2021–22 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2021–22 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Wolfpack were led by ninth-year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
The Wolfpack finished the season 32–4 overall and 17–1 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in the ACC tournament , they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where they defeated ninth seed Florida State , then they defeated fifth seed Virginia Tech in the Semifinals, and they won the Final versus seven seed Miami to win their third straight tournament title. As champions, they earned the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the first seed in the Bridgeport Region . They defeated sixteen seed Longwood in the First Round, ninth seed Kansas State in the Second Round, and fifth seed Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to second seed UConn in the Elite Eight to end their season.
Previous season
The Wolfpack finished the season 22–3 and 12–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. They won the ACC tournament defeating Virginia Tech , Georgia Tech , and Louisville along the way to their title. It was NC State's sixth title in school history. As ACC Tournament Champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the one seed in the Mercado Regional . In the tournament they defeated sixteen seed North Carolina A&T in the First Round and eight seed South Florida before losing to four seed Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Off-season
Departures
Incoming Transfers
Recruiting Class
Source:[ 7]
Roster
2021–22 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
0
Diamond Johnson
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
So
Neumann Goretti Rutgers
Philadelphia, PA
G
1
Genesis Bryant
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
So
Lovejoy
Jonesboro, GA
G
2
Raina Perez
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
GS
Millennium Cal State Fullerton
Goodyear, AZ
G
3
Kai Crutchfield
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
GS
Millbrook
Raleigh, NC
F
5
Jada Boyd
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Appomattox County
Petersburg, VA
G
10
Aziaha James
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
Princess Anne
Virginia Beach, VA
G
11
Jakia Brown-Turner
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr
Bishop McNamara
Temple Hills, MD
G
15
Kendal Moore
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Jr
Pine Forest
Fayetteville, NC
G
21
Madison Hayes
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So
East Hamilton Mississippi State
Chattanooga, TN
G
23
Jessica Timmons
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr
North Mecklenburg
Charlotte, NC
F
25
Kayla Jones
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
GS
Riverside
Jamesville, NC
C
32
Sophie Hart
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fr
Farmington
Farmington, MN
C
33
Elissa Cunane
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sr
Northern Guilford
Summerfield, NC
C
41
Camille Hobby
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr
Nease
Jacksonville, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: November 3, 2021
Schedule
Source[ 8]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2021 *7:00 p.m.
No. 5
UNC Pembroke
W 92–36
–
Reynolds Coliseum (0)Raleigh, NC
Regular season
November 9, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 5
No. 1 South Carolina
L 57–66
0–1
Reynolds Coliseum (5,533)Raleigh, NC
November 12, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5
Wofford Preseason WNIT
W 90–57
1–1
Reynolds Coliseum (3,512)Raleigh, NC
November 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5
Florida Preseason WNIT
W 85–52
2–1
Reynolds Coliseum (3,812)Raleigh, NC
November 15, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5
Towson Preseason WNIT
W 100–52
3–1
Reynolds Coliseum (3,361)Raleigh, NC
November 19, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5
Kansas State Preseason WNIT
W 90–69
4–1
Reynolds Coliseum (4,156)Raleigh, NC
November 25, 2021 11:00 a.m., FloHoops
No. 5
vs. No. 2 Maryland Baha Mar Hoops
W 78–60
5–1
Baha Mar Convention Center (0)Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2021 6:00 p.m., FloHoops
No. 5
vs. Washington State Baha Mar Hoops
W 62–34
6–1
Baha Mar Convention Center (0)Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2т
at No. 6 Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 66–58
7–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,242)Bloomington, IN
December 5, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2т
Elon
W 78–46
8–1
Reynolds Coliseum (3,867)Raleigh, NC
December 10, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2
at Pittsburgh
W 89–54
9–1 (1–0)
Peterson Events Center (1,357)Pittsburgh, PA
December 12, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2
St. Mary's
W 101–73
10–1
Reynolds Coliseum (3,652)Raleigh, NC
December 16, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2
No. 17 Georgia
L 80–82 OT
10–2
Reynolds Coliseum (4,012)Raleigh, NC
December 19, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2
Virginia
W 82–55
11–2 (2–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,564)Raleigh, NC
December 30, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5
