The 2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 5, 2022. The regular season ended on February 26, 2022, setting up the 2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament from March 2 to March 6.
Conference changes
Due the offseason addition of the North Carolina A&T Aggies the Big South changed the conference play format. The conference was split into a north and south division. The north included Campbell, Hampton, High Point, Longwood, North Carolina A&T and Radford while the south consisted of Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate and Winthrop. Conference play consisted of 96 total games with each team playing 16 games. Each team played 10 intra-division games and 6 cross-division games. The first 11 games of conference play consisted of 5 intra-division games and 6 cross-division games, while the last five games were all intra-division.
Head Coaches
Coach Changes
Radford hired
Darris Nichols
Darris Nichols (born May 20, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach at La Salle University, a role he has held since 2025. He was previously the head coach at Radford University.
Playing career ...
to replace
Mike Jones who left for
UNC Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. It is accredited by the Southern Association of College ...
to become head coach.
Winthrop hired
Mark Prosser
Mark Prosser (born October 10, 1978) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team.
Playing career
Prosser played one season of basketball at Marist before injuries stopped a playing ...
to replace
Pat Kelsey
Patrick Kelsey (born May 15, 1975) is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Louisville. He previously served as head coach for the College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball, ...
who left for
College of Charleston
The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th-oldest institution of higher lea ...
to become head coach.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
* Overall and Big South 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 Big South men's basketball poll was released on October 20, 2021.
Preseason men's basketball polls
North
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# Campbell (20) - 148
# Longwood - 96
# North Carolina A&T (3) - 92
# Radford (3) - 83
# Hampton - 70
# High Point - 57
South
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# Winthrop (23) - 152
# UNC Ashville (3) - 131
# Gardner-Webb - 103
# Presbyterian College - 72
# Charleston Southern - 47
# USC Upstate - 41
Preseason Honors
Regular season
Conference standings
Conference Matrix
Players of the Week
Records against other conferences
Conference tournament
The
2022 Hercules Tire Big South tournament was held at
Bojangles Coliseum
Bojangles Coliseum, originally Charlotte Coliseum and formerly Independence Arena and Cricket Arena, is a 10,829-seat multi-purpose arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is operated by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which al ...
in
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United ...
from March 2 to March 6.
References
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