The 2021–22 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented
West Virginia University 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 Mountaineers were coached by twenty first-year head coach
Mike Carey, played their home games at
WVU Coliseum and were members of the
Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season 15–15 overall and, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the
Big 12 Tournament
The Big 12 Conference sponsors championships in 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's. The first conference championship awarded was the 1996 softball postseason tournament championship, which was won by Oklahoma.
From 2011 through 2016, the foot ...
, they defeated
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in the First Round before losing to
Iowa State
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in the Second Round. They were not invited to the
NCAA tournament or the
WNIT.
Previous season
The Mountaineers finished the season 22–7, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the second seed in the
Big 12 Tournament
The Big 12 Conference sponsors championships in 23 sports, 10 men's and 13 women's. The first conference championship awarded was the 1996 softball postseason tournament championship, which was won by Oklahoma.
From 2011 through 2016, the foot ...
, they defeated
Kansas State and
Oklahoma State before losing to
Baylor in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament. As the four seed in the
HemisFair Regional they defeated before losing to
Georgia Tech in the Second Round to end their season.
Roster
Schedule
Source:
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Big 12 Women's Tournament
Rankings
References
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