| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | men |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Marquette Golden Eagles |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 19–13 |
| Conf Record: | 11–8 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Neill Berry |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach2: | Cody Hatt |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Fiserv Forum (Capacity: 17,341) |
| Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2021–22 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team were led by first-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–8 in Big East play to finish a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Creighton. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the East Region, where they lost in the First Round to North Carolina.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2019–20 season 13–14, 8–11 in Big East play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Georgetown.[1]
On March 19, 2021, the school fired head coach Steve Wojciechowski.[2] A week later, the school named Texas head coach Shaka Smart the team's new head coach.[3]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo John | 4 | F | 6'9" | 245 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Duke | ||
| Symir Torrence | 10 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Sophomore | Transferred to Syracuse | ||
| Dexter Akanno | 12 | G | 6'4" | 205 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Oregon State | ||
| 21 | G | 6'2" | 200 | Sophomore | Declared for the 2021 NBA draft | |||
| Jamal Cain | 23 | F | 6'7" | 200 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Oakland | ||
| Koby McEwin | 25 | G | 6'4' | 195 | RS Senior | Graduate transferred to Weber State | ||
| 33 | F | 6'11" | 235 | Freshman | Transferred to North Carolina | |||
| Tommy Gardiner | 40 | F | 6'7" | 230 | Junior | Walk-on; didn't return | ||
| Luke Fizulich | 50 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Freshman | Transferred to Albany | ||
| Ike Eke | 51 | F | 6'9" | 220 | RS Junior | Retired from basketball due to injury[4] | ||
| Jose Perez | 55 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Junior | Transferred to Manhattan |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Sophomore | Clemson | |||
| 22 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Sophomore | George Mason | |||
| 32 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Graduate Student | Maryland | |||
| Kur Kuath | 35 | F | 6'10" | 215 | Graduate Student | Oklahoma |
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