2021–22 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

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2020–21 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
Big Ten Conference logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1
2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Season championsIowa &
Season MVPCaitlin Clark, Iowa
Tournament
ChampionsIowa
  Runners-upIndiana
Finals MVPCaitlin Clark
Basketball seasons
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2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 14 – 4   .778 23 – 6   .793
No. 8 Iowa † 14 – 4   .778 23 – 7   .767
No. 12 Michigan 13 – 4   .765 22 – 6   .786
No. 13 Maryland 13 – 4   .765 21 – 8   .724
No. 11 Indiana 11 – 5   .688 22 – 8   .733
11 – 7   .611 24 – 8   .750
8 – 8   .500 17 – 12   .586
8 – 9   .471 15 – 15   .500
7 – 11   .389 16 – 14   .533
Minnesota 7 – 11   .389 14 – 17   .452
5 – 13   .278 11 – 18   .379
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 8 – 21   .276
3 – 14   .176 11 – 20   .355
1 – 13   .071 7 – 20   .259
† 2022 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 6, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball season is 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 will end in March, 2022.

Regular season[]

The conference schedule will be released in 8 September.[1]

Records against other conferences[]

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

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
Nov 14 No. 13 Kentucky No. 8 Indiana Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, IN ― W 88–67 1–0
Nov 20 Minnesota No. 2 Connecticut † Imperial Arena ● Paradise Island, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis L 58–88 1–1
Nov 21 No. 6 Baylor No. 3 Maryland Xfinity Center ● College Park, MD ― W 79–76 2–1
Nov 25 No. 5 NC State No. 2 Maryland † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 60–78 2–2
Nov 25 No. 7 Stanford No. 4 Indiana † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 66–69 2–3
Nov 25 No. 22 † Eckerd College ● St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Showcase L 57–65 2–4
Nov 26 No. 16 Oregon State No. 12 Michigan † Ocean Center ● Daytona Beach, FL Daytona Beach Invitational W 61–52 3–4
Nov 27 No. 7 Stanford No. 2 Maryland † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship L 68–86 3–5
Nov 27 No. 9 Arizona † Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam L 44–80 3–6
Nov 27 No. 13 Iowa State † Hertz Arena ● Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase L 59–93 3–7
Nov 27 No. 17 Florida State Purdue † Eckerd College ● St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Showcase W 66–61 4–7
Nov 27 No. 23 Texas A&M † Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam L 68–77 4–8
Dec 2 No. 2т NC State No. 6 Indiana Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, IN ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 58–66 4–9
Dec 2 No. 12 Michigan No. 10 Louisville KFC Yum! Center ● Louisville, KY ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 48–70 4–10
Dec 2 No. 24 Notre Dame Breslin Center ● East Lansing, MI ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 71–76 4–11
Dec 2 No. 25 Florida State State Farm Center ● Champaign, IL ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge L 58–67 4–12
Dec 8 No. 12 Iowa No. 15 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series L 70–77 4–13
Dec 12 No. 8 Maryland No. 1 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SC Jimmy V Classic L 59–66 4–14
Dec 19 No. 5 Baylor No. 13 Michigan † Mohegan Sun Arena ● Uncasville, CT Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase W 74–68 (OT) 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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.[5] On March 25, 2021, Marisa Moseley was named the eighth head coach in Badgers history.[6]

Coaches[]

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten Tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois Nancy Fahey Washington (MO) 5 35–79 6–64 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana Teri Moren Indiana State 8 148–79 72–50 0 0 3 0 0
Iowa Lisa Bluder Drake 22 436–232 219–138 1 2 15 0 0
Maryland Brenda Frese Minnesota 20 512–131 109–13[a] 6 5 17 3 1
Michigan Kim Barnes Arico St. John's (Asst.) 10 193–102 86–64 0 0 4 0 0
Michigan State Suzy Merchant Eastern Michigan 15 296–157 144–93 2 0 10 0 0
Minnesota Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx (Player) 4 44–37 20–31 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Amy Williams South Dakota 6 72–75 39–48 0 0 1 0 0
Northwestern Joe McKeown George Washington 14 223–186 94–128 0 0 2 0 0
Ohio State Kevin McGuff Washington 9 169–84 91–45 2 1 4 0 0
Penn State Carolyn Kieger Marquette 3 16–38 7–30 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Katie Gearlds Marian 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0
Rutgers C. Vivian Stringer Iowa 27 535–291 63–52[b] 0 0 17 2 0
Wisconsin Marisa Moseley Boston University 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
  1. ^ Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
  2. ^ Stringer's Big East and American conference record excluded since Rutgers began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.


References[]

  1. ^ "Big Ten releases women's basketball conference schedules". www.leaderpub.com. September 8, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ Carmin, Mike. "Purdue calls on Katie Gearlds to energize women's basketball program but challenges await". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ^ Carmin, Mike. "Purdue women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp accused of creating 'toxic and hostile' environment". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ Carmin, Mike. "Sharon Versyp to retire; Katie Gearlds takes over Purdue women's basketball program". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin fires women's basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis", USA Today, March 9, 2021, retrieved September 11, 2021
  6. ^ Nordstrom, Diane (March 26, 2021), "Moseley named to head women's basketball program", uwbadgers.com, retrieved September 11, 2021
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