The 2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of 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 ...
in November. Conference play starts in late December 2021 and will end in March 2022, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the
2022 Conference USA tournament at
The Ford Center at The Star
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in
Frisco, Texas. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the
2022 NCAA tournament.
Preseason
UAB was picked as a narrow favorite to finish first in Conference USA by a poll of the league's 14 head coaches.
Preseason Poll
''() first place votes''
Preseason All-Conference teams
Head coaches
Coaching changes
Rodney Terry resigned as head coach of UTEP after three seasons to accept an assistant coaching position at
Texas
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.
Joe Golding
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was then hired as the new head coach of the Miners.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
* Overall and C-USA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
Regular season
Conference matrix
Player of the week
All-Conference Teams and Awards
References
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