| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 21–14 |
| Conf Record: | 12–8 |
| Head Coach: | Tony Bennett |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Assoc Coach: | Jason Williford |
| Ahc Year: | 13th |
| Asst Coach1: | Orlando Vandross |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Kyle Getter |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | John Paul Jones Arena |
| Champion: | Legends Classic champions |
| Tourney: | NIT |
| Tourney Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Off Scheme: | Blocker-Mover |
The 2021–22 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett in his 13th year and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cavaliers finished the season 21–14, 12–8 in ACC Play to finish in 6th place. They defeated Louisville in the Second Round of the ACC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Mississippi State and North Texas to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to St. Bonaventure.
The Cavaliers did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012–13.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Cavaliers finished the 2020–21 season 18–7, 13–4 in ACC play to win the regular season championship.[1] They defeated Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before they were forced to withdraw from the tournament due to COVID-19 issues. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the West region where they were upset in the First Round by Ohio.[2]
| Assistant Coach | Director of Scouting | |
| Kyle Getter | Director of Recruiting/Player Development | Assistant Coach |
| Larry Mangino | Director of Scouting/Recruiting | Director of Player Development |
| Forward (ratiopharm Ulm) | Graduate Assistant | |
| 214 | Transferred to Georgia | |||||||
| Justin McKoy | 215 | Transferred to North Carolina | ||||||
| 218 | Graduated | |||||||
| Casey Morsell | 196 | Transferred to NC State | ||||||
| Austin Katstra | 245 | Graduated | ||||||
| 206 | Declared for 2021 NBA draft | |||||||
| 240 | Graduated | |||||||
| 197 | Graduated |
| 246 | 2 | October 1, 2021 | ||||||||
| 204 | Indianapolis, IN | 3 | October 1, 2021 |
^ESPN has not released their team rankings for 2021 yet.
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
| Dean and Markel Families Head Coach | 13 | 13 | UW-Green Bay | ||
| Jason Williford | Associate Head Coach | 4 | 13 | Virginia | |
| Orlando Vandross | Assistant Coach | 4 | 7 | American International | |
| Kyle Getter | Assistant Coach | 1 | 4 | Hanover | |
| Director of Scouting | 1 | 7 | UW-Stevens Point | ||
| Larry Mangino | Director of Player Development | 1 | 6 | Montclair State | |
| Johnny Carpenter | Director of Player Personnel | 4 | 7 | Virginia | |
| Graduate Assistant | 1 | 1 | Virginia | ||
| Mike Curtis | Strength and Conditioning Coach | 13 | 13 | Virginia | |
| Ethan Saliba | Head Athletic Trainer | 24 | 39 | Kansas | |
| Ronnie Wideman | Associate AD for Basketball Administration/Operations | 12 | 13 | Washington State |
|-!colspan=12 style=""| Scrimmage |-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=""| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=12 style=""| NIT TournamentSource[16]
See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.