Mode: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 2021–22 |
Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
Next Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |
Conference: | ASUN |
Coachrank: | 20 |
Aprank: | 23 |
Record: | 30–3 |
Conf Record: | 15–1 |
Head Coach: | Karl Smesko |
Hc Year: | 20th |
Asst Coach1: | Chelsea Lyles |
Asst Coach2: | Shannon Murphy |
Asst Coach3: | Mandi Pierce |
Stadium: | Alico Arena |
Champion: | ASUN regular season champions ASUN tournament champions |
Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2021–22 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by twentieth-year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at the Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).
They finished the season 30–3, 15–1 in ASUN play, to win the ASUN regular season. They were the first seed in the ASUN tournament, and they defeated North Florida, Liberty and Jacksonville State to win the tournament championship and earn the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Virginia Tech before falling to Maryland in the second round to end their season.
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See main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
+ Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 22 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | |
Coaches | RV | RV | 22 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
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(RV) | Received votes |
The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.