2021–22 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
The 2021–22 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by third-year head coach Carla Berube, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.
2021–22 Princeton Tigers women's basketball | |
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Ivy League regular season champions Ivy League Tournament Champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 25 |
Record | 25–5 (14–0 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Jadwin Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Princeton † | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 3 | – | 23 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The Tigers finished the season with a 25–5 overall record, 14–0 in Ivy League play to finish in first place and win the conference's regular season championship. As the top seed in the Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Harvard and Columbia to win the championship. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the eleventh seed in the Bridgeport Region. They defeated Kentucky in the First Round before losing to Indiana to end their season.
Previous season
The Ivy League canceled all winter sports for the 2020–21 season, including men's and women's basketball, due to COVID-19 concerns.[1]
Roster
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Roster |
2021-22 Ivy Awards and Recognition |
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Schedule
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2021* 7:00 p.m. |
at Villanova | W 59–42 | 1–0 |
Finneran Pavilion (1,551) Villanova, PA | |||||||
November 12, 2021* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops |
at Delaware | W 76–56 | 2–0 |
Bob Carpenter Center (997) Newark, DE | |||||||
November 14, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Boston | W 69–40 | 3–0 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (728) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
November 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Rhode Island | L 53–61 | 3–1 |
Ryan Center (545) Kingston, RI | |||||||
November 23, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Temple | W 59–41 | 4–1 |
Liacouras Center (780) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
November 28, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Maine | W 82–43 | 5–1 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (534) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast | W 58–55 | 6–1 |
Alico Arena (2,045) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
December 5, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Fordham | L 67–76 | 6–2 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium (303) Bronx, NY | |||||||
December 11, 2021* Noon, ESPN+ |
Seton Hall | L 60–70 | 6–3 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (586) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 14, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Buffalo | W 79–77 OT | 7–3 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (537) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 22, 2021* Noon, ESPN+ |
No. 12 Texas | L 53–70 | 7–4 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (722) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 29, 2021* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UCF | Canceled | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ | ||||||||
January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Harvard | W 68–50 | 8–4 (1–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (635) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
January 8, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Cornell | W 65–41 | 9–4 (2–0) |
Newman Arena (189) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
January 12, 2022* 6:00 p.m., NBC Sports PA+ |
Towson | W 68–54 | 10–4 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (57) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
January 15, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Brown | W 72–39 | 11–4 (3–0) |
Pizzitola Sports Center (163) Providence, RI | |||||||
January 17, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Penn | W 70–50 | 12–4 (4–0) |
Palestra (125) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 22, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Dartmouth | W 78–35 | 13–4 (5–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (165) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
January 28, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Yale | W 61–49 | 14–4 (6–0) |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium (60) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 4, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cornell | W 75–37 | 15–4 (7–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (501) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 5, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Columbia | W 57–39 | 16–4 (8–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (906) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 12, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Dartmouth | W 70–48 | 17–4 (9–0) |
Leede Arena (0) Hanover, NH | |||||||
February 18, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Brown | W 88–42 | 18–4 (10–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (572) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 19, 2022 6:00 p.m., NBC Sports PA |
Yale | W 74–36 | 19–4 (11–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (797) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 23, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPNU |
at Columbia | W 73–53 | 20–4 (12–0) |
Levien Gymnasium (1,913) New York, NY | |||||||
March 4, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPNews |
Penn | W 63–43 | 21–4 (13–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (846) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
March 6, 2022 Noon, ESPN+ |
at Harvard | W 73–53 | 22–4 (14–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion (757) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
Ivy League Tournament | |||||||||||
March 12, 2022 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
(1) No. 24 | at (4) Harvard Semifinals |
W 72–67 | 23–4 |
Lavietes Pavilion (889) Cambridge, MA | ||||||
March 13, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPNews |
(1) No. 24 | vs. (2) Columbia Final |
W 77–59 | 24–4 |
Lavietes Pavilion (925) Cambridge, MA | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 19, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN |
(11 B) No. 25 | vs. (6 B) No. 15 Kentucky First Round |
W 69–62 | 25–4 |
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (6,389) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
March 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(11 B) No. 25 | at (3 B) No. 11 Indiana Second Round |
L 55–56 | 25–5 |
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (9,627) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 25 |
Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV |
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.
References
- "Ivy League Outlines Intercollegiate Athletics Plans; No Competition for Winter Sports" (Press release). Ivy League. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- "Ivy League Reveals Women's Basketball Award Winners and All-Ivy Teams for 2021-22 Season". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". goprincetontigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved May 13, 2022.