The 2021–22 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cavaliers finished the season 5–22 and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament they lost their First Round matchup with Wake Forest. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or WNIT. After the season, Virginia announced that Head Coach Tina Thompson had been relieved of her duties after going 30–63 during her tenure.

Previous season

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns. Virginia was the second team in the Atlantic Coast Conference to suspend their season, after Duke did so on December 25, 2020.

The Cavaliers finished the season 0–5, and 0–2 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Offseason

Departures

Departures Dylan Horton 0 G 5'9" Sophomore Los Angeles, California Transferred to Florida A&M Zaria Johnson 4 G 6'0" Freshman Houston, Texas – Dani Lawson 21 G 6'2" Junior Cleveland, Ohio Graduated Emily Maupin 35 F 6'3" Graduate Student Charlottesville, Virginia Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers Taylor Valladay 2 G 5'7" Junior Chicago, Illinois Marquette Camryn Taylor 20 F 6'2" Junior Peoria, Illinois Eleah Parker 21 F 6'4" Graduate Student Charlotte, North Carolina Penn McKenna Dale 44 G 6'0" Graduate Student Storrs, Connecticut Brown Source:

Recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule

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!colspan=6 style="background:#00214E; color:#F56D22;"|Regular season

!colspan=6 style="background:#00214E; color:#F56D22;"| ACC Women's Tournament

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 Coaches RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes

See also 2021–22 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

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