The 2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by second-year head coach Niele Ivey and played their home games at Purcell Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 24–10 overall and 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated sixth seed Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals before losing to seventh seed Miami in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Bridgeport Region. They defeated twelfth seed in the first round and fourth seed Oklahoma in the second round before losing to NC State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the season 10–10 and 8–7 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Offseason

Departures Departures Amirah Abdur-Rahim 3 F 6'3" Freshman Marietta, Georgia Transferred to SMU Alasia Hayes 5 G 5'7" Freshman Murfreesboro, Tennessee Transferred to Mississippi State Nicole Benz 20 G 5'8" Senior Santa Clarita, California Graduated Danielle Cosgrove 22 F 6'4" Junior Holbrook, New York Transferred to St. John's Alli Campbell 23 G 6'0" Freshman Altoona, Pennsylvania Transferred to Penn State Destinee Walker 24 G 5'10" Graduate student Orlando, Florida Graduated Mikayla Vaughn 30 C 6'3" Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers Maya Dodson 0 F 6'3" Graduate student Alpharetta, Georgia Stanford

2021 recruiting class Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP RV RV RV 24 22 21 20 17 20 20 19 20 20 18 19 14 20 22 21 Coaches RV RV 25 23 18 17 15 19 19 17 18 19 19 20 16 20 21 21 17 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked in previous week (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked

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