| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Seton Hall Pirates |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 21–11 |
| Conf Record: | 11–8 |
| Head Coach: | Kevin Willard |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Grant Billmeier |
| Asst Coach2: | Duane Woodward |
| Asst Coach3: | Donald Copeland |
| Stadium: | Prudential Center Walsh Gymnasium |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2021–22 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–8 in Big East play to finish a tie for fifth place. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the South region where they lost in the first round to TCU.
On March 21, 2022, head coach Kevin Willard left to become the new basketball coach at Maryland.[1] On March 31, the school named Saint Peter's head coach and former Pirate player Shaheen Holloway the team's new coach. [2]
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Pirates finished the 2020–21 season 14–13, 10–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgetown in the semifinals.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | F | 6'11" | 240 | Senior | Declared for the 2021 NBA draft; drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks[3] | |||
| 33 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Graduate Transferred to Monmouth[4] |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Sophomore | Transferred from Syracuse.[5] | |||
| 10 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Graduate | Graduate transfer from USF. [6] | |||
| Jamir Harris | 15 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Graduate | Graduate transfer from American.[7] | ||
| Jo Smith | 32 | F | 6'9" | 200 | Sophomore | Transferred from Chipola College.[8] |
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