1921–22 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

|year=1921–22

|team=Missouri Tigers

|sport=Basketball

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|image_size=150

|conference=Missouri Valley Conference

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|short_conf=MVIAA

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|record=16–1

|conf_record=15–1

|head_coach=J. Craig Ruby

|hc_year = 2nd

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|champion=Premo-Porretta National Champions

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{{1921–22 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings}}

The 1921–22 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in intercollegiate basketball during the 1921–22 season. The team finished the season with a 16–1 record{{cite web| title =Missouri season-by-season results| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/missouri/| accessdate =May 25, 2015}} and was retroactively named the 1921–22 national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=535|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}} It was head coach Craig Ruby's second and final season coaching the team.