| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 18–16 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach1: | George Brooks |
| Asst Coach2: | Korey McCray |
| Bowl Result: | First Round |
The 2021–22 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Ben Howland, and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 8–10 in SEC play to finish 10th place. They defeated South Carolina in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing to Tennessee in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Virginia.
Following the season, the school fired head coach Howland.[1] On March 20, 2022, the school named New Mexico State head coach Chris Jans the team's new head coach.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulldogs finished the 2020–21 season 18–15, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Kentucky in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing to Alabama in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament as the fourth seed in the Saint Louis bracket. There they defeated Saint Louis,[2] Richmond,[3] and Louisiana Tech[4] to advance the championship game where they lost to Memphis.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Johnson | 0 | G/F | 6'6" | 210 | RS Senior | Transferred to Texas A&M | ||
| 3 | G | 6'6" | 205 | RS Sophomore | Declare for 2021 NBA draft | |||
| Deivon Smith | 5 | G | 6'1" | 165 | Freshman | Transferred to Georgia Tech | ||
| Abdul Ado | 24 | F | 6'11" | 255 | RS Senior | Graduate transferred to Cincinnati | ||
| Andrew Juskin | 30 | F | 6'11" | 240 | RS Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred to Elon | ||
| 32 | F | 7'0" | 240 | Sophomore | Transferred to Boston College | |||
| Reggie Morris | 33 | G | 6'1" | 160 | Freshman | Walk-on; transferred to Central Missouri | ||
| Keondre Montgomery | 55 | G/F | 6'7" | 200 | Freshman | Transferred to Alcorn State |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | Michigan State | |||
| Shakeel Moore | 3 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Sophomore | NC State | ||
| 10 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Graduate Student | North Carolina | |||
| 13 | F | 6'7" | 215 | Junior | Memphis |
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