The 2021–22 Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Colonels, led by fourth-year head coach Austin Claunch, played their home games at Stopher Gymnasium in

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 21–12, 11–3 in Southland Play to finish as regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland tournament to Texas A&M Corpus-Christi. As a No. 1 seed who didn’t win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost in the first round to SMU.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2020–21 season 18–7, 14–2 in Southland play to finish as Southland regular season champions. In the Southland tournament, they defeated

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in the semifinals, before falling to Abilene Christian in the championship game.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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