2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season

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2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)WDAY'Z Xtra, Midco Sports Network
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickHannah Sjerven, South Dakota
Picked byMinnesota Lynx, 28th overall
2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Regular season championsSouth Dakota & South Dakota State
Season MVPChloe Lamb, South Dakota
Summit League tournament
ChampionsSouth Dakota
  Runners-upSouth Dakota State
Summit League women's basketball seasons
← 2020–21
2021–22 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 17 – 1   .944 29 – 9   .763
South Dakota † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 6   .829
Kansas City 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
Oral Roberts 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516
North Dakota 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
North Dakota State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 18   .379
Western Illinois 5 – 12   .294 14 – 15   .483
Denver 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333
St. Thomas* 4 – 14   .222 7 – 21   .250
Omaha 3 – 14   .176 7 – 19   .269
* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2022 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2021–22 Summit League women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the fifteenth season under the Summit League name and the 40th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982.

The Summit League tournament is scheduled for March 5–8, 2022 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Offseason[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Recruiting classes[edit]

Rankings
Team ESPN Signees
Denver —
Kansas City ―
North Dakota ―
North Dakota State ―
Omaha ―
Oral Roberts ―
St. Thomas ―
South Dakota ―
South Dakota State ―
Western Illinois ―

Preseason watchlists[edit]

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[1] Naismith[2] Lieberman[3] Drysdale[4] Miller[5] McClain[6] Leslie[7] Wade
Myah Selland – South Dakota State Myah Selland – South Dakota State
Hannah Sjerven – South Dakota 		― ― Myah Selland – South Dakota State ― ―

Preseason polls[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season § Pre-season polls

Summit League Coaches' Poll[edit]

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
Place Team Points First place votes
1. South Dakota 712 20
2. South Dakota State 672 18
3. North Dakota State 544 ―
4. Kansas City 486 ―
5. Denver 385 ―
6. Oral Roberts 383 ―
7. Western Illinois 382 ―
8. Omaha 314 ―
9. North Dakota 181 ―
10. St. Thomas 147 ―

Source:[8]

Summit League Preseason All-Conference[edit]

Further information: List of All-Summit League women's basketball teams

Preseason All-Summit League First Team[edit]

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Preseason player of the year automatically earns a spot on the first team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Naomie Alnatas Kansas City Sr. G 5'7 Cayenne, French Guiana (Chalon Basket)
Paiton Burckhard South Dakota State Jr. F 6'0 Aberdeen, SD (Aberdeen Central HS)
Tylee Irwin South Dakota State Sr. F 6'0 Wahpeton, ND (Wahpeton HS)
Chloe Lamb South Dakota R-Sr. G 5'10 Onida, SD (Sully Buttes HS)
Myah Selland † South Dakota State R-Jr. F 6'1 Letcher, SD (Sanborn Central/Woonsocket HS)
Hannah Sjerven South Dakota R-Sr. C 6'2 Rogers, MN (Rogers HS)

Preseason All-Summit League Second Team[edit]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Meghan Boyd Denver Jr. G 5'11 Eagle, ID (Eagle HS)
Uju Ezeudu Denver Jr. F 6'0 Reynoldsburg, OH (Reynoldsburg HS)
Heaven Hamling North Dakota State Jr. G 5'8 Grand Rapids, MN (Grand Rapids HS)
Liv Korngable South Dakota R-Sr. G 5'10 Rochester, MN (Mayo HS)
Keni Jo Lippe Oral Roberts Gr. G 5'9 Adair, OK (Adair HS)

Midseason watchlists[edit]

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Final watchlists[edit]

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Regular season[edit]

The schedule will be released in middle of June.[9]

Records against other conferences[edit]

2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (April 2, 2022):

Record against ranked non-conference opponents[edit]

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov 9 Omaha No. 12 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA ― L 38–65 0–1
Nov 12 No. 1 South Carolina South Dakota Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SD Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational L 41–72 0–2
Nov 15 South Dakota State No. 14 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA ― L 56–75 0–3
Nov 26 No. 23 Texas A&M South Dakota † Sports and Fitness Center ● Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam L 44–58 0–4
Nov 27 South Dakota State No. 19 UCLA † Hertz Arena ● Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase W 76–66 1–4
Dec 9 North Dakota State No. 6 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ ― L 47–59 1–5
Mar 20 South Dakota No. 7 Baylor † Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX NCAA tournament (second round) W 61–47 2–5
Mar 26 South Dakota No. 12 Michigan † Intrust Bank Arena ● Wichita, KS NCAA tournament (Sweet 16) L 49–52 2–6

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule[edit]

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[10]

  Denver Kansas City North Dakota North Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State Western Illinois
vs. Denver – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas City 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Dakota 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Dakota State 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Omaha 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Oral Roberts 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. St. Thomas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. South Dakota 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0
vs. South Dakota State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0
vs. Western Illinois 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 –
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Points scored[edit]

