2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his 22nd season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's ninth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 12–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament where they lost to UCF. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Miami in the first round.

2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	24–9 (12–3 The American)
Head coach	Jose Fernandez (22nd season)
Associate head coach	Michele Woods-Baxter
Assistant coaches	Danny Hughes Yolisha Jackson
Home arena	Yuengling Center
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 UCF †	14	–	1		.933			26	–	4		.867
South Florida	12	–	3		.800			24	–	9		.727
Tulane	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
Temple	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
SMU	7	–	7		.500			14	–	15		.483
Houston	7	–	9		.438			18	–	16		.529
Memphis	6	–	9		.400			16	–	12		.571
Tulsa	5	–	8		.385			17	–	11		.607
Wichita State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
East Carolina	4	–	11		.267			11	–	18		.379
Cincinnati	4	–	11		.267			11	–	17		.393
† 2022 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2020–21 season 19–4, 13–2 in AAC play to finish win their first ever American Athletic championship. USF won the AAC tournament, by defeating UCF in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed where they defeated No. 9 seed Washington State in the first round to before losing to No. 1 seed NC State in the second round.

Media

All Bulls games aired on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. All home games and home and away conference games were available on one of the ESPN networks or their streaming service ESPN+.

Roster

2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Odeth Betancourt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Panola College San Cristóbal, Venezuela G 1 Maria Alvarez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Miami Country Day School Bal Harbour, Florida G 2 Mihaela Lazić 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Klasična Gimnazija Slavonski Brod, Croatia PG 3 Sydni Harvey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Brentwood Academy Nashville, Tennessee PG 4 Elisa Pinzan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Istituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia Murano, Italy G 5 Elena Tsineke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Hellenic College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece F/C 11 Patience Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Benilde-St. Margaret's High School Florida SouthWestern State Minneapolis, Minnesota F 12 Cristina Bermejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So INS Sant Just Desvern Sant Just Desvern, Spain F 13 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr   Seixal, Portugal F 20 Bethy Mununga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Institut Sainte-Marie Jambes Zellik, Belgium C 21 Shae Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr South Effingham High School Rincon, Georgia G 22 Aerial Wilson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So The RISE Centre Memphis Dundas, Ontario G 24 Bella Weary 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr DME Academy Jacksonville, Florida F 32 Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Walters State Community College Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Head coach Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall) Assistant coach(es) Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College) Danny Hughes (TCU) Yolisha Jackson (Jacksonville) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 21	UTRGV	W 63–56	1–0	Yuengling Center (2,710) Tampa, FL
November 11, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 21	Alabama State	W 72–37	2–0	Yuengling Center (2,123) Tampa, FL
November 15, 2021* 6:30 pm, SECN+	No. 23	at No. 16 Tennessee AAC/SEC Challenge	L 49–52	2–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (6,017) Knoxville, TN
November 20, 2021* 2:30 pm, FloHoops	No. 23	vs. Syracuse Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals	W 77–53	3–1	Imperial Arena (993) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 21, 2021* 12:00 pm, FloHoops	No. 23	vs. No. 2 UConn Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals	L 53–60	3–2	Imperial Arena (1,124) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 22, 2021* 2:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 23	vs. No. 9 Oregon Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game	W 71–62	4–2	Imperial Arena (269) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 26, 2021* 12:00 pm, FloHoops	No. 18	vs. No. 7 Stanford Baha Mar Hoops	W 57–54	5–2	Baha Mar Convention Center (205) Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 13	at UT Arlington	L 56–61	5–3	College Park Center (630) Arlington, TX
December 12, 2021* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 17	at VCU	W 64–57	6–3	Siegel Center (393) Richmond, VA
December 15, 2021* 11:00 am, ESPN+	No. 16	Stetson	W 69–50	7–3	Yuengling Center (2,847) Tampa, FL
December 17, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 16	High Point	W 62–46	8–3	Yuengling Center (1,562) Tampa, FL
December 20, 2021* 1:15 pm, FloHoops	No. 18	vs. West Virginia West Palm Beach Invitational	W 77–55	9–3	Student Life Center  West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2021* 1:15 pm, FloHoops	No. 18	vs. Ole Miss West Palm Beach Invitational	L 53–61	9–4	Student Life Center  West Palm Beach, FL
December 29, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 22	Jacksonville	W 70–57	10–4	Yuengling Center (1,996) Tampa, FL
AAC regular season
January 2, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 22	Memphis	Postponed		Yuengling Center  Tampa, FL
January 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 24	at Cincinnati	W 61–46	11–4 (1–0)	Fifth Third Arena (310) Cincinnati, OH
January 12, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 24	at Tulane	W 75–62	12–4 (2–0)	Devlin Fieldhouse (577) New Orleans, LA
January 16, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 24	at UCF War on I-4	L 57–61	12–5 (2–1)	Addition Financial Arena (2,763) Orlando, FL
January 19, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Tulsa	W 66–63	13–5 (3–1)	Yuengling Center (1,596) Tampa, FL
January 22, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Temple	W 75–67 OT	14–5 (4–1)	Yuengling Center (2,177) Tampa, FL
January 26, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at SMU	W 62–56	15–5 (5–1)	Moody Coliseum (674) Dallas, TX
January 30, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Houston	W 55–35	16–5 (6–1)	Fertitta Center (566) Houston, TX
February 6, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Tulane	L 55–67	16–6 (6–2)	Yuengling Center (1,683) Tampa, FL
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Temple	W 49–40	17–6 (7–2)	Liacouras Center (1,436) Philadelphia, PA
February 13, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN2		UCF War on I-4	L 33–54	17–7 (7–3)	Yuengling Center (2,086) Tampa, FL
February 16, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cincinnati	W 54–45	18–7 (8–3)	Yuengling Center (1,654) Tampa, FL
February 22, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wichita State Rescheduled from January 9	W 61–57	19–7 (9–3)	Yuengling Center (1,628) Tampa, FL
February 24, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wichita State	W 47–46	20–7 (10–3)	Charles Koch Arena (1,037) Wichita, KS
February 27, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at East Carolina	W 68–60	21–7 (11–3)	Williams Arena (753) Greenville, NC
March 2, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Houston	W 71–38	22–7 (12–3)	Yuengling Center (2,196) Tampa, FL
AAC Women's Tournament
March 8, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Memphis Quarterfinals	W 63–53	23–7	Dickies Arena  Fort Worth, TX
March 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (6) Houston Semifinals	W 58–50	24–7	Dickies Arena  Fort Worth, TX
March 10, 2022 9:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) No. 25 UCF Championship	L 45–53	24–8	Dickies Arena  Fort Worth, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19, 2022* 11:30 am, ESPN2	(8 G)	vs. (9 G) Miami (FL) First Round	L 66–78	24–9	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Main article: 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	Final
AP	21	23	18	13	17	16	18	22	24	24	RV
Coaches	22	-	20	17	19	16	16	23	24	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

See also

• 2021–22 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

References

1. url=http://www.gousfbulls.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball