The 2021–22 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented
Abilene Christian University
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Churches of Christ, Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Sout ...
(ACU) in the
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2021 and concluded on March 13, 2022. The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 15 and concluded on April 4 with the c ...
. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach
Brette Tanner
Brette Tanner (born November 7, 1975) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Abilene Christian Wildcats, a position he has held since 2021. He played collegiately at Emporia State from 1996 to 1998. Tanner served as ...
, were first-year members of the
Western Athletic Conference. Due to renovations at their usual home arena of
Moody Coliseum, they played their home games on temporary stands and court set up on the indoor tennis courts of the Teague Special Events Center.
This season was the Wildcats' first season in the WAC. Abilene Christian and three other schools from Texas joined the conference on July 1, 2021 after leaving the
Southland Conference.
Previous season
In a season limited due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the
Wildcats
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finished the
2020–21 season 24–5, 13–2 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received a bye to the semifinals of the
Southland tournament where they defeated
Lamar and
Nicholls to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as the No. 14 seed in the East region. There the Wildcats upset No. 9-ranked
Texas in the first round. They lost to eventual Final Four participant
UCLA in the second round.
Roster
Schedule and results
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CBI
Source
See also
2021–22 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team
Notes
References
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Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Southwestern United States and has one of th ...