2021–22 Southwestern Athletic Conference women's basketball season

2021–22 Southwestern Athletic Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament
SWAC women's basketball seasons
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2021–22 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jackson State † 18 – 0   1.000 23 – 7   .767
Alabama A&M 13 – 5   .722 15 – 14   .517
Alabama State 12 – 6   .667 15 – 15   .500
Southern 11 – 7   .611 14 – 17   .452
Texas Southern 11 – 7   .611 11 – 15   .423
Prairie View A&M 10 – 8   .556 13 – 17   .433
Grambling State 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9 – 9   .500 13 – 16   .448
Bethune–Cookman 5 – 13   .278 6 – 21   .222
Florida A&M 4 – 14   .222 3 – 25   .107
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 15   .167 4 – 22   .154
Alcorn State 2 – 16   .111 3 – 22   .120
† 2022 SWAC tournament winner

The 2021–22 Southwestern Athletic Conference women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the 41st season under the Southwestern Athletic Conference name.

The SWAC tournament is scheduled for March 9–12, 2022 at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pre-season

Preseason polls

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season § Pre-season polls

SWAC Coaches' Poll

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Jackson State 255 19
2. Alabama State 238 1
3. Southern 194 1
4. Alabama A&M 190 1
5. Grambling State 147 —
6. Texas Southern 142 ―
7. Alcorn State 118 ―
8. Bethune–Cookman 101 ―
9. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 98 ―
10. Prairie View A&M 93 ―
11. Florida A&M 91 ―
12. Mississippi Valley State 49 ―

Source:[1]

SWAC Preseason All-Conference

Further information: List of All-SWAC women's basketball teams

Preseason All-SWAC First Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Dayzsha Rogan Jackson State Sr. G 5'4 Ripley, MS (Northeast)
Ayana Emmanuel Alabama State Sr. G 5'9 Fort Lauderdale, FL (Dillard HS)
Shmya Ward Alabama State R-Jr. F 6'0 Memphis, TN (Whitehaven HS)
Dariauna Lewis Alabama A&M Sr. F 6'1 Omaha, NE (Missouri State)
Ameshya Williams Jackson State Sr. C 6'4 Gulfport, MS, (West Harrison HS)

Source:[2]

Preseason All-SWAC Second Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Ataiya Bridges Texas Southern GS G 5'4 Lanett, AL (Shelton State)
Genovea Johnson Southern Jr. G 5'8 Fort Lauderdale, FL (Dillard HS)
Deshawna Harper Alabama A&M GS G 5'4 Indianapolis, IN (Heritage HS)
Jayla Crawford Alabama State Sr. G 5'7 Birmingham, AL (Huffman HS)
Khadijah Brown Arkansas-Pine Bluff R-Sr. C 6'3 Miami, FL (Jacksonville)

Source:[2]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Regular season

In 30 December 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference update their COVID-19 protocol. If a team is unable to play due to COVID-19 related issues the match will be counted as a forfeit for the purpose of the conference standings resulting in a loss for the team that caused the cancellation and a win for the opposing team. As per NCAA policy, a COVID-19 related forfeit not change a team's official won-lost record, nor will it impact statistics or coaching records. It will only count for the purpose of the conference standings.[3]

Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (December 30, 2021):

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 Conference record
Nov 11 Alabama State No. 21 South Florida Yuengling Center ● Tampa, FL ― L 37–72 0–1
Nov 11 Southern No. 23 Texas A&M Reed Arena ● College Station, TX ― L 32–92 0–2
Nov 15 Texas Southern No. 11 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ ― L 38–93 0–3
Nov 17 Southern No. 8 Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena ● Iowa City, IA ― L 67–87 0–4
Nov 21 Southern No. 14 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA ― L 55–96 0–5
Nov 21 Grambling State No. 17 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center ● Tallahassee, FL ― L 53–76 0–6
Dec 1 Jackson State No. 15 Texas Frank Erwin Center ● Austin, TX ― L 64–78 0–7
Dec 8 Alcorn State No. 5 Baylor Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX ― L 40–94 0–8
Dec 9 Texas Southern No. 18 Texas A&M Reed Arena ● College Station, TX ― L 43–88 0–9
Dec 12 Texas Southern No. 24 LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center ● Baton Rouge, LA ― L 55–96 0–10
Dec 15 Alcorn State No. 22 LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center ● Baton Rouge, LA ― L 36–100 0–11
Dec 15 Alabama State No. 24 Ohio State Schottenstein Center ● Columbus, OH ― L 51–97 0–12
Dec 19 Prairie View A&M No. 12 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA ― L 39–108 0–13
Dec 21 Alabama State No. 25 North Carolina Carmichael Arena ● Chapel Hill, NC ― L 47–83 0–14
Dec 29 Alcorn State No. 12 Texas Frank Erwin Center ● Austin, TX Canceled due to COVID-19[4]

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Post season

SWAC tournament

Main article: 2022 SWAC women's basketball tournament

Jackson State won the conference tournament from March 9–12, 2022, at the Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL. The top eight teams from the conference regular season play at the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[5]

Quarterfinals
March 9 & 10
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 11
ESPN+ 		Championship
March 12
ESPN+
         
1 Jackson State 78
8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67
1 Jackson State 59
4 Southern 46
4 Southern 68
5 Texas Southern 67
1 Jackson State 101
3 Alabama State 80
3 Alabama State 60
6 Prairie View A&M 58
3 Alabama State 74
7 Grambling State 59
2 Alabama A&M 54
7 Grambling State 62

Reference:[6]

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

One team from the conference were selected to participate: Jackson State.

Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 14 Spokane Regional Jackson State
lost to No. 3 LSU 77–83
– – – – –
1 Bid W-L (%): 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)
Index to colors and formatting
SWAC member won
SWAC member lost

National Invitation Tournament

Three conferences (Big Ten, Big 12, SWAC) rejected their bids to participate WNIT, so SWAC team didn't participate this year WNIT.

Main article: 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the SWAC offices named one or two players of the week each week.

Week Player of the Week School Impact Player of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 18 Morgan Beacham Bethune–Cookman Taylor Williams Bethune–Cookman [7]
Nov. 24 Gerlyn Smith Prairie View A&M Deshawna Harper Alabama A&M [8]
Dec. 2 Mikayla Etienne Mississippi Valley State Khadijah Brown Arkansas–Pine Bluff [9]
Dec. 8 Zaay Green Arkansas–Pine Bluff Sade Hudson Arkansas–Pine Bluff [10]
Dec. 15 Nigeria Jones Alabama A&M Dariauna Lewis Alabama A&M [11]
Dec. 22 Dylan Horton Florida A&M Dariauna Lewis (2) Alabama A&M [12]
Dec. 29 Tynesha Rudolph Alabama State Alexus Holt Grambling State [13]
Jan. 5 Dariauna Lewis Alabama A&M Maleaha Bell Florida A&M [14]
Jan. 12 Dylan Horton (2) Florida A&M Ameshya Williams-Holliday Jackson State [15]
Jan. 19 Dylan Horton (3) Florida A&M Andriana Avent Texas Southern [16]
Jan. 25 Dariauna Lewis (2) Alabama A&M Ameshya Williams-Holliday (2) Jackson State [17]
Feb. 1 Ameshya Williams-Holliday Jackson State Andriana Avent (2) Texas Southern [18]
Feb. 8 Alexus Holt Grambling State Zaay Green Arkansas–Pine Bluff [19]
Feb. 15 Ameshya Williams-Holliday (2) Jackson State Ataiya Bridges Texas Southern [20]
Feb. 22 Ayana Emmanuel Alabama State Andriana Avent (3) Texas Southern [21]
TBD ― ― ― ―
TBD ― ― ― ―
TBD ― ― ― ―

Totals per School

School Total
Alabama A&M 6
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 4
Florida A&M 4
Jackson State 4
Texas Southern 4
Alabama State 2
Bethune–Cookman 2
Grambling State 2
Mississippi Valley State 1
Prairie View A&M 1

WNBA draft

Main article: 2022 WNBA draft

The SWAC had one player selected in the WNBA Draft. Ameshya Williams-Holliday from Jackson State selected by Indiana Fever on the 3rd round 25th overall pick. Williams-Holliday was the first player from HBCU, who selected on the WNBA draft since 2002.[22]

Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Ameshya Williams-Holliday Indiana Fever 3 25 Center Jackson State

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