The 2021–22 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Racers, led by seventh-year head coach Matt McMahon, played their home games at the

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 31–3, 18–0 in OVC play to finish as regular season champions. As the No. 1 seed, they defeated Southeast Missouri State and

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to win the OVC tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the East Region, where they defeated

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in the first round before losing to Saint Peter's in the second round. On January 7, 2022, Murray State announced that the season was the last season for the team in the OVC as they will join the

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in July 2022. On March 21, head coach Matt McMahon left the school to take the head coaching job at

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. On March 28, the school named former Murray State and

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head coach

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the team's new head coach. Prohm previously coached Murray State from 2006 to 2011 as an assistant and as head coach from 2011 to 2015.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, the Racers finished the 2020–21 season 13–13, 10–10 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the OVC tournament, they were defeated by Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*''AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.''
^''Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.''

References

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Murray State Racers The Murray State Racers are the athletic teams that represent Murray State University (MSU), located in Murray, Kentucky, United States, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks (for football, the Football Championship ...

Murray State Racers men's basketball The Murray State Racers men's basketball program represents Murray State University in intercollegiate men's basketball. Murray State is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N ...

Murray State Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky, in the Southern United States. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky, Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper-level an ...