# 2021–22 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by twenty-fourth-year head coach Sue Semrau, who returned after taking a season-long break and retired following the season. The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Seminoles finished the season 17–14 overall and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed Boston College in the Second Round before losing to eventual champions, and first seed NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, marking the ninth consecutive year the team has qualified for the tournament. As an eleven seed, the team played a First Four match against Missouri State, which they lost, 51–60, to end their season.
On March 21, 2022, Semrau announced her retirement after 24 seasons as FSU. She was succeeded by Seminoles associate head coach Brooke Wyckoff, who served as the interim head coach for the team during the 2020–21 season during Semrau's leave of absence.

## Previous season

Brooke Wyckoff served as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.
The Seminoles finished the season 10–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. The Seminoles went on to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive season. As the nine seed in the HemisFair Regional, the Seminoles lost to Oregon State in the First Round.

## Off-season
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Sayawni Lassiter | 3 | G | 5'10" | Junior | Dorchester, Massachusetts | Transferred to Rutgers |
| Savannah Wilkinson | 12 | F | 6'0" | Junior | London, England | Transferred to SMU |

### 2021 recruiting class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| O'Mariah Gordon PG | Bradenton, Florida | Braden River | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 ||||||
| Makayla Timpson F | Edison, Georgia | Early County | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Mariana Valenzuela F | Mazatlán, Mexico | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| 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

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 3, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | West Florida | W 91–47 | – | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 16 | North Florida | W 78–50 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,819) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 14, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 16 | Milwaukee | W 79–42 | 2–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,307) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 18, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 17 | Jacksonville | W 64–39 | 3–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,881) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 21, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 17 | Grambling State | W 76–53 | 4–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,010) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 25, 2021* 7:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 17 | vs. BYU St. Pete Showcase | L 54–61 | 4–1 | McArthur Center (340) St. Petersburg, FL |
| November 27, 2021* 11:00 a.m., FloSports | No. 17 | vs. Purdue St. Pete Showcase | L 61–66 | 4–2 | McArthur Center (250) St. Petersburg, FL |
| December 2, 2021* 8:00 p.m., BTN+ | No. 25 | at Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 67–58 | 5–2 | State Farm Center (1,027) Champaign, IL |
| December 5, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 25 | Charleston Southern | W 83–32 | 6–2 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,094) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 12, 2021* 1:00 p.m., SECN | | at Florida Rivalry | L 55–69 | 6–3 | O'Connell Center (1,609) Gainesville, FL |
| December 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Houston | L 68–78 | 6–4 | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,916) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 19, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Virginia Tech | L 75–92 | 6–5 (0–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,155) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 21, 2021* 4:00 p.m. | | at Kent State | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | MAC Center Kent, OH |
| December 30, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | L 69–75 $^{OT}$ | 6–6 (0–2) | LJVM Coliseum (703) Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Syracuse | Postponed due to COVID-19 issues | Postponed due to COVID-19 issues | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| January 6, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Clemson | Postponed due to COVID-19 issues | Postponed due to COVID-19 issues | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| January 9, 2022 Noon, ACCN | | Wake Forest | W 87–46 | 7–6 (1–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,068) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 13, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 15 Georgia Tech | L 64–68 | 7–7 (1–3) | McCamish Pavilion (1,459) Atlanta, GA |
| January 18, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | W 79–68 | 8–7 (2–3) | Littlejohn Coliseum (253) Clemson, SC |
| January 20, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN | | Miami (FL) Rivalry | L 52–59 | 8–8 (2–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,190) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | | Clemson | W 75–70 | 9–8 (3–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,141) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 27, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 5 Louisville | L 62–75 | 9–9 (3–5) | KFC Yum! Center (7,755) Louisville, KY |
| January 30, 2022 Noon, ACCRSN | | Virginia | W 62–37 | 10–9 (4–5) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,144) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 3 NC State | L 48–68 | 10–10 (4–6) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,122) Raleigh, NC |
| February 6, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 20 Notre Dame | W 70–65 | 11–10 (5–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,678) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Duke | W 59–56 | 12–10 (6–6) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,327) Durham, NC |
| February 13, 2022 Noon, ACCN | | at Miami (FL) Rivalry | L 59–76 | 12–11 (6–7) | Watsco Center (2,034) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 15, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Syracuse | W 73–67 | 13–11 (7–7) | Carrier Dome (881) Syracuse, NY |
| February 17, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | W 66–58 | 14–11 (8–7) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,049) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 20, 2022 Noon, ACCRSN | | No. 24 North Carolina | L 49–64 | 14–12 (8–8) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,322) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 24, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 22 Georgia Tech | W 65–63 $^{OT}$ | 15–12 (9–8) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,364) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 27, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Pittsburgh | W 57–52 | 16–12 (10–8) | Peterson Events Center (1,720) Pittsburgh, PA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | (9) | vs. (8) Boston College Second round | W 63–58 | 17–12 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,648) Greensboro, NC |
| March 4, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | (9) | vs. (1) No. 3 NC State Quarterfinals | L 54–84 | 17–13 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,682) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (11 S) | vs. (11 S) Missouri State First Four | L 51–60 | 17–14 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (366) Baton Rouge, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane. 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 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
| Coaches | 24 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
*Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.