The 2021–22 Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Chace Athletic Center in

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 22–10, 16–2 in NEC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Central Connecticut, Mount St. Mary's, and

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to win the NEC tournament championship. As a result, the Bulldogs received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first-ever trip to the tournament, where they lost to Wright State in the

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. Senior guard Peter Kiss led NCAA Division I in scoring with a 25.2 points per game average. On March 29, 2022, the school announced that the season was the last season for the team in the NEC as they would join the

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on July 1, 2022.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, the

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finished the 2020–21 season 15–7, 10–4 in NEC play to finish in second place. In the NEC tournament, they defeated

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in the semifinals before losing to Mount St. Mary's in the championship game. They received an invitation to the

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, where they lost in the quarterfinals to Coastal Carolina.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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