The 2021–22 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented

Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the ...

during the

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 9, 2021. The regular season ended on March 6, 2022, with the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 18, and ending with the championship gam ...

. The Eagles, led by twentieth year head coach

Karl Smesko Karl Wade Smesko (born October 2, 1970) is the current head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) women's basketball team. High school Born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, Smesko played point guard for Revere High School. He w ...

, played their home games at the

Alico Arena Alico Arena is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. It is the home of the FGCU Eagles volleyball and men's and women's basketball teams. It holds 4,633 people in basketball configuration. I ...

and were members of the

Atlantic Sun Conference The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisi ...

. They finished the season 30–3, 15–1 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season. They were the first seed in the ASUN Tournament, and they defeated North Florida, Liberty, and Jacksonville State to win the tournament championship and earn the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Virginia Tech before falling to Maryland in the Second Round to end their season.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.

References

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Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2002 ...

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