at Clemson
W 79–52
12–2 (3–0)
Littlejohn Coliseum (1,079)Clemson, SC
January 6, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5
No. 19 North Carolina
W 72–45
13–2 (4–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5
at No. 20 Notre Dame
Postponed due to COVID-19 Issues [ 9]
Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5
at Miami (FL)
W 76–64
14–2 (5–0)
Watsco Center (1,873)Coral Gables, FL
January 13, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4
at Virginia
W 66–43
15–2 (6–0)
John Paul Jones Arena (1,969)Charlottesville, VA
January 16, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4
No. 16 Duke
W 84–60
16–2 (7–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 20, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 4
No. 3 Louisville
W 68–59
17–2 (8–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 23, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4
Virginia Tech
W 51–45
18–2 (9–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 30, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3
at North Carolina
W 66–58
19–2 (10–0)
Carmichael Arena (4,136)Chapel Hill, NC
February 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 3
at No. 20 Notre Dame Rescheduled from Jan. 9
L 66–69
19–3 (10–1)
Purcell Pavilion (5,566)Notre Dame, IN
February 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3
Florida State
W 68–48
20–3 (11–1)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,122)Raleigh, NC
February 7, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 5
No. 11 Georgia Tech
W 59–48
21–3 (12–1)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
February 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5
at Boston College
W 85–78 OT
22–3 (13–1)
Conte Forum (2,547)Chestnut Hill, MA
February 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 5
at Duke
W 77–62
23–3 (14–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,956)Durham, NC
February 17, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 4
Wake Forest
W 92–61
24–3 (15–1)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
February 20, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 4
Syracuse
W 95–53
25–3 (16–1)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3
at No. 23 Virginia Tech
W 68–66
26–3 (17–1)
Cassell Coliseum (3,702)Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
March 4, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(1) No. 3
vs. (9) Florida State Quarterfinals
W 84–54
27–3
Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2022 Noon, ACCN
(1) No. 3
vs. (5) No. 21 Virginia Tech Semifinals
W 70–55
28–3
Greensboro Coliseum (7,923)Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2022 Noon, ESPN
(1) No. 3
vs. (7) Miami (FL) Final
W 60–47
29–3
Greensboro Coliseum (9,253)Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 B) No. 3
(16 B) Longwood First Round
W 96–68
30–3
Reynolds Coliseum (5,483)Raleigh, NC
March 21, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 B) No. 3
(9 B) Kansas State Second Round
W 89–57
31–3
Reynolds Coliseum (4,808)Raleigh, NC
March 26, 2022 11:30 a.m., ESPN
(1 B) No. 3
vs. (5 B) No. 21 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen
W 66–63
32–3
Total Mortgage Arena Bridgeport, CT
March 28, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 B) No. 3
vs. (2 B) No. 5 UConn Elite Eight
L 87–91 2OT
32–4
Total Mortgage Arena (10,119)Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B=Bridgeport.
All times are in
Eastern .
Rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll
Pre- Season
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Final
AP
5
5
5
2т
2
2
5
5
5
4
4
3 (1 )
3 (1 )
5
4
3
3
3 (2 )
3 (1 )
Coaches
4
4
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
5
4
3
3
3 (1 )
3
5
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
т
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol.
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.
References
^ "Reiss Announces Signing of Transfer Rebecca Demeke for 2021-22" . gorhody.com . University of Rhode Island Athletics. April 26, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "Fulks, 'Cats Welcome Transfer Elle Sutphin" . davidsonwildcats.com . Davidson Wildcats Athletics. May 21, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ Berestecki, Laura (April 17, 2021). "Boston College Women's Basketball Adds NC State Transfer Dontavia Waggoner" . bcinterruption.com . SB Nation. Retrieved October 21, 2021 .
^ "Women's Basketball Inks Daniel and Rice" . rolltide.com . University of Alabama. April 16, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "NC State Adds Transfer Diamond Johnson to Pack Family" . gopack.com . NC State University. April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "Wolfpack Adds Transfer Madison Hayes to Roster" . gopack.com . NC State University. April 8, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "NC State Wolfpack" . espn.com . ESPN. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "2021–22 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule" . NC State Athletics. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes" . theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference . January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 .
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