The 2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on December 29, 2021. The regular season ended on February 27, 2022, setting up the 2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament from March 4 to March 7.

Conference Schedule

Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches

Coach Changes

East Tennessee State hired Desmond Oliver to replace Jason Shay who left for Wake Forest to become an assistant. UNC Greensboro hired Mike Jones to replace Wes Miller who left for

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to become head coach. Western Carolina hired Justin Gray to replace Mark Prosser who left for Winthrop to become head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * Year at school includes 2021–22 season. * Overall and SoCon records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season. * NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

Preseason Awards

The Preseason Southern Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 26, 2021.

Preseason men's basketball polls

''First Place Votes in Parentheses''

Coaches Poll

# Chattanooga (7) - 77 # Furman (2) - 71 # East Tennessee State - 59 # Mercer (1) - 58 # Wofford - 49 # UNC Greensboro - 45 # VMI - 32 # Samford - 24 # The Citadel - 23 # Western Carolina - 12

Media Poll

# Chattanooga (18) - 254 # Furman (3) - 220 # Wofford (1) - 191 # Mercer (2) - 190 # East Tennessee State - 186 # UNC Greensboro (3) - 160 # VMI - 104 # The Citadel - 74 # Samford - 57 # Western Carolina - 49

Preseason Honors

Regular season

Source:

Conference standings

Conference Matrix

Players of the Week

Players of the Month

Records against other conferences

Conference Tournament

The 2022 Ingles SoCon Tournament will be held in

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from March 4 to March 7.

References

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