2021–22 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	† 2022 Big Ten Tournament winner ; As of March 6, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
2021–22 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
2021–22 record	22–6 (13–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kim Barnes Arico (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Carrie Moore; Val Nainima; Harry Rafferty;
Home arena	Crisler Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 →

The 2021–22 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represents the University of Michigan during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines are led by head coach Kim Barnes Arico in her tenth year, and play their home games at the Crisler Center. This season marks the program's 40th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season[]

The Wolverines finished the 2020–21 season with a 16–6 record, including 9–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They also reached No. 11 in the AP Poll, their highest rank ever, and were ranked the No. 6 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, their highest seed ever. The Wolverines advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history.^[1]

Offseason[]

On April 1, 2021, former assistant coach Toyelle Wilson was named the head coach at SMU.^[2]

On September 10, 2021, Kim Barnes Arico signed a contract extension through the 2025–26 season.^[3]

Roster[]

2021–22 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Naz Hillmon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Gilmour Academy	Cleveland, OH
G	1	Amy Dilk	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Carmel	Carmel, IN
G	3	Maddie Nolan	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Zionsville	Zionsville, IN
G	5	Laila Phelia	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mount Notre Dame	Cincinnati, OH
G	10	Jordan Hobbs	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Springboro	Springboro, OH
G	12	Ari Wiggins	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Heritage Christian	Indianapolis, IN
F	15	Taylor Gibson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Bishop McNamara	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	23	Danielle Rauch	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Bishop Ludden	Syracuse, NY
G	24	Michelle Sidor	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Saddle River Day	Upper Saddle River, NJ
F	25	Whitney Sollom	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Hartland	Hartland, MI
F	30	Elise Stuck	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Charlevoix	Charlevoix, MI
F	32	Leigha Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	DeKalb	Noblesville, IN
F	33	Emily Kiser	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Noblesville	Noblesville, IN
C	34	Izabel Varejão	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Neuse Christian Academy	Vitória, Brazil
F	44	Cameron Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL

Head coach

Kim Barnes Arico (Montclair State)

Assistant coach(es)

