The 2021–22 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 14th-year head coach Joe McKeown. They played their home games at Welsh–Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 17–12, 8–8 in Big Ten play, to finish in seventh place. They received a bye into the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament where they defeated Minnesotahttps://nusports.com/news/2022/3/3/womens-basketball-wildcats-advance-to-third-round-of-big-ten-tournament before losing to eventual champions Iowa in the quarterfinals.https://nusports.com/news/2022/3/4/womens-basketball-wildcats-fall-to-no-12-iowa-72-59 They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season
The Wildcats finished the season 16–9, 11–7 in Big Ten play, to finish in fifth place. They received a bye into the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament where they defeated Illinoishttps://nusports.com/news/2021/3/10/womens-basketball-wildcats-move-on-to-quarterfinals-with-67-42-win-over-illinois and Michiganhttps://nusports.com/news/2021/3/11/womens-basketball-wildcats-advance-to-semifinals-after-rolling-no-13-michigan before losing to eventual champions Maryland in the semifinals.https://nusports.com/news/2021/3/12/womens-basketball-northwestern-ends-big-ten-tournament-run They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the seven seed in the Alamo Regional they defeated ten seed in the first roundhttps://nusports.com/news/2021/3/22/womens-basketball-northwestern-stays-at-the-big-dance before losing to two seed Louisville in the second round to end their season.https://nusports.com/news/2021/3/24/womens-basketball-northwestern-ends-ncaa-run
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=6 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=| Regular season
!colspan=6 style= |Big Ten women's tournament
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Rankings
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked and did not receive votes т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.
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