2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record24–9 (12–3 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachMichele Woods-Baxter
Assistant coaches
  • Danny Hughes
  • Yolisha Jackson
Home arenaYuengling Center
Seasons
2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 24 UCF † 14 – 1   .933 26 – 4   .867
South Florida 12 – 3   .800 24 – 9   .727
Tulane 11 – 5   .688 21 – 10   .677
Temple 8 – 8   .500 13 – 15   .464
SMU 7 – 7   .500 14 – 15   .483
Houston 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529
Memphis 6 – 9   .400 16 – 12   .571
Tulsa 5 – 8   .385 17 – 11   .607
Wichita State 5 – 11   .313 14 – 16   .467
East Carolina 4 – 11   .267 11 – 18   .379
Cincinnati 4 – 11   .267 11 – 17   .393
† 2022 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his 22nd season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's ninth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 12–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament where they lost to UCF. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Miami in the first round.

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2020–21 season 19–4, 13–2 in AAC play to finish win their first ever American Athletic championship. USF won the AAC tournament, by defeating UCF in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed where they defeated No. 9 seed Washington State in the first round to before losing to No. 1 seed NC State in the second round.

Media

All Bulls games aired on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. All home games and home and away conference games were available on one of the ESPN networks or their streaming service ESPN+.

Roster

2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Odeth Betancourt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Panola College San Cristóbal, Venezuela
G 1 Maria Alvarez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Miami Country Day School Bal Harbour, Florida
G 2 Mihaela Lazić 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Klasična Gimnazija Slavonski Brod, Croatia
PG 3 Sydni Harvey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Brentwood Academy Nashville, Tennessee
PG 4 Elisa Pinzan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Istituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia Murano, Italy
G 5 Elena Tsineke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Hellenic College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece
F/C 11 Patience Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Benilde-St. Margaret's High School
Florida SouthWestern State 		Minneapolis, Minnesota
F 12 Cristina Bermejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So INS Sant Just Desvern Sant Just Desvern, Spain
F 13 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr   Seixal, Portugal
F 20 Bethy Mununga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Institut Sainte-Marie Jambes Zellik, Belgium
C 21 Shae Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr South Effingham High School Rincon, Georgia
G 22 Aerial Wilson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So The RISE Centre
Memphis 		Dundas, Ontario
G 24 Bella Weary 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr DME Academy Jacksonville, Florida
F 32 Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Walters State Community College Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
8:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 21 UTRGV W 63–56  1–0
 Yuengling Center (2,710)
Tampa, FL
November 11, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 21 Alabama State W 72–37  2–0
 Yuengling Center (2,123)
Tampa, FL
November 15, 2021*
6:30 pm, SECN+ 		No. 23 at No. 16 Tennessee
AAC/SEC Challenge 		L 49–52  2–1
 Thompson–Boling Arena (6,017)
Knoxville, TN
November 20, 2021*
2:30 pm, FloHoops 		No. 23 vs. Syracuse
Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals 		W 77–53  3–1
 Imperial Arena (993)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 21, 2021*
12:00 pm, FloHoops 		No. 23 vs. No. 2 UConn
Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals 		L 53–60  3–2
 Imperial Arena (1,124)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 22, 2021*
2:30 pm, ESPNU 		No. 23 vs. No. 9 Oregon
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game 		W 71–62  4–2
 Imperial Arena (269)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 26, 2021*
12:00 pm, FloHoops 		No. 18 vs. No. 7 Stanford
Baha Mar Hoops 		W 57–54  5–2
 Baha Mar Convention Center (205)
Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 13 at UT Arlington L 56–61  5–3
 College Park Center (630)
Arlington, TX
December 12, 2021*
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 17 at VCU W 64–57  6–3
 Siegel Center (393)
Richmond, VA
December 15, 2021*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		No. 16 Stetson W 69–50  7–3
 Yuengling Center (2,847)
Tampa, FL
December 17, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 16 High Point W 62–46  8–3
 Yuengling Center (1,562)
Tampa, FL
December 20, 2021*
1:15 pm, FloHoops 		No. 18 vs. West Virginia
West Palm Beach Invitational 		W 77–55  9–3
 Student Life Center 
West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2021*
1:15 pm, FloHoops 		No. 18 vs. Ole Miss
West Palm Beach Invitational 		L 53–61  9–4
 Student Life Center 
West Palm Beach, FL
December 29, 2021*
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 22 Jacksonville W 70–57  10–4
 Yuengling Center (1,996)
Tampa, FL
AAC regular season
January 2, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 22 Memphis Postponed Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
January 5, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 24 at Cincinnati W 61–46  11–4
(1–0) 		Fifth Third Arena (310)
Cincinnati, OH
January 12, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 24 at Tulane W 75–62  12–4
(2–0) 		Devlin Fieldhouse (577)
New Orleans, LA
January 16, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPNU 		No. 24 at UCF
War on I-4 		L 57–61  12–5
(2–1) 		Addition Financial Arena (2,763)
Orlando, FL
January 19, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Tulsa W 66–63  13–5
(3–1) 		Yuengling Center (1,596)
Tampa, FL
January 22, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Temple W 75–67 OT 14–5
(4–1) 		Yuengling Center (2,177)
Tampa, FL
January 26, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at SMU W 62–56  15–5
(5–1) 		Moody Coliseum (674)
Dallas, TX
January 30, 2022
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Houston W 55–35  16–5
(6–1) 		Fertitta Center (566)
Houston, TX
February 6, 2022
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Tulane L 55–67  16–6
(6–2) 		Yuengling Center (1,683)
Tampa, FL
February 9, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Temple W 49–40  17–6
(7–2) 		Liacouras Center (1,436)
Philadelphia, PA
February 13, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN2 		UCF
War on I-4 		L 33–54  17–7
(7–3) 		Yuengling Center (2,086)
Tampa, FL
February 16, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Cincinnati W 54–45  18–7
(8–3) 		Yuengling Center (1,654)
Tampa, FL
February 22, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Wichita State
Rescheduled from January 9 		W 61–57  19–7
(9–3) 		Yuengling Center (1,628)
Tampa, FL
February 24, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Wichita State W 47–46  20–7
(10–3) 		Charles Koch Arena (1,037)
Wichita, KS
February 27, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at East Carolina W 68–60  21–7
(11–3) 		Williams Arena (753)
Greenville, NC
March 2, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Houston W 71–38  22–7
(12–3) 		Yuengling Center (2,196)
Tampa, FL
AAC Women's Tournament
March 8, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (7) Memphis
Quarterfinals 		W 63–53  23–7
 Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
March 9, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (6) Houston
Semifinals 		W 58–50  24–7
 Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
March 10, 2022
9:00 pm, ESPNU 		(2) vs. (1) No. 25 UCF
Championship 		L 45–53  24–8
 Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19, 2022*
11:30 am, ESPN2 		(8 G) vs. (9 G) Miami (FL)
First Round 		L 66–78  24–9
 Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G=Greensboro.
All times are in EST.

Rankings

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
AP 21 23 18 13 17 16 18 22 24 24 RV
Coaches 22 - 20 17 19 16 16 23 24 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

See also

References

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