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2021–22 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

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2021–22 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record21–13 (10–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Fitzroy Anthony
  • Beth Dunkenberger
  • Shenise Johnson
Home arenaWatsco Center
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State 17 1   .944 32 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 5   .722 25 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Boston College 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
Florida State 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Duke 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 16 17   .485
Syracuse 4 14   .222 11 18   .379
Clemson 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 16   .111 11 19   .367
Virginia 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by seventeenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Hurricanes finished the season 21–13 overall and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated tenth seed Duke in the second round, second seeded Louisville in the quarterfinals, and third seed Notre Dame in the semifinals before losing to NC State in the final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the eighth seed in the Greensboro Regional. They defeated ninth seed South Florida in the first round before losing to top seed South Carolina in the second round to end their season.

Previous season

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The Hurricanes finished the season 11–11 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Virginia Tech in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Off-season

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Endia Banks 4 G 5'9" Senior Duluth, Georgia Transferred to Mercer[1]
Taylor Mason 13 G 5'9" Senior Decatur, Georgia Graduated
Nyayongah Gony 14 G/F 6'2" Freshman Lincoln, Nebraska Transferred
Jamir Huston 15 F 6'0" Junior Cleveland, Ohio Transferred to ETSU[2]
Brianna Jackson 21 F 6'3" Sophomore Virginia Beach, Virginia Transferred to Old Dominion[3]
Sydnee Roby 44 C 6'3" Freshman Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transferred to Texas A&M[4]

Incoming Transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Lola Pendande 21 F 6'4" Junior Almeria, Spain Utah[5]
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi 33 F 6'4" Redshirt Senior Paris, France Syracuse[6]

Recruiting Class

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Source:[7]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lashae Dwyer
PG
Toronto, Canada Webb School 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 91
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:

