Western Illinois 1

Summit League Awards

The Summit League announced its end of season awards on March 3, 2022 ahead of the start of the Summit League tournament.[30]

2021 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the YearChloe Lamb – South Dakota
Coach of the YearAaron Johnston – South Dakota State
Defensive Player of the YearHannah Sjerven – South Dakota
Freshman of the YearTirzah Moore – Oral Roberts
Sixth Player of the YearGrace Larkins – South Dakota
Newcomer of the YearBrooklyn McDavid – Kansas City

WNBA draft

See main article: 2022 WNBA draft.

The Summit League had one player selected in the WNBA Draft. Hannah Sjerven from South Dakota selected by Minnesota Lynx on the 3rd round 28th overall pick.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's Announces 2021-22 Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List. woodenaward.com. November 14, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2022 Women's Jersey Mike's Naismith Awards Watch List . naismithtrophy.com. November 9, 2021. November 14, 2021.
  3. Web site: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Point Guards to Watch List for 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award. hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 25, 2021. November 6, 2021.
  4. Web site: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Shooting Guards to Watch List for 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 26, 2021. November 6, 2021.
  5. Web site: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Small Forwards to Watch List for 2022 Cheryl Miller Award. hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 27, 2021. November 6, 2021.
  6. Web site: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Power Forwards to Watch List for 2022 Katrina McClain Award. hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 28, 2021. November 6, 2021.
  7. Web site: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Centers to Watch List for 2022 Lisa Leslie Award. hoophall.com. National Basketball Hall of Fame. October 29, 2021. November 6, 2021.
  8. Web site: South Dakota favored to claim #SUMMITWBB Summit League title . live. thesummitleague.org. October 12, 2021 . November 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211012172735/https://thesummitleague.org/news/2021/10/11/womens-basketball-south-dakota-favored-to-claim-summitwbb-summit-league-title.aspx . 2021-10-12 .
  9. Web site: Summit League Releases 2021-22 League Basketball Schedules . live. thesummitleague.org. June 16, 2021 . November 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210616160137/https://thesummitleague.org/news/2021/6/15/mens-basketball-summit-league-releases-2021-22-league-basketball-schedules.aspx . 2021-06-16 .
  10. Web site: Summit League Standings.
  11. Web site: Sortable Team Stats. November 8, 2021.
  12. Web site: 2022 Summit League Women's Basketball Bracket. The Summit League. March 1, 2022.
  13. Web site: Summit League Women's Basketball Players of the Week.
  14. Web site: Coyotes' Korngable claims season-opening TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. November 15, 2021. November 19, 2021.
  15. Web site: KC's McDavid garners TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly accolade. thesummitleague.org. November 22, 2021. November 23, 2021.
  16. Web site: Roos' Alnatas takes home TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly honor. thesummitleague.org. November 29, 2021. November 30, 2021.
  17. Web site: WIU's Nichols named TicketSmarter #SummitWBB Player of the Week. thesummitleague.org. December 6, 2021. December 8, 2021.
  18. Web site: DU's Ezeudu selected for TicketSmarter #SummitWBB player of the week honor. thesummitleague.org. December 13, 2021. December 14, 2021.
  19. Web site: KC's McDavid garners TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. December 20, 2021. December 21, 2021.
  20. Web site: SDSU's Meyer secures TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. December 27, 2021. December 28, 2021.
  21. Web site: USD's Lamb garners TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly honor. thesummitleague.org. January 3, 2022. January 4, 2022.
  22. Web site: Pioneers' Ezeudu takes home TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly accolade. thesummitleague.org. January 10, 2022. January 16, 2022.
  23. Web site: UND's Borowicz claims TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. January 17, 2022. January 19, 2022.
  24. Web site: Back-to-back TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly honors for UND's Borowicz. thesummitleague.org. January 24, 2022. January 25, 2022.
  25. Web site: KC's Alnatas picks up TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly accolade. thesummitleague.org. January 31, 2022. February 16, 2022.
  26. Web site: KC's Alnatas earns back-to-back TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. February 7, 2022. February 16, 2022.
  27. Web site: SDSU's Selland garners TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly accolade. thesummitleague.org. February 14, 2022. February 16, 2022.
  28. Web site: ORU's Moore earns TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly honor. thesummitleague.org. February 21, 2022. February 22, 2022.
  29. Web site: USD's Lamb collects final TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly award. thesummitleague.org. March 1, 2022. March 2, 2022.
  30. Web site: South Dakota's Lamb garners #SummitWBB Player of the Year honor. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 3, 2022. October 31, 2022.
  31. Web site: South Dakota's Sjerven drafted by Minnesota Lynx. thesummitleague.org. Summit League. April 11, 2022. April 12, 2022.

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