# 2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin at Madison during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Badgers are led by first-year head coach Marisa Moseley and play their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They will compete in the 2021–22 Big Ten Conference season and the 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament.

## Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2020–21 season 5–19, including 2–18 in Big Ten play, to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Illinois. After the loss, they fired Jonathan Tsipis. On March 26, 2021, Marisa Moseley was named the 8th coach in the history of the Badgers.
After the season, the team lost one player to graduation and two players to transfers, while adding one player as a transfer.

## Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Maty Wilke G | Beaver Dam, WI | Beaver Dam High School (Wisconsin) | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Krystyna Ellew G | Chicago | Taft | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Sacia Vanderpool F | Byron, MN | Byron | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 31, 2021* 2:00 pm, BTN+ | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | W 81–47 | – | Kohl Center Madison, WI |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2021* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | St. Thomas - Minnesota | W 67–51 | 1–0 | Kohl Center (2,270) Madison, WI |
| Nov 14, 2021* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | NJIT | L 49–61 | 1–1 | Kohl Center (2,984) Madison, WI |
| Nov 19, 2021* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bradley | L 57–64 | 1–2 | Renaissance Coliseum (721) Peoria, IL |
| Nov 22, 2021* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Chicago State | L 63–71 | 1–3 | Kohl Center (2,139) Madison, WI |
| Nov 24, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Milwaukee | L 67–79 | 1–4 | Klotsche Center (976) Milwaukee, WI |
| Nov 27, 2021* 4:30 pm, P12N | | vs. Boise State Colorado Invitational | W 60–45 | 2–4 | CU Events Center (952) Boulder, CO |
| Nov 28, 2021* 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado Colorado Invitational | L 51–67 | 2–5 | CU Events Center (1,075) Boulder, CO |
| Dec 1, 2021* 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 60–70 | 2–6 | Kohl Center (2,096) Madison, WI |
| Dec 5, 2021 3:00 pm, BTN+ | | at Northwestern | L 49–61 | 2–7 (0–1) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,231) Evanston, IL |
| Dec 9, 2021 8:00 pm, BTN | | No. 13 Michigan | L 81–93 | 2–8 (0–2) | Kohl Center (2,669) Madison, WI |
| Dec 12, 2021* 2:00 pm, BTN+ | | Green Bay | L 53–63 | 2–9 | Kohl Center (3,906) Madison, WI |
| Dec 16, 2021* 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | Illinois State | W 70–60 | 3–9 | Kohl Center (2,150) Madison, WI |
| Jan 5, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | No. 6 Indiana | L 53–76 | 3–10 (0–3) | Kohl Center (2,053) Madison, WI |
| Jan 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Illinois | L 47–68 | 3–11 (0–4) | State Farm Center (2,066) Champaign, IL |
| Jan 12, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | Minnesota | L 66–82 | 3–12 (0–5) | Kohl Center (2,157) Madison, WI |
| Jan 16, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+ | | at Rutgers | W 49–45 | 4–12 (1–5) | Jersey Mike's Arena (1,581) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 20, 2022 6:00 pm, BTN+ | | at No. 8 Michigan | L 44–83 | 4–13 (1–6) | Crisler Center (1,994) Ann Arbor, MI |
| Jan 23, 2022 2:00 pm, BTN+ | | Penn State | W 69–57 | 5–13 (2–6) | Kohl Center (3,189) Madison, WI |
| Jan 27, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN | | at Nebraska | L 44–77 | 5–14 (2–7) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,528) Lincoln, NE |
| Jan 30, 2022 2:00 pm, BTN | | at Minnesota | L 55–57 | 5–15 (2–8) | Williams Arena (4,482) Minneapolis, MN |
| Feb 3, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | No. 21 Iowa | L 50–84 | 5–16 (2–9) | Kohl Center (3,923) Madison, WI |
| Feb 6, 2022 1:00 p.m., BTN | | Illinois | W 70–62 | 6–16 (3–9) | Kohl Center (6,007) Madison, WI |
| Feb 9, 2022 5:00 pm, BTN+ | | at No. 15 Maryland | L 43–70 | 6–17 (3–10) | Xfinity Center (4,123) College Park, MD |
| Feb 13, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+ | | Purdue | W 54–52 | 7–17 (4–10) | Kohl Center (2,869) Madison, WI |
| Feb 16, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | Michigan State | L 67–74 | 7–18 (4–11) | Kohl Center (2,166) Madison, WI |
| Feb 20, 2022 1:00 pm, BTN+ | | at No. 18 Ohio State | L 42–59 | 7–19 (4–12) | Value City Arena (5,683) Columbus, OH |
| Feb 23, 2022 6:30 pm, BTN+ | | Nebraska | L 70–80 | 7–20 (4–13) | Kohl Center (2,425) Madison, WI |
| Feb 27, 2022 12:00 pm, BTN+ | | at Purdue | W 63–62 | 8–20 (5–13) | Mackey Arena (4,811) West Lafayette, IN |
| Big Ten tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2022 3:30 pm, BTN | (11) | vs. (14) Illinois First Round | L 66–75 | 8–21 | Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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