2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in November 2021 and will conclude on February 27, 2022. After the regular season, the 2022 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC for the 22nd time in 23 years.[1]

2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, Regional Sports Networks
WNBA Draft
2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
ACC Tournament
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 NC State1–0 1.00010–1  .909
No. 21 Notre Dame1–0 1.0009–2  .818
Syracuse1–1 .5007–4  .636
No. 25 North Carolina0–0 –9–0  1.000
No. 15 Duke0–0 –8–0  1.000
Wake Forest0–0 –9–1  .900
No. 6 Louisville0–0 –8–1  .889
No. 18 Georgia Tech0–0 –8–2  .800
Boston College0–0 –7–2  .778
Virginia Tech0–0 –8–3  .727
Miami (FL)0–0 –7–3  .700
Florida State0–0 –6–3  .667
Virginia0–0 –3–7  .300
Pittsburgh0–1 .0008–3  .727
Clemson0–1 .0005–4  .556
† 2022 ACC Tournament winner
As of December 13, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Head coaches

Coaching changes
  • Sue Semrau will return as head coach of Florida State after taking a leave of absence for the 2020–21 season to care for her mother. Interim Head Coach Brooke Wyckoff will return to her role as Associate Head Coach.[2]
  • Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman resigned amid investigations into allegations of inappropriate behavior on August 2, 2021.[3] Associate Head Coach Vonn Read was named the interm head coach for the 2021–2022 season on August 4, 2021.[4]

Coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Albany 4 41–40 16–31 0 0 0 0
Clemson Amanda Butler Florida 4 40–50 18–34 0 1 0 0
Duke Kara Lawson Boston Celtics (Assistant) 2 3–1 0–1 0 0 0 0
Florida State Sue Semrau Wisconsin (Assistant) 24 475–257 207–151 2 15 0 0
Georgia Tech Nell Fortner Auburn 3 37–20 22–14 0 1 0 0
Louisville Jeff Walz Maryland (Assistant) 15 386–107 175–54 1 6 3 0
Miami Katie Meier Charlotte 17 303–198 126–124 1 8 0 0
NC State Wes Moore Chattanooga 9 190–64 90–39 2 5 0 0
North Carolina Courtney Banghart Princeton 3 29–25 15–20 0 1 0 0
Notre Dame Niele Ivey Memphis Grizzlies (Assistant) 2 10–10 8–7 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Lance White Florida State (Assistant) 4 21–60 6–43 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Vonn Read (interim) Syracuse (Assistant) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tina Thompson Texas (Associate Head Coach) 4 25–41 13–23 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Kenny Brooks James Madison 6 101–59 35–47 0 1 0 0
Wake Forest Jennifer Hoover High Point 10 126–153 45–104 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Lieberman[5] Drysdale[6] Miller[7] McClain[8] Leslie[9] Naismith[10] Wooden[11]
Haley Van Lith – Louisville
Raina Perez – NC State
Diamond Johnson – NC State		 Kiara Lewis – Clemson
Celeste Taylor – Duke
Kianna Smith – Louisville
Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State		 Taylor Soule – Boston College
Elizabeth Balogun – Duke
Emily Engstler – Louisville
Alyssa Utsby – North Carolina		 Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech
Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame
Kayla Jones – NC State		 Elissa Cunane – NC State
Eleah Parker – Virginia
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech		 Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech
Haley Van Lith – Louisville
Elissa Cunane – NC State
Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State
Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech		 Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State
Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane – NC State
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
Lotta-Maj Lathinen – Georgia Tech
Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech
Haley Van Lith – Louisville
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame

ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams were voted on after a tipoff event held at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 13, 2021. At the media day, the head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel voted on the finishing order of the teams, an All-ACC team, a Preseason Player of the Year, and Newcomers to watch. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.[12]

At the media day, both the head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel predicted that NC State would be league champion.[13]

ACC preseason polls
2021 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Polls
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel
  1. NC State – 224 (14)
  2. Louisville – 207 (1)
  3. Georgia Tech – 192
  4. Virginia Tech – 172
  5. Florida State – 152
  6. Notre Dame – 149
  7. North Carolina – 127
  8. Duke – 125
  9. Miami – 92
  10. Clemson – 83
  11. Boston College – 78
  12. Syracuse – 60
  13. Wake Forest – 59
  14. Pittsburgh – 47
  15. Virginia – 33
  1. NC State – 847 (50)
  2. Louisville – 789 (7)
  3. Georgia Tech – 691
  4. Virginia Tech – 644
  5. Florida State – 607
  6. Notre Dame – 580
  7. North Carolina – 488
  8. Duke – 464
  9. Miami – 355
  10. Clemson – 324
  11. Boston College – 297
  12. Wake Forest – 250
  13. Syracuse – 227
  14. Pittsburgh – 160
  15. Virginia – 117

First place votes shown in parenthesis.

Preseason All-ACC Teams
2021 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel
  • Taylor Soule – Boston College
  • Delicia Washington – Clemson
  • Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech
  • Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech
  • Hailey Van Lith – Louisville
  • Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State
  • Elissa Cunane (13) – NC State
  • Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame
  • Elizabeth Kitley (2) – Virginia Tech
  • Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech
  • Taylor Soule (1) – Boston College
  • Delicia Washington – Clemson
  • Lorela Cubaj (1) – Georgia Tech
  • Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech
  • Hailey Van Lith (1) – Louisville
  • Jakia Brown-Turner (1) – NC State
  • Elissa Cunane (42) – NC State
  • Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame
  • Elizabeth Kitley (10) – Virginia Tech
  • Aisha Sheppard (1) – Virginia Tech

Preseason Player of the Year votes shown in parenthesis.

Preseason ACC Player of the Year
2021 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel
Elissa Cunane – NC State

Newcomer Watchlist
2021 ACC Women's Basketball Newcomer Watchlists
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel
  • Celeste Taylor – Duke
  • Payton Verhulst – Louisville
  • Diamond Johnson – NC State
  • Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
  • Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
  • Payton Verhulst – Louisville
  • Teonni Key – North Carolina
  • Diamond Johnson – NC State
  • Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
  • Sonia Citron – Notre Dame

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (December 13, 2021):

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference Record
Nov 9No. 1 South CarolinaNo. 5 NC StateReynolds Coliseum ● Raleigh, NC―L 57–660–1
Nov 12No. 6 LouisvilleNo. 22 Arizona †Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SDMammoth Sports Construction InvitationalL 59–61OT0–2
Nov 17ClemsonNo. 1 South CarolinaColonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SCRivalryL 45–760–3
Nov 20SyracuseNo. 23 South Florida †Imperial Arena ● Paradise Island, BahamasBattle 4 AtlantisL 53–770–4
Nov 21VirginiaNo. 20 UCLAPauley Pavilion ● Los Angeles, CA―L 57–690–5
Nov 25No. 5 NC StateNo. 2 Maryland †Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo ChampionshipW 78–601–5
Nov 25No. 23 Texas A&MPittsburgh †Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsParadise JamL 46–571–6
Nov 27Miami (FL)No. 4 Indiana †Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, BahamasBaha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo ChampionshipL 51–531–7
Nov 27No. 16 Oregon StateNotre Dame †Ocean Center ● Daytona Beach, FLDaytona Beach InvitationalW 64–622–7
Dec 1No. 18т Ohio StateSyracuseCarrier Dome ● Syracuse, NYACC–Big Ten Women's ChallengeW 97–913–7
Dec 2No. 2т NC StateNo. 6 IndianaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, INACC–Big Ten Women's ChallengeW 66–584–7
Dec 2No. 12 MichiganNo. 10 LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center ● Louisville, KYACC–Big Ten Women's ChallengeW 70–485–7
Dec 2Miami (FL)No. 8 MarylandXfinity Center ● College Park, MDACC–Big Ten Women's ChallengeL 74–825–8
Dec 2No. 9 IowaDukeCameron Indoor Stadium ● Durham, NCACC–Big Ten Women's ChallengeW 79–646–8
Dec 5No. 24 Notre DameNo. 2т ConnecticutGampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT―L 54–736–9
Dec 5No. 11 TennesseeVirginia TechCassell Coliseum ● Blacksburg, VA―L 58–646–10
Dec 5Georgia TechNo. 20 GeorgiaStegeman Coliseum ● Athens, GARivalryW 55–547–10
Dec 9No. 3 ConnecticutGeorgia TechMcCamish Pavilion ● Atlanta, GA―W 57–448–10
Dec 12No. 14 KentuckyNo. 7 LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center ● Louisville, KYJimmy V ClassicW 64–589–10
Dec 15No. 1 South CarolinaNo. 15 DukeCameron Indoor Stadium ● Durham, NC―――
Dec 16No. 17 GeorgiaNo. 2 NC StateReynolds Coliseum ● Raleigh, NC―――
Dec 19No. 6 LouisvilleNo. 7т Connecticut †Mohegan Sun Arena ● Uncasville, CTBasketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase――

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Rankings
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Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA and WNIT tournaments, the Coaches Poll did not release a final poll.

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. The conference returned to an 18 game schedule after playing 20 games last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Clemson 0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–086–460–00–00–0
vs. Duke 0–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida State 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Georgia Tech 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Louisville 0–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Miami 0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. North Carolina 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. NC State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–054–890–00–00–00–0
vs. Notre Dame 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–056–820–00–00–0
vs. Pittsburgh 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–089–540–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Syracuse 0–046–860–00–00–00–00–00–00–082–560–0–0–00–00–0
vs. Virginia 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Virginia Tech 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Wake Forest 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–
Total 0–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–01–01–00–11–10–00–00–0

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 – Nov 15 Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Sonia Citron – Notre Dame [15]
Jewel Spear – Wake Forest
Week 2 – Nov 22 Elizabeth Kitley (2) – Virginia Tech Sonia Citron (2) – Notre Dame [16]
Week 3 – Nov 29 Diamond Johnson – NC State Shayeann Day-Wilson – Duke [17]
Week 4 – Dec 6 Teisha Hyman – Syracuse Sonia Citron (3) – Notre Dame [18]
Week 5 – Dec 13 Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Lashae Dwyer – Miami [19]

Postseason

ACC Tournament
  First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                               
 
     
 
   
   
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
   
     
     
 

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

Honors and awards

ACC Awards
2021 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Sixth Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (Blue Ribbon Panel)
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention Freshman Team
2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (Head Coaches)
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention Freshman Team
2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-ACC Defensive Team
Player Team

WNBA Draft
Main article: 2022 WNBA draft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool

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