Team For Against Difference
Denver ― ― ―
Kansas City ― ― ―
North Dakota ― ― ―
North Dakota State ― ― ―
Omaha ― ― ―
Oral Roberts ― ― ―
St. Thomas ― ― ―
South Dakota ― ― ―
South Dakota State ― ― ―
Western Illinois ― ― ―

Through November 8, 2021[11]

Rankings[edit]

See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  Pre Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13 		Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Wk
17		 Wk
18		 Wk
19		 Final
Denver AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
Kansas City AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
North Dakota AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
North Dakota State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
Omaha AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
Oral Roberts AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
St. Thomas AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
South Dakota AP RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV
C
South Dakota State AP RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C
Western Illinois AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C

Head coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Coaches[edit]

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Summit record Summit titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Denver Doshia Woods Tulane (recruiting coordinator) 2nd 7–16 (.304) 5–9 (.357) 0 0 0 0
Kansas City Jacie Hoyt Kansas State (assistant) 5th 58–56 (.509) 7–8 (.467) † 0 0 ♠ 0 0
North Dakota Mallory Bernhard North Dakota (assistant) 2nd 2–19 (.095) 2–13 (.133) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota State Jory Collins Kansas (assistant) 3rd 26–28 (.481) 16-16 (.500) 0 0 0 0
Omaha Carrie Banks Ohio State (assistant) 2nd 7–13 (.350) 4–8 (.333) 0 0 0 0
Oral Roberts Misti Cussen Oral Roberts (assistant) 10th 129–137 (.485) 56–50 (.528) ‡ 0 1 0 0
St. Thomas Ruth Sinn Apple Valley HS 17th 356–88 (.802) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0
South Dakota Dawn Plitzuweit Northern Kentucky 6th 129–30 (.811) 66–9 (.880) 2 2 ♠ 0 0
South Dakota State Aaron Johnston South Dakota State (assistant) 22nd 513–170 (.751) 193–35 (.846) 9 10 0 0
Western Illinois JD Gravina Quincy 11th 156–146 (.517) 83–73 (.532) 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • † Kansas City joined to Summit League in Summer of 2020.
  • ‡ Oral Roberts joined to Summit League in Summer of 2014.
  • ♠ In 2020 earned the NCAA tournament berth but the NCAA tournament canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Post season[edit]

Summit League tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament

South Dakota won the conference tournament from March 5–8, 2022, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD. The top eight teams from the conference regular season play at the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, after the NET rankings if necessary.

Quarterfinals
March 5 & 6
MidcoSN/ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 7
MidcoSN/ESPN+ 		Championship
March 8
ESPNU
         
1 South Dakota State 86
8 Denver 59
1 South Dakota State 72
4 Oral Roberts 53
4 Oral Roberts 61
5 North Dakota 54
1 South Dakota State 45
2 South Dakota 56
3 Kansas City 81
6 North Dakota State 74
3 Kansas City 67
2 South Dakota 81
2 South Dakota 75
7 Western Illinois 49

Reference:[12]

NCAA tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

One team from the conference were selected to participate: South Dakota. South Dakota State selected one of the "first four out" team, will act as standbys in the event a school is forced to withdraw before the start of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. But that didn't happen, so they participated in 2022 WNIT.

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 10 Wichita Regional South Dakota
defeated No. 7 Ole Miss 75–61
defeated No. 2 Baylor 61–47
lost to No. 3 Michigan 49–52
– – –
1 Bid W-L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 2–1 (.667)

National Invitation Tournament[edit]

Two teams from the conference were selected to participate: South Dakota State & Kansas City.

Main article: 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Bracket School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Region 3 South Dakota State defeated Ohio 87−57 defeated Minnesota 78−57 defeated Drake 84−66 defeated Alabama 78−73 defeated UCLA 62−59 defeated Seton Hall 82−50
Region 3 Kansas City lost to Northern Iowa 58−75 − − − − −
2 Bids TOTAL W-L (%): 6–1 (.857) 1–1 (.500) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000)
Index to colors and formatting
Summit League member won
Summit League member lost

Awards and honors[edit]

Players of the Week[edit]

Throughout the conference regular season, the Summit League offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[13]

Summit League Awards[edit]

The Summit League announced its end of season awards on March 3, 2022 ahead of the start of the Summit League tournament.[30]

2021 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Chloe Lamb – South Dakota
Coach of the Year Aaron Johnston – South Dakota State
Defensive Player of the Year Hannah Sjerven – South Dakota
Freshman of the Year Tirzah Moore – Oral Roberts
Sixth Player of the Year Grace Larkins – South Dakota
Newcomer of the Year Brooklyn McDavid – Kansas City

WNBA draft[edit]

Main article: 2022 WNBA draft

The Summit League had one player selected in the WNBA Draft. Hannah Sjerven from South Dakota selected by Minnesota Lynx on the 3rd round 28th overall pick.[31]

Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Hannah Sjerven Minnesota Lynx 3 28 Center South Dakota

References[edit]

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