Sports season
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
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(January 2022 )
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
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
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason polls
Summit League Coaches' Poll
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
Preseason All-Summit League First Team
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
Regular season
The schedule will be released in middle of June.[ 9]
Records against other conferences
2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (April 2, 2022):
Regular season
Post Season
Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
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
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
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
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
Coaching changes
Coaches
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
Summit League 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
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
–
–
–
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
Two teams from the conference were selected to participate: South Dakota State & Kansas City.
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
Players of the Week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Summit League offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[ 13]
Week
Player of the Week
School
Ref.
Nov. 15
Liv Korngable
South Dakota
[ 14]
Nov. 22
Brooklyn McDavid
Kansas City
[ 15]
Nov. 29
Naomie Alnatas
Kansas City
[ 16]
Dec 6.
Danni Nichols
Western Illinois
[ 17]
Dec 13.
Uju Ezeudu
Denver
[ 18]
Dec 20.
Brooklyn McDavid (2)
Kansas City
[ 19]
Dec 27.
Paige Meyer
South Dakota State
[ 20]
Jan. 3
Chloe Lamb
South Dakota
[ 21]
Jan 10.
Uju Ezeudu (2)
Denver
[ 22]
Jan 17.
Kacie Borowicz
North Dakota
[ 23]
Jan 24.
Kacie Borowicz (2)
North Dakota
[ 24]
Jan. 31
Naomie Alnatas (2)
Kansas City
[ 25]
Feb. 7
Naomie Alnatas (3)
Kansas City
[ 26]
Feb. 14
Myah Selland
South Dakota State
[ 27]
Feb. 21
Tirzah Moore
Oral Roberts
[ 28]
Mar. 1
Chloe Lamb (2)
South Dakota
[ 29]
School
Total
Kansas City
5
South Dakota
3
Denver
2
North Dakota
2
South Dakota State
2
Oral Roberts
1
Western Illinois
1
Summit League Awards
The Summit League announced its end of season awards on March 3, 2022 ahead of the start of the Summit League tournament .[ 30]
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]
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