# 2021–22 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2021–22 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by twenty first-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season 15–15 overall and, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated TCU in the First Round before losing to Iowa State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

## Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 22–7, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the second seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated Kansas State and Oklahoma State before losing to Baylor in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the four seed in the HemisFair Regional they defeated Lehigh before losing to Georgia Tech in the Second Round to end their season.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 28, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 | West Virginia Tech | W 113–33 | – | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | Saint Francis | W 86–33 | 1–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,107) Morgantown, WV |
| November 19, 2021* Noon | No. 22 | Kennesaw State | W 78–58 | 2–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,067) Morgantown, WV |
| November 21, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 | Radford | W 83–31 | 3–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,306) Morgantown, WV |
| November 25, 2021* 5:00 p.m., FloHoops | No. 22 | vs. Purdue St. Pete Showcase | W 65–57 | 4–0 | McArthur Gymnasium (401) St. Petersburg, FL |
| November 27, 2021* 1:00 p.m., FloHoops | No. 22 | vs. BYU St. Pete Showcase | L 57–58 | 4–1 | McArthur Gymnasium (387) St. Petersburg, FL |
| December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at No. 16 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Challenge | L 60–83 | 4–2 | Memorial Coliseum (3,587) Lexington, KY |
| December 7, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | | Charlotte | W 65–54 | 5–2 | WVU Coliseum (1,205) Morgantown, WV |
| December 12, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | | at James Madison | W 75–68 $^{OT}$ | 6–2 | Atlantic Union Bank Center (2,606) Harrisonburg, VA |
| December 20, 2021* 1:15 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. No. 16 USF West Palm Beach Invitational | L 55–77 | 6–3 | Massimino Court West Palm Beach, FL |
| December 21, 2021* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops | | vs. Michigan State West Palm Beach Invitational | W 74–54 | 7–3 | Massimino Court West Palm Beach, FL |
| December 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | | Maryland Eastern Shore | Canceled | Canceled | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV |
| Big 12 Regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2022 3:00 p.m. | | at No. 14 Iowa State | L 72–88 | 7–4 (0–1) | Hilton Coliseum (9,092) Ames, IA |
| January 8, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | Kansas State | L 61–71 | 7–5 (0–2) | WVU Coliseum (1,639) Morgantown, WV |
| January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | Texas Tech | W 64–53 | 8–5 (1–2) | WVU Coliseum (1,075) Morgantown, WV |
| January 15, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 13 Texas | L 57–73 | 8–6 (1–3) | Frank Erwin Center (2,843) Austin, TX |
| January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | No. 14 Oklahoma | L 76–88 | 8–7 (1–4) | WVU Coliseum (1,084) Morgantown, WV |
| January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m. | | at Oklahoma State | W 61–57 | 9–7 (2–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,046) Stillwater, OK |
| January 25, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | TCU | W 66–54 | 10–7 (3–4) | WVU Coliseum (1,126) Morgantown, WV |
| January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m. | | No. 11 Baylor | L 54–87 | 10–8 (3–5) | WVU Coliseum (3,836) Morgantown, WV |
| February 2, 2022 4:30 p.m. | | at TCU | W 70–62 | 11–8 (4–5) | Schollmaier Arena (1,265) Fort Worth, TX |
| February 5, 2022 3:00 p.m. | | at No. 18 Oklahoma | L 99–101 $^{2OT}$ | 11–9 (4–6) | Lloyd Noble Center (2,404) Norman, OK |
| February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | Kansas | L 47–65 | 11–10 (4–7) | WVU Coliseum (1,151) Morgantown, WV |
| February 12, 2022 5:00 p.m. | | at No. 10 Baylor | L 57–75 | 11–11 (4–8) | Ferrell Center (5,240) Waco, TX |
| February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | at Kansas | L 63–74 | 11–12 (4–9) | Allen Fieldhouse (854) Lawrence, KS |
| February 20, 2022 Noon | | No. 14 Texas | L 58–67 | 11–13 (4–10) | WVU Coliseum (2,392) Morgantown, WV |
| February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | at Texas Tech | W 73–62 | 12–13 (5–10) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,410) Lubbock, TX |
| February 27, 2022 1:00 p.m. | | Oklahoma State | W 60–56 | 13–13 (6–10) | WVU Coliseum (2,200) Morgantown, WV |
| March 2, 2022 6:30 p.m. | | at Kansas State | W 74–62 $^{2OT}$ | 14–13 (7–10) | Bramlage Coliseum (3,478) Manhattan, KS |
| March 5, 2022 7:00 p.m. | | Iowa State | L 57–74 | 14–14 (7–11) | WVU Coliseum (1,823) Morgantown, WV |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2022 9:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (10) TCU Fist Round | W 68–48 | 15–14 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO |
| March 11, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (2) No. 10 Iowa State Quarterfinals | L 60–66 | 15–15 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | 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 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 19 | 22 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |