# 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.

## 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+.

## Schedule

| 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 | 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

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.