The 2021–22 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...

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 ga ...

. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach

Lisa Bluder Lisa Marie Bluder (, born April 16, 1961) is the former head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball program. Formerly, she served as coach of St. Ambrose University and the Drake Bulldogs women's basketba ...

in her twenty-second season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

. The Hawkeyes shared the Big Ten regular season title (with

Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...

) and won the 2022 Big Ten tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament. This 2021–22 team became the first in women’s basketball program history to win both the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles in the same year. On Selection Sunday, Iowa was announced as the number 2 seed for the Greensboro Region, the team's fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Hawkeyes were upset by 10th-seed Creighton in the second round of the NCAA tournament in a 64–62 loss. They finished the season with a record of 24–8 (14–4 B1G). Sophomore

Caitlin Clark Caitlin Elizabeth Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Regarded as one of the greatest female collegiate players, Clark was tw ...

was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-American. Clark became the first player to lead the nation in

scoring SCORE may refer to: *SCORE (software), a music scorewriter program * SCORE (television), a weekend sports service of the defunct Financial News Network *SCORE! Educational Centers *SCORE International, an offroad racing organization *Sarawak Corrido ...

and assists in the same season.

Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the 2020–21 season with a 20–10 record, including 11–8 in

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1 ...

play. They received an at-large bid to the

2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2020–21 NCAA Divi ...

, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

, - !colspan=9 style=, Exhibition , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style=, Big Ten Women's Tournament , - !colspan=9 style=", NCAA tournament

Rankings

* Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball seasons

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...