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2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season

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

{{Infobox sports season

|title=2021-22 America East Conference men's basketball season

|color=#1D2247

|colour text=#FFFFFF

|logo=America East Conference logo.svg

|sport=Basketball

|league=NCAA Division I

|prevseason_link=2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball season

|prevseason_year=2020-21

|nextseason_link=2022–23 America East conference men's basketball season

|nextseason_year=2022-23

|no_of_teams=10

| season = 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

| season_champs = Vermont Catamounts

| season_champ_name=

| MVP_link=America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

| MVP =

| finals = America East Conference tournament

| finals_link = 2022 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

| finals_champ = Vermont Catamounts

| finals_runner-up = UMBC Retrievers

}}

{{2021-22 America East Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 2, 2022. The regular season ended on March 1, 2022, followed by the 2022 America East men's basketball tournament held March 6–12, 2022. The Vermont Catamounts finished atop conference standings and also won the conference tournament.

Conference Schedule

Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches

= Coach Changes =

Albany hired Dwayne Killings after Will Brown left to become head coach and general manager of the Albany Patroons.

Binghamton named Levell Sanders interim head coach after Tommy Dempsey's contract was not renewed.

UMBC hired Jim Ferry after Ryan Odom left to become the head coach at Utah State.

= Coaches =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Team

!Head coach

!Previous Job

!Years At School

!Record at School

!America East Record

!America East Titles

!NCAA Tournaments

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Albany Great Danes}}" |Albany

|Dwayne Killings

|Marquette (Assistant)

|1

|0-0

|0-0

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Binghampton Bearcats}}" |Binghamton

|Levell Sanders*

|Binghamton(Assistant)

|1

|0-0

|0-0

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hartford Hawks}}" |Hartford

|John Gallagher

|Penn (Assistant)

|12

|157-187

|87-87

|1

|1

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maine Black Bears}}" |Maine

|Richard Barron

|Maine (Women's HC)

|4

|16-55

|10-30

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UMBC Retrievers}}" |UMBC

|Jim Ferry

|Penn State (Interim HC)

|1

|0-0

|0-0

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UMass Lowell River Hawks}}" |UMass Lowell

|Pat Duquette

|Northeastern (Assistant)

|9

|95-139

|60-77

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|New Hampshire Wildcats}}" |New Hampshire

|Bill Herrion

|East Carolina

|17

|197-275

|114-148

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NJIT Highlanders}}" |NJIT

|Brian Kennedy

|NJIT (Assistant)

|6

|63-82

|6-10

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stony Brook Seawolves}}" |Stony Brook

|Geno Ford

|Stony Brook (Interim HC)

|4

|29-28

|17-15

|0

|0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Vermont Catamounts}}" |Vermont

|John Becker

|Vermont (Assistant)

|11

|229-96

|131-27

|3

|3

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and America East records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

*Interim Head Coach for 2021-22 Season

Preseason Awards

The Preseason America East Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 21, 2021.{{Cite web|title=Stony Brook Chosen Men's #AEHoops Favorite, Preseason All-League Unveiled|url=https://americaeast.com/news/2021/10/20/mbb_preseason_poll_21-22.aspx|access-date=2021-12-31|website=americaeast.com|language=en}}

= Preseason men's basketball poll =

First Place Votes in Parentheses

  1. Stony Brook (5) - 77
  2. Vermont (4) - 71
  3. New Hampshire (1) - 64
  4. Hartford - 56
  5. UMBC - 49
  6. UMass Lowell - 43
  7. Albany - 34
  8. NJIT - 23
  9. Maine - 16
  10. Binghamton - 14

= Preseason Honors =

class="wikitable" border="1"

!Honor

!Recipient

rowspan="6" |Preseason All-America East Conference Team

|Ryan Davis, Vermont

Nick Guadarrama, New Hampshire
Jayden Martinez, New Hampshire
Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook
Ben Shungu, Vermont
Austin Williams, Hartford

Regular season

= Conference standings =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" |

! colspan="2" |Conference

! colspan="2" |Overall

!

Rank

!Team

!Record

!Percent

!Record

!Percent

!Tiebreaker

1

|Vermont

|17-1

|.944

|28-5

|.848

|

2

|UMBC

|11-7

|.611

|18-14

|.563

|

3

|Stony Brook

|10-8

|.556

|18-13

|.581

|

4

|New Hampshire

|10-8

|.556

|15-13

|.536

|

5

|Albany

|9-9

|.500

|13-18

|.419

|

6

|Hartford

|9-9

|.500

|12-20

|.375

|

7

|Binghamton

|8-10

|.444

|12-17

|.414

|

8

|UMass Lowell

|7-11

|.389

|15-16

|.484

|

9

|NJIT

|6-12

|.333

|11-18

|.379

|

10

|Maine

|3-15

|.167

|6-23

|.207

|

= Conference Matrix =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="1" |

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Albany Great Danes}}" |Albany

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Binghamton Bearcats}}" |Binghamton

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hartford Hawks}}" |Hartford

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maine Black Bears}}" |Maine

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UMBC Retrievers}}" |UMBC

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UMass Lowell River Hawks}}" |UMass Lowell

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|New Hampshire Wildcats}}" |New Hampshire

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NJIT Highlanders}}" |NJIT

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stony Brook Seawolves}}" |Stony Brook

! width="110" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Vermont Catamounts}}" |Vermont

vs. Albany

|–

|1-1

|1-1

|1-1

|1-1

|0-2

|1-1

|0-2

|2-0

|1-0

vs. Binghamton

|1-1

|–

|1-1

|0-2

|2-0

|0-2

|2-0

|1-1

|1-1

|0-2

vs. Hartford

|

|

|–

|

|

|

|0-1

|

|

|1-0

vs. Maine

|

|1-0

|

|–

|1-0

|1-0

|

|1-0

|1-0

|

vs. UMBC

|1-0

|

|

|0-1

|–

|1-0

|

|0-1

|1-0

|1-0

vs. UMass Lowell

|1-0

|1-0

|

|0-1

|0-1

|–

|1-0

|1-0

|

|

vs. New Hampshire

|0-1

|

|1-0

|

|

|0-1

|–

|

|

|1-0

vs. NJIT

|1-0

|1-1

|

|0-1

|1-0

|0-1

|

|–

|

|1-0

vs. Stony Brook

|0-1

|0-1

|

|0-1

|0-1

|

|

|

|–

|1-0

vs. Vermont

|

|

|0-1

|

|0-1

|

|0-1

|0-1

|0-1

|–

= Players of the Week =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Week

!Player(s) of the Week

!School

!Rookie of the Week

!School

Nov. 15

|Ben Shungu

|Vermont

|Byron Ireland

|Maine

Nov. 22

|Ryan Davis

|Vermont (2)

|Justin Neely

|Albany

Nov. 29

|Jayden Martinez

|New Hampshire

|Sam Ihekwoaba

|Maine (2)

Dec. 6

|Dylan O’Hearn

|NJIT

|Justin Neely (2)

|Albany (2)

Dec. 13

|Jahlil Jenkins

|Stony Brook

|Justin Neely (3)

|Albany (3)

Dec. 20

|Jahlil Jenkins (2)

|Stony Brook (2)

|Novak Perovic

|Maine (3)

Dec. 27

|Hunter Marks

|Hartford

|Justin Neely (4)

|Albany (4)

Jan. 3

|Miles Coleman

|NJIT (2)

|Sam Ihekwoaba (2)

|Maine (4)

Jan. 10

|Miles Coleman (2) & Ben Shungu (2)

|NJIT (3) & Vermont (3)

|Sam Ihekwoaba (3)

|Maine (5)

Jan. 17

|Finn Sulivan

|Vermont (4)

|Sam Ihekwoaba (4)

|Maine (6)

Jan. 24

|

|

|

|

Jan. 31

|

|

|

|

Feb. 7

|

|

|

|

Feb. 14

|

|

|

|

Feb. 21

|

|

|

|

Feb. 28

|

|

|

|

= Records against other conferences =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Power 7 Conferences

!Record

!Power 7 Conferences

!Record

ACC

|2-1

|American

|None

Big East

|0-6

|Big Ten

|0-4

Big 12

|0-3

|Pac-12

|0-1

SEC

|0-2

!Power 7 Total

!2-17

Other Division I Conferences

!Record

!Other Division I Conferences

!Record

Atlantic 10

|2-6

|ASUN

|0-1

Big Sky

|None

|Big South

|1-2

Big West

|None

|Colonial

|1-2

Conference USA

|None

|Horizon League

|0-1

Ivy League

|6-7

|MAAC

|2-4

MAC

|None

|MEAC

|None

MVC

|2-1

|MWC

|0-1

NEC

|12-9

|OVC

|1-0

Patriot League

|7-5

|SoCon

|0-3

Southland

|None

|SWAC

|None

Summit League

|None

|Sun Belt

|1-1

WAC

|None

|WCC

|None

colspan="3" |Other Division I Total

!35-43

colspan="3" |

|

colspan="3" |NCAA Division I Total

!37-60

colspan="3" |NCAA Division III Total

!11-0

colspan="3" |NAIA Total

!1-0

colspan="3" |USCAA Total

!2-0

colspan="3" |Total Non-Conference Record

!51-60

Conference tournament

{{main|2022 America East men's basketball tournament}}

The top 8 teams from the America East qualify for the conference tournament. The higher seed hosts each game. {{8TeamBracket-reseed

|RD1=Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2022
ESPN+|RD2=Semifinals
Wednesday March 9, 2022
ESPN+|RD3=Championship
Saturday, March 12, 2022
ESPN2

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Vermont

| RD1-score1=98

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2=NJIT

| RD1-score2=59

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3=Hartford

| RD1-score3=61

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4=Albany

| RD1-score4=49

| RD1-seed5=3

| RD1-team5=New Hampshire

| RD1-score5=69

| RD1-seed6=6

| RD1-team6= Binghamton

| RD1-score6= 72

| RD1-seed7=2

| RD1-team7=UMBC

| RD1-score7=93*

| RD1-seed8=7

| RD1-team8=UMass Lowell

| RD1-score8=85

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Vermont

| RD2-score1=74

| RD2-seed2=6

| RD2-team2=Binghamton

| RD2-score2=42

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team3=UMBC

| RD2-score3=80

| RD2-seed4=4

| RD2-team4=Hartford

| RD2-score4=60

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Vermont

| RD3-score1=82

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-team2=UMBC

| RD3-score2=43

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{America East Conference men's basketball navbox}}

{{2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball conference season navbox}}

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