# 2021–22 Longwood Lancers women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Longwood Lancers women's basketball team represented Longwood University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lancers, led by fourth-year head coach Rebecca Tillet, played their home games at Willett Hall in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference.
They finished the season 22–12, 15–3 in Big South play, to finish as co-Big South regular season champions. As the second seed in the Big South tournament, they defeated Hampton, UNC Asheville and Campbell to win the championship. As a result, the Lancers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first-ever trip to the tournament. They were seeded as one of the sixteen seeds in the Bridgeport Region. They played a First Four matchup with Mount St. Mary's, which they won to advance to the First Round. There, they fell to first seed NC State to end their season.

## Previous season

The Lancers finished the 2020–21 season 14–11, and 12–6 in Big South play, to finish in third place. As the third seed in the Big South tournament they defeated UNC Ashville before losing to Campbell in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the WBI, but withdrew due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2021* 11:00 a.m., BTN+ | | at No. 4 Maryland | L 67–97 | 0–1 | Xfinity Center (4,613) College Park, MD |
| November 12, 2021* Noon, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | L 63–82 | 0–2 | Willett Hall Farmville, VA |
| November 17, 2021* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | Duquesne | W 77–76 | 1–2 | Willett Hall Farmville, VA |
| November 20, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 63–54 | 2–2 | DeGol Arena (525) Loretto, PA |
| November 28, 2021* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Lamar | W 62–59 | 3–2 | Montagne Center (511) Beaumont, TX |
| November 30, 2021* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Sam Houston State | L 65–66 | 3–3 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (238) Huntsville, TX |
| December 3, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Drake | L 82–104 | 3–4 | Knapp Center (1,981) Des Moines, IA |
| December 5, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 13 Iowa State | L 56–94 | 3–5 | Hilton Coliseum (9,542) Ames, IA |
| December 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | | at Drexel | L 57–79 | 3–6 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (524) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Richmond | L 70–83 | 3–7 | Willett Hall (208) Farmville, VA |
| December 18, 2021* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | American | L 58–62 | 3–8 | Willett Hall (218) Farmville, VA |
| Big South regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at North Carolina A&T | W 76–45 | 4–8 (1–0) | Corbett Sports Center (237) Greensboro, NC |
| January 1, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Presbyterian | W 83–78 | 5–8 (2–0) | Templeton Physical Education Center (117) Clinton, SC |
| January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UNC Asheville | W 62–57 | 6–8 (3–0) | Willett Hall (230) Farmville, VA |
| January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UNC Asheville | W 76–72 | 7–8 (4–0) | Kimmel Arena (100) Asheville, NC |
| January 11, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Campbell | L 41–69 | 7–9 (4–1) | Gore Arena Buies Creek, NC |
| January 19, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | USC Upstate | L 69–76 | 7–10 (4–2) | Willett Hall (135) Farmville, VA |
| January 22, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Gardner–Webb | W 86–75 | 8–10 (5–2) | Willett Hall Farmville, VA |
| January 23, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Winthrop | W 85–58 | 9–10 (6–2) | Willett Hall (200) Farmville, VA |
| January 25, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at High Point | W 77–64 | 10–10 (7–2) | Qubein Center (552) High Point, NC |
| January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Radford | W 78–51 | 11–10 (8–2) | Dedmon Center (620) Radford,VA |
| February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Charleston Southern | W 91–59 | 12–10 (9–2) | Willett Hall (450) Farmville, VA |
| February 5, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Campbell | L 45–58 | 12–11 (9–3) | Willett Hall (701) Farmville, VA |
| February 12, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Winthrop | W 78–56 | 13–11 (10–3) | Winthrop Coliseum (268) Rock Hill, SC |
| February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | North Carolina A&T | W 85–71 | 14–11 (11–3) | Willett Hall (327) Farmville, VA |
| February 19, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Presbyterian | W 76–63 | 15–11 (12–3) | Willett Hall (1,009) Farmville, VA |
| February 20, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Hampton | W 77–51 | 16–11 (13–3) | Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA |
| February 23, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at USC Upstate | W 71–66 | 17–11 (14–3) | G. B. Hodge Center (765) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 26, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Hampton | W 76–62 | 18–11 (15–3) | Willett Hall (653) Farmville, VA |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (7) Hampton Quarterfinal | W 70–61 | 19–11 | Bojangles Coliseum (1,437) Charlotte, NC |
| March 5, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (11) UNC Asheville Semifinal | W 81–56 | 20–11 | Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
| March 6, 2022 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (2) | vs. (1) Campbell Final | W 86–47 | 21–11 | Bojangles Coliseum (1,029) Charlotte, NC |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (16 B) | vs. (16 B) Mount St. Mary's First Four | W 74–70 | 22–11 | Reynolds Coliseum (648) Raleigh, NC |
| March 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN | (16 B) | at (1 B) No. 3 NC State First round | L 68–96 | 22–12 | Reynolds Coliseum (5,483) Raleigh, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked and did not receive votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.