| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Xavier Musketeers |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 23–13 |
| Conf Record: | 8–11 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Head Coach2: | Jonas Hayes (interim) |
| Asst Coach1: | Dante Jackson |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Danny Peters |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Tourney: | NIT Champions |
The 2021–22 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. Led by fourth-year head coach Travis Steele for the first 32 games and interim head coach Jonas Hayes for the final four games, they played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Musketeers finished the season 23–13, 8–11 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Butler. The team received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Cleveland State, Florida, Vanderbilt, and St. Bonaventure to advance to the championship game. There they defeated Texas A&M to win the NIT championship.
Head coach Travis Steele was fired on March 16, 2022, the day after the first win in the NIT.[1] Assistant coach Jonas Hayes was named the interim head coach and coached the team for the four remaining games in the NIT.
On March 19, the school named former Xavier and Arizona head coach Sean Miller the team's new head coach.[2] Miller previously coached the Musketeers from 2004 to 2009.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Musketeers finished the 2020–21 season 13–8, 6–7 in Big East play to finish tied for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Butler.[3] [4]
On April 28, 2021, the NCAA officially adopted a measure that would allow athletes in all sports to transfer once without sitting out a season beginning with the 2021–22 season.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Wilcher | 0 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Freshman | Transferred to Nebraska[6] | ||
| Daniel Rasmey | 2 | F | 6'9" | 233 | Sophomore | Transferred to Tennessee Tech | ||
| Bryan Griffin | 13 | F | 6'8" | 230 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Jason Carter | 25 | F | 6'8" | 227 | RS Senior | Graduated transferred to Ohio |
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Hunter | 21 | F | 6'8" | 210 | RS Junior | Indiana | ||
| 24 | F | 7'0" | 245 | RS Junior | Iowa |
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See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
^Coaches do not release a Week 1 poll.
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