Carrie Moore (Western Michigan)
Val Nainima (South Carolina)
Harry Rafferty (Michigan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2021* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Grand Valley State	W 80–57	–	Crisler Center (1,672) Ann Arbor, MI
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm	No. 11	IUPUI	W 67–62 ^OT	1–0	Crisler Center (1,948) Ann Arbor, MI
November 13, 2021* 2:00 pm	No. 11	St. Francis Brooklyn	W 82–46	2–0	Crisler Center (2,363) Ann Arbor, MI
November 16, 2021* 6:00 pm	No. 13	UMass Lowell	W 73–54	3–0	Crisler Center (1,957) Ann Arbor, MI
November 20, 2021* 1:00 pm	No. 13	at Central Michigan	W 69–45	4–0	McGuirk Arena (2,654) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 22, 2021* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Oakland	W 69–58	5–0	Crisler Center (1,967) Ann Arbor, MI
November 26, 2021* 6:45 pm	No. 12	vs. No. 16 Oregon State Daytona Beach Invitational	W 61–52	6–0	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
November 27, 2021* 4:30 pm	No. 12	vs. Mississippi State Daytona Beach Invitational	W 64–48	7–0	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
December 2, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 12	at No. 10 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 48–70	7–1	KFC Yum! Center (7,309) Louisville, KY
December 5, 2021* 2:00 pm	No. 12	Akron	W 93–54	8–1	Crisler Center (2,274) Ann Arbor, MI
December 9, 2021 9:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	at Wisconsin	W 93–81	9–1 (1–0)	Kohl Center (2,669) Madison, WI
December 12, 2021 2:00 pm	No. 13	Minnesota	W 73–61	10–1 (2–0)	Crisler Center (2,484) Ann Arbor, MI
December 19, 2021* 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 13	vs. No. 5 Baylor Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase	W 74–68 ^OT	11–1	Mohegan Sun (8,204) Uncasville, CT
December 22, 2021* 1:00 pm	No. 9	Eastern Michigan	Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)^[4]		Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
December 31, 2021 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 9	No. 25 Rivalry	W 90–71	12–1 (3–0)	Crisler Center (7,904) Ann Arbor, MI
January 4, 2022 9:00 pm, BTN	No. 8	at	L 58–79	12–2 (3–1)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,591) Lincoln, NE
January 9, 2022 12:00 pm, FS1	No. 8		W 76–47	13–2 (4–1)	Crisler Center (2,154) Ann Arbor, MI
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm	No. 11	at	W 74–57	14–2 (5–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,622) University Park, PA
January 16, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	at No. 8 Maryland	W 69–49	15–2 (6–1)	Xfinity Center (4,189) College Park, MD
January 20, 2022 7:00 pm	No. 8	Wisconsin	W 83–44	16–2 (7–1)	Crisler Center (1,994) Ann Arbor, MI
January 24, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 7		W 79–66	17–2 (8–1)	Crisler Center (1,845) Ann Arbor, MI
January 27, 2022 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 7	at No. 22 Rivalry	W 77–58	18–2 (9–1)	Value City Arena (4,293) Columbus, OH
January 31, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 5 Indiana	W 65–50	19–2 (10–1)	Crisler Center (4,198) Ann Arbor, MI
February 3, 2022 8:00 pm	No. 6	at	Postponed (inclement weather)^[5]		State Farm Center Champaign, IL
February 6, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN	No. 6	No. 21 Iowa	W 98–90	20–2 (11–1)	Crisler Center (3,827) Ann Arbor, MI
February 10, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN	No. 4	at Rivalry	L 57–63	20–3 (11–2)	Breslin Center (4,764) East Lansing, MI
February 13, 2022 1:00 pm	No. 4	at	L 69–71 ^2OT	20–4 (11–3)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,341) Evanston, IL
February 20, 2022 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 9	No. 13 Maryland	W 71–59	21–4 (12–3)	Crisler Center (6,394) Ann Arbor, MI
February 24, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 6	Michigan State Rivalry	W 62–51	22–4 (13–3)	Crisler Center (5,460) Ann Arbor, MI
February 27, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at No. 21 Iowa	L 80–104	22–5 (13–4)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,056) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 4, 2022 9:00 pm, BTN	(3) No. 10	vs. (6) Nebraska Quarterfinals	L 73–76	22–6	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19, 2022 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 W) No. 12	(14 W) American First round			Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Wichita. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[6]^[7]

Rankings[]

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 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
AP	11	13	12	12	13	13	9	9	8	11	8	7	6	4	9	6	10	12	12
Coaches	10	10^	9	9	11	11	7	7	7	10	8	7	5	4	9	5	9	12

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References[]

^ VanMetre, Sarah (March 25, 2021). "Michigan to Face No. 2 Seed Baylor in First NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
^ "Toyelle Wilson named new SMU coach after stops at Michigan, Baylor". ESPN.com. April 1, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
^ VanMetre, Sarah (September 10, 2021). "Barnes Arico Inks Contract Extension Through 2025-26". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
^ VanMetre, Sarah (December 16, 2021). "Women's Basketball's Dec. 22 Contest vs. EMU Canceled". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ VanMetre, Sarah (February 2, 2022). "Michigan's Thursday Contest at Illinois Postponed". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
^ VanMetre, Sarah (September 8, 2021). "Women's Basketball Announces 2021-22 Schedule". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[1] VanMetre, Sarah (March 25, 2021). "Michigan to Face No. 2 Seed Baylor in First NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[2] "Toyelle Wilson named new SMU coach after stops at Michigan, Baylor". ESPN.com. April 1, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[3] VanMetre, Sarah (September 10, 2021). "Barnes Arico Inks Contract Extension Through 2025-26". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[4] VanMetre, Sarah (December 16, 2021). "Women's Basketball's Dec. 22 Contest vs. EMU Canceled". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[5] VanMetre, Sarah (February 2, 2022). "Michigan's Thursday Contest at Illinois Postponed". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

[6] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[7] VanMetre, Sarah (September 8, 2021). "Women's Basketball Announces 2021-22 Schedule". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

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v t Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
Venues	Crisler Center (1973–present)
Rivalries	Michigan State Ohio State
People	Head coaches
Seasons	2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t	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