The 2021–22 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team represented
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University (JSU or Jax State) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, mas ...
in the
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by sixth-year head coach
Ray Harper, played home games at the
Pete Mathews Coliseum in
Jacksonville, Alabama
Jacksonville is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 14,385, which is a 14.6% increase since 2010 and a 71.2% increase since 2000. It is included in the Anniston-Oxfo ...
. JSU returned to the
ASUN Conference
The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. ...
, which it had left in 2003 to join the OVC, on July 1, 2021. Although Jacksonville State lost the conference semifinal to
Jacksonville
Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...
, Jacksonville State got the ASUN automatic bid as the conference tournament champion
Bellarmine were ineligible for the
NCAA tournament due to them undergoing their transition to Division I, with Jacksonville State earning the bid due to them winning the regular season title. They lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to
Auburn.
Previous season
In a season limited due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, the
Gamecocks finished the
2020–21 season 18–9, 13–6 in
OVC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the
OVC tournament to
Belmont.
Roster
Schedule and results
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ASUN Conference regular season
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ASUN tournament
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NCAA tournament
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Sources
References
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Jacksonville State Gamecocks
The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Jacksonville State University located in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. In January 2023, the university began phasing in a new identity, Jax State, for marketing a ...
Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball
Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball
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