Roster

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2021–22 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Kenza Salgues 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr INSEP Montpellier, FR
G/F 1 Moulayna Sidi Baba 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Solna Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
F 3 Destiny Harden 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Morgan Park
West Virginia
Chicago, IL
G 4 Jasmyne Roberts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bishop Kenny Jacksonville, FL
G 5 Mykea Gray 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr National Christian Academy Upper Marlboro, MD
G 12 Ja'Leah Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Blanche Ely Pompano Beach, FL
G 13 Lashae Dwyer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Webb School Toronto, Canada
G 20 Kelsey Marshall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Miami Country Day School Davie, FL
F 21 Lola Pendande 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Ribét Academy
Utah
Almeria, Spain
F 22 Chiso Okafor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr IES Llavaneres Mataró, Spain
F 23 Paula Fraile Ruiz 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Institut Joaquim Blume Barcelona, Spain
G 25 Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Sport Gymnasium
Wyoming
Zagreb, Croatia
F 33 Maeva Djaldi–Tabdi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Jean Moulin
Syracuse
Paris, France
F 35 Naomi Mbandu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr INSEP
Gulf Coast State
Tarbes, France
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Source[8]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 9, 2021*
4:00 p.m., ACCNX
Jackson State W 72–67  1–0
Watsco Center (1,102)
Coral Gables, FL
November 12, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Bethune–Cookman W 55–43  2–0
Watsco Center (1,128)
Coral Gables, FL
November 14, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Stetson W 54–39  3–0
Watsco Center (1,006)
Coral Gables, FL
November 18, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida Atlantic W 56–46  4–0
Watsco Center (1,087)
Coral Gables, FL
November 25, 2021*
4:00 p.m.
vs. Washington State
Baha Mar Hoops
L 47–62  4–1
Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (0)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2021*
8:30 p.m.
vs. No. 4 Indiana
Baha Mar Hoops
L 51–53  4–2
Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (0)
Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2021*
8:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 8 Maryland
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 74–82  4–3
Xfinity Center (4,367)
College Park, MD
December 5, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Tulane
Miami Holiday Classic
W 70–63  5–3
Watsco Center (1,246)
Coral Gables, FL
December 6, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Miami Holiday Classic
W 70–63  6–3
Watsco Center (1,246)
Coral Gables, FL
December 12, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Robert Morris W 86–45  7–3
Watsco Center (1,609)
Coral Gables, FL
December 19, 2021
Noon, ACCN
No. 15 Duke Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[9] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
December 21, 2021*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Florida Canceled due to COVID-19 issues[10] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
January 2, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[11] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 6, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest L 46–47  7–4
(0–1)
Watsco Center (1,135)
Coral Gables, FL
January 9, 2022
Noon, ACCN
No. 3 Louisville Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[12] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
January 9, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 NC State L 64–76  7–5
(0–2)
Watsco Center (1,873)
Coral Gables, FL
January 13, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson W 69–60  8–5
(1–2)
Littlejohn Coliseum (408)
Clemson, SC
January 16, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 Georgia Tech W 46–45  9–5
(2–2)
Watsco Center (1,256)
Coral Gables, FL
January 18, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 21 Duke
Rescheduled from Dec. 19, 2021
L 49–58  9–6
(2–3)
Watsco Center (1,443)
Coral Gables, FL
January 20, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at Florida State
Rivalry
W 59–52  10–6
(3–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,190)
Tallahassee, FL
January 23, 2022
Noon, ACCRSN
at Boston College L 66–79  10–7
(3–4)
Conte Forum (914)
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 27, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at Wake Forest W 66–59  11–7
(4–4)
LJVM Coliseum (1,690)
Winston–Salem, NC
February 1, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 Louisville
Rescheduled from Jan 9, 2022
L 66–69  11–8
(4–5)
Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 3, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse W 71–65  12–8
(5–5)
Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 6, 2022
Noon, ACCN
at No. 24 North Carolina L 38–85  12–9
(5–6)
Carmichael Arena (2,759)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 10, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at No. 18 Notre Dame L 53–69  12–10
(5–7)
Purcell Pavilion (4,906)
Notre Dame, IN
February 13, 2022
Noon, ACCN
Florida State
Rivalry
W 76–59  13–10
(6–7)
Watsco Center (2,034)
Coral Gables, FL
February 15, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Virginia W 71–55  14–10
(7–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (1,478)
Charlottesville, VA
February 17, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Pittsburgh W 60–50  15–10
(8–7)
Watsco Center (1,298)
Coral Gables, FL
February 20, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 16 Georgia Tech W 51–39  16–10
(9–7)
McCamish Pavilion (2,038)
Atlanta, GA
February 24, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at No. 23 Virginia Tech L 63–70  16–11
(9–8)
Cassell Coliseum (1,522)
Blacksburg, VA
February 27, 2022
4:30 p.m., ACCRSN
Clemson W 76–40  17–11
(10–8)
Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(7) vs. (10) Duke
Second Round
W 61–55  18–11
Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)
Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(7) vs. (2) No. 4 Louisville
Quarterfinals
W 61–59  19–11
Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)
Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2022
2:30 p.m., ACCN
(7) vs. (3) No. 20 Notre Dame
Semifinals
W 57–54  20–11
Greensboro Coliseum (7,923)
Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2022
Noon, ESPN
(7) vs. (1) No. 3 NC State
Final
L 47–60  20–12
Greensboro Coliseum (9,253)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2022*
11:30 am, ESPN2
(8 G) vs. (9 G) South Florida
First Round
W 78–66  21–12
Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
March 20, 2022*
3:00 pm, ABC
(8 G) at (1 G) No. 1 South Carolina
Second Round
L 33–49  21–13
Colonial Life Arena (9,817)
Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G=Greensboro.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
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Week
15
Week
16
Week
17
Week
18
Final
AP RV RV
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.

References

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  1. ^ Vaught, Will (August 24, 2021). "Women's Basketball adds Endia Banks". mercerbears.com. Mercer University Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Coach Harris Announces Four Transfers". etsubucs.com. East Tennessee State University. July 8, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Rubama, Larry (October 13, 2021). "A year later, Old Dominion and a Monarch legend give women's basketball coach DeLisha Milton-Jones a proper introduction". pilotonline.com. The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Aggie women's basketball team signs junior transfer Sydnee Roby". theeagle.com. The Eagle. July 2, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "Miami Adds Transfer Lola Pendande to 2021-22 Roster". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. April 5, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Miami welcomes two international recruits from transfer portal". themiamihurricane.com. The Miami Hurricane. April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Miami Hurricanes". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "2021–22 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Duke at Miami Women's Basketball Game Canceled". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "UNF at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  11. ^ "Miami at Virginia Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.