The 2021–22 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team represented
Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU) is a Historically black colleges and universities, predominantly black (PBI) public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It includes an honors program for undergraduates and offers bachelor's and master ...
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 an assistant coach of Florida State Seminoles men's basketball, Florida State.
Gillion attended Florida State University. He graduated with a degree in ...
. They played their home games at the
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center as members of the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington.
Due to ...
.
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 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
Cougars
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, '' KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild ...
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 during the 1987–88 season before transferring to Ida ...
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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