| 2021-22 America East Conference men's basketball season | |
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| 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 |
| Mvp Link: | America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | America East Conference tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2022 America East Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Vermont Catamounts |
| Finals Runner-Up: | UMBC Retrievers |
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.
Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.
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.
| Team | Head coach | Previous Job | Years At School | Record at School | America East Record | America East Titles | NCAA Tournaments | |
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| Albany | Dwayne Killings | Marquette (Assistant) | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Binghamton | Levell Sanders | Binghamton(Assistant) | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hartford | John Gallagher | Penn (Assistant) | 12 | 157-187 | 87-87 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maine | Richard Barron | Maine (Women's HC) | 4 | 16-55 | 10-30 | 0 | 0 | |
| UMBC | Jim Ferry | Penn State (Interim HC) | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UMass Lowell | Pat Duquette | Northeastern (Assistant) | 9 | 95-139 | 60-77 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | Bill Herrion | East Carolina | 17 | 197-275 | 114-148 | 0 | 0 | |
| NJIT | Brian Kennedy | NJIT (Assistant) | 6 | 63-82 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stony Brook | Geno Ford | Stony Brook (Interim HC) | 4 | 29-28 | 17-15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vermont | John Becker | Vermont (Assistant) | 11 | 229-96 | 131-27 | 3 | 3 |
*Interim Head Coach for 2021-22 Season
The Preseason America East Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 21, 2021.[1]
First Place Votes in Parentheses
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
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| Rank | Team | Record | Perecent | 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 | ||
| Albany | Binghamton | Hartford | Maine | UMBC | UMass Lowell | New Hampshire | NJIT | Stony Brook | Vermont | ||
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| 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 | – |
| Week | Player(s) of the Week | School | Rookie of the Week | School | |
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| 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) | |
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| Power 7 Conferences | Record | Power 7 Conferences | Record | |
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| 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 | |
| Other Division I Total | 35-43 | |||
| NCAA Division I Total | 37-60 | |||
| NCAA Division III Total | 11-0 | |||
| NAIA Total | 1-0 | |||
| USCAA Total | 2-0 | |||
| Total Non-Conference Record | 51-60 | |||
See main article: 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.