2021–22 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2021–22
Prev Year:2020–21
Next Year:2022–23
Team:Utah Valley Wolverines
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Short Conf:WAC
Record:16 - 15
Conf Record:10 - 8
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Ashley Garfield (3rd season)
Asst Coach2:Morgan Bailey (3rd season)
Asst Coach3:Keilani Unga (3rd season)
Stadium:UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500)[1]
Lockhart Arena (Capacity: 2,000)[2]

The 2021–22 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Dan Nielson entered the season as head coach for his 3rd season.[3] The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center and Lockhart Arena in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2020–21 season 13–7, 10–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. In the 2021 WAC women's basketball tournament, they defeated Chicago State in the quarterfinals before losing to Grand Canyon in the semifinals.[4] Still, UVU received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a No. 16 seed since California Baptist was ineligible due to their transition to Division I.[5] UVU lost to No. 1 seed and eventual champion Stanford 87–44 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.[6]

Schedule and results

[7] |-!colspan=12 style=| Non-Conference season|-!colspan=12 style=| WAC conference season|-!colspan=9 style=|WAC Tournament

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCCU Center . 2022-10-31 . www.utahvalley.com . en-us.
  2. Web site: UVU arena named after Becky Lockhart, first female speaker of the Utah House of Representatives . 2022-10-31 . heraldextra.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: UVU signs men’s and women’s hoops coaches to new five-year deals . 2022-10-30 . heraldextra.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: Obert . Richard . Grand Canyon falls to California Baptist in WAC Women's championship basketball game . 2022-10-30 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2021-03-19 . Utah Valley women’s basketball: How the Wolverines made it into the NCAA Tournament, despite not winning the WAC . 2022-10-30 . Deseret News . en.
  6. Web site: UVU women’s basketball finalizes schedule . 2022-10-30 . heraldextra.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule.