2021–22 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

2021–22 Belmont Bruins women's basketball
OVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record23–8 (16–2 OVC)
Head coach
Associate head coachJamey Givens
Assistant coaches
  • Amy Malo
  • Jessica Holman
Home arenaCurb Event Center
Seasons
2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont † 16 – 2   .889 23 – 8   .742
Tennessee Tech 14 – 4   .778 21 – 11   .656
Murray State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 10   .688
Austin Peay 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Eastern Illinois 11 – 7   .611 16 – 14   .533
UT Martin 9 – 9   .500 12 – 18   .400
SIU Edwardsville 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419
Tennessee State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387
Southeast Missouri State 2 – 16   .111 6 – 23   .207
Morehead State 0 – 18   .000 1 – 27   .036
† 2022 OVC tournament winner

The 2021–22 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by second year head coach Bart Brooks, played their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 23–8, 16–2 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC women's tournament by defeating Tennessee Tech and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset Oregon in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the second round.

Roster

2021–22 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Tuti Jones 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Charles Henderson Troy, AL
F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Kettering Fairmont Kettering, OH
G 4 Macie Culbertson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Daniel Boone Fall Branch, TN
F 10 Allison Luly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Creekview Alpharetta, GA
G 11 Destinee Wells 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Houston Lakeland, TN
G 12 Kilyn McGuff 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bishop Watterson Columbus, OH
G 14 Jamilyn Kinney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Van Buren Van Buren, AR
F 20 Conley Chinn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Jackson Academy Jackson, MS
G 21 Blair Sch 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Brentwood Academy Brentwood, TN
F 22 Tessa Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Stone Memorial Crossville, TN
G 23 Nikki Baird 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Wheaton North Wheaton, IL
G 24 Kiki Britzmann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Incarnate Word Academy St. Louis, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non–conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Chattanooga W 88–70  1–0
 McKenzie Arena (1,041)
Chattanooga, TN
November 11, 2021*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		at Ole Miss W 62–50  2–0
 SJB Pavilion (1,688)
Oxford, MS
November 14, 2021*
1:00 pm, ACCNX 		at Georgia Tech L 45–58  2–1
 McCamish Pavilion (1,501)
Atlanta, GA
November 18, 2021*
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Alabama A&M W 63–34  3–1
 Curb Event Center (512)
Nashville, TN
November 21, 2021*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UCF L 45–57  3–2
 Addition Financial Arena (2,385)
Orlando, FL
November 28, 2021*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		at Arkansas L 63–83  3–3
 Bud Walton Arena (2,834)
Fayetteville, AR
December 2, 2021*
5:00 pm, SECN+ 		Lipscomb
Battle of the Boulevard 		W 67–62  4–3
 Curb Events Center (1,783)
Nashville, TN
December 5, 2021*
11:00 am, ACCN 		at No. 10 Louisville L 66–80  4–4
 KFC Yum! Center (7,092)
Louisville, KY
December 15, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Auburn W 71–62  5–4
 Curb Events Center (2,031)
Nashville, TN
December 19, 2021*
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Middle Tennessee Cancelled Curb Events Center 
Nashville, TN
December 22, 2021*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Western Kentucky Cancelled Curb Events Center 
Nashville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
December 30, 2021
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at SIUE W 87–49  6–4
(1–0) 		Vadalabene Center (193)
Edwardsville, IL
January 1, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Eastern Illinois W 71–57  7–4
(2–0) 		Lantz Arena (622)
Charleston, IL
January 6, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Southeast Missouri W 85–65  8–4
(3–0) 		Curb Events Center (112)
Nashville, TN
January 8, 2022
1:00 pm 		at UT Martin Postponed[2] Skyhawk Arena 
Martin, TN
January 13, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Austin Peay W 65–46  9–4
(4–0) 		Curb Events Center (755)
Nashville, TN
January 15, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Murray State W 67–52  10–4
(5–0) 		Curb Events Center (1,002)
Nashville, TN
January 17, 2022
2:00 pm 		at UT Martin Postponed Skyhawk Arena 
Martin, TN
January 20, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Morehead State W 103–50  11–4
(6–0) 		Ellis Johnson Arena (445)
Morehead, KY
January 22, 2022
2:00 pm 		Tennessee Tech L 55–57  11–5
(6–1) 		Curb Events Center (714)
Nashville, TN
January 27, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Austin Peay L 68–70  11–6
(6–2) 		Dunn Center (932)
Clarksville, TN
January 29, 2022
4:00 pm 		UT Martin W 73–48  12–6
(7–2) 		Curb Events Center (1,040)
Nashville, TN
February 3, 2022
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Tennessee State W 85–46  13–6
(8–2) 		Gentry Complex (375)
Nashville, TN
February 5, 2022
5:30 pm 		at Tennessee Tech W 58–49  14–6
(9–2) 		Eblen Center (2,880)
Cookeville, TN
February 7, 2022
6:00 pm 		at UT Martin
Rescheduled from January 17 		W 45–39  15–6
(10–2) 		Skyhawk Arena (602)
Martin, TN
February 10, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Morehead State W 76–51  16–6
(11–2) 		Curb Events Center (825)
Nashville, TN
February 12, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Southeast Missouri W 70–67  17–6
(12–2) 		Show Me Center (410)
Cape Girardeau, MO
February 17, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Eastern Illinois W 77–46  18–6
(13–2) 		Curb Events Center (1,216)
Nashville, TN
February 19, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		SIUE W 88–50  19–6
(14–2) 		Curb Events Center (1,136)
Nashville, TN
February 24, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Murray State W 85–79  20–6
(15–2) 		CFSB Center (1,891)
Murray, KY
February 26, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Tennessee State W 82–44  21–6
(16–2) 		Curb Events Center (1,553)
Nashville, TN
Ohio Valley Conference tournament
March 4, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (4) Austin Peay
Semifinals 		W 63–51  21–7
 Ford Center 
Evansville, IN
March 5, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (2) Tennessee Tech
Championship 		W 51–29  22–7
 Ford Center (522)
Evansville, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19, 2022*
4:30 pm, ESPN2 		(12 W) vs. (5 W) Oregon
First Round 		W 73–70 2OT 23–7
 Thompson–Boling Arena (5,448)
Knoxville, TN
March 21, 2022*
6:00 pm, ESPN 		(12 W) at (4 W) No. 18 Tennessee
Second Round 		L 67–70  23–8
 Thompson–Boling Arena (5,484)
Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=Wichita.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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		 Week
19		 Final
AP RV N/A
Coaches RV N/A RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2021–22 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2021-22 Belmont Women's Basketball Schedule". Belmont Bruins.
  2. ^ "Road Affair Postponed". belmontbruins.com. Retrieved January 7, 2022.