The 2021–22 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his 22nd season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's ninth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 12–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament, where they lost to UCF. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Miami in the first round.
Previous season The Bulls finished the 2020–21 season 19–4, 13–2 in AAC play to finish win their first ever American Athletic championship. USF won the AAC tournament by defeating UCF in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed, where they defeated No. 9 seed Washington State in the first round before losing to No. 1 seed NC State in the second round.
Media All Bulls games aired on Bullscast RadioBullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. All home games and home and away conference games were available on one of the ESPN networks or their streaming service, ESPN+.
Roster
Schedule url=http://www.gousfbulls.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP 21 23 18 13 17 16 18 22 24 24 RV Coaches 22 - 20 17 19 16 16 23 24 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.
See also 2021–22 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team
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