2021–22 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by fifth-year head coach Nancy Fahey, played their home games at State Farm Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2021–22 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–20 (1–13 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Nancy Fahey (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • John Patterson
  • Corry Irvin
  • Hernando Planells
Home arenaState Farm Center
2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Ohio State144 .778257  .781
No. 8 Iowa144 .778248  .750
No. 12 Michigan134 .765257  .781
No. 13 Maryland134 .765239  .719
No. 11 Indiana115 .688249  .727
Nebraska117 .611249  .727
Northwestern88 .5001712  .586
Michigan State89 .4711515  .500
Purdue711 .3891715  .531
Minnesota711 .3891518  .455
Penn State513 .2781118  .379
Wisconsin513 .278821  .276
Rutgers314 .1761120  .355
Illinois113 .071720  .259
2022 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 7–20, 1–13 in Big Ten play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the Big Ten women's tournament, they defeated eleventh seed Wisconsin in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Nebraska in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

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