Women's Basketball '21-'22 Highlights

The 2021-2022 season is one for the history books and we celebrate the success of our Wolfpack Women on and off the court.

AS A TEAM:

Set a new single-season program record for victories with 32-4 mark
Swept the ACC Tournament and regular-season crowns for the third time in team history and the first time since 1984-85
Won third-straight ACC Tournament title
Won ACC regular season title for the first time since 1990 after going 17-1 in league action during the regular season
Reached the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight for the second time in team history and first time since 1998 NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed for the second year in a row after making that a first last season
Reached 400 ACC wins with victory over UNC on Jan. 6, becoming the first league team to hit that mark
Secured 25+ win season for 13th time in team history and fifth time in Coach Moore era; seventh 20+ win season in a row under Coach Moore’s leadership

HOME ATMOSPHERE:

SCHEDULE:

NET ranking of No. 2
Defeated nine nationally-ranked opponents, marking the most such wins in a single season for the team
Two wins against fellow top-five opponents in No. 2 Maryland and No. 3 Louisville
Played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation, tying for the national lead in number of fellow Power Five teams played with seven
All four losses were to opponents ranked in the Top 25

RANKINGS:

Finished the year ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25, tying its program-best mark
Featured in the season-ending Top 10 four seasons in a row, extending a program-best streak
Ranked fifth or higher in every poll this season
Owns nation’s best active AP Top 5 streak at 34 polls in a row

Been ranked in the AP Top 5 since Dec. 7, 2020, in the Top 10 since Dec. 9, 2019 and in the Top 25 since Feb. 5, 2018

BALANCE:

Eight different players led us in scoring this season
Nine players who shot 40+ percent (min. 100 attempts), the second-most such players by any team in the nation
10 players hit 10+ points in a game, eight players hit 15+ points, six players hit 18+ points and three hit 20+ points

ACCOLADES:

CONFERENCE

2 All-ACC honorees: Elissa Cunane (First Team), Kayla Jones (Second Team)
Aziaha James named ACC All-Freshman Team
Diamond Johnson named ACC Sixth Player of the Year
Wes Moore honored as ACC Coach of the Year
Elissa Cunane named ACC Tournament MVP, first player in team history to do so in back-to-back seasons
3 All-Tournament honorees: Elissa Cunane, Jada Boyd, Jakia Brown-Turner
4 All-ACC Academic honorees: Elissa Cunane, Aziaha James, Kayla Jones, Raina Perez

NATIONAL

Elissa Cunane: Consensus All-American (AP, USBWA, WBCA), Wooden Award National Ballot, Naismith Trophy semifinalist, Wade Trophy midseason watch list, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list, ESPN.com National Player of the Week on Jan. 9, Senior CLASS Award Finalist
Jakia Brown-Turner: Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List
Diamond Johnson: Dawn Staley Award late season watch list
Wes Moore: Naismith Coach of the Year finalist

POSITIONAL

Lisa Leslie: Elissa Cunane named top five finalist
Nancy Lieberman: Diamond Johnson named top 10 finalist, Raina Pere on preseason watch list
Ann Meyers Drysdale: Jakia Brown-Turner on preseason watch list
Katrina McClain: Kayla Jones on preseason watch list

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