The 2021–22 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team represented
Chicago State University 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 Cougars were led by first-year head coach
Gerald Gillion
Gerald Gillion (born October 10, 1985) is an American men's basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Chicago State Cougars men's basketball, Chicago State.
Gillion attended Florida State University. He graduated with a degree in social ...
. They played their home games at the
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center as members of the
Western Athletic Conference.
This was Chicago State's final season in the WAC, and a new conference has yet to be officially announced.
Previous season
In a season limited due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the
Cougars
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. I ...
finished the
2020–21 season 0–9, 0–0 in WAC play before suspending the season due to COVID-19 and an insufficient number of players.
On July 1, 2021, the school fired head coach
Lance Irvin
Lance Irvin is an American college basketball coach, formerly head coach of the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team.
Playing career
Irvin played college basketball at Colorado State Rams men's basketball, Colorado State during the 1987†...
after three years at the school. On July 19, the school named
Samford assistant Gerald Gillion the new head coach.
Roster
Schedule
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WAC tournament
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Source
See also
2021–22 Chicago State Cougars women's basketball team
References
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Chicago State Cougars men's basketball seasons
Chicago State
Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ...
Chicago State
Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ...
Chicago State
Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ...