Women's Basketball Announces 2021-22 Schedule
9/8/2021 2:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, the University of Michigan women's basketball team released its full 2021-22 schedule Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 8).
The Wolverines will play 11 non-conference games and 18 Big Ten contests during the regular season, with the Big Ten Tournament set for March 2-6, 2022, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Michigan will start the season with four of its first five games at Crisler Center, including an opening-night (Nov. 9) tilt against IUPUI. The Wolverines will travel to Daytona Beach, Fla., for the Daytona Beach Invitational, where they will face Oregon State (Nov. 26) and Mississippi State (Nov. 27).
Following a trip to Louisville for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Dec. 2) and a home date against Akron (Dec. 5), Michigan will face Wisconsin (Dec. 9) and Minnesota (Dec. 12) in a pair of conference contests. U-M will finish out the non-conference with a Sweet 16 rematch against Baylor in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun (Dec. 19) and Eastern Michigan at home (Dec. 22).
The remaining 16 games of Michigan's Big Ten slate will begin on New Year's Eve, when U-M hosts Ohio State at Crisler Center. The Wolverines will play home-and-home series during the conference schedule against Ohio State, Michigan State, Maryland, Iowa and Wisconsin.
In total, the Maize and Blue will face 10 NCAA Tournament teams from the 2020-21 season.
Tip times and television designations will be announced at a later date.
Michigan is coming off a 16-6 season in 2020-21, reaching the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. U-M welcomes back its two leading scorers in All-American Naz Hillmon (23.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg) and All-Big Ten second-teamer Leigha Brown (18.2 ppg).
