The 2021–22 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented
La Salle University
La Salle University () is a private university, private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Bapt ...
during 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 Explorers, led by fourth-year head coach
Ashley Howard, played their home games at
Tom Gola Arena in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
as members of the
Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most ...
. They finished the season 11–19, 5–13 in
A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the
A-10 tournament, they defeated
Saint Joseph's in the first round before losing to
Saint Louis in the second round.
On March 21, 2022, the school fired head coach Ashley Howard.
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
Explorers
Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organisms capable of directed locomotion and the abilit ...
finished the
2020–21 season 9–16, 6–11 in
A-10 play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the
A-10 tournament to
Saint Joseph's.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming Transfers
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Source
Schedule and results
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Atlantic 10 regular season
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Atlantic 10 tournament
Source
References
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