The 2021–22 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team represented

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is a public university in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. Located within the Metro East of Greater St. Louis, SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Ca ...

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, led by third-year head coach

Brian Barone Brian Barone is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), an National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I program competing in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) ...

, played their home games at the First Community Arena in

Edwardsville, Illinois Edwardsville is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 26,808 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was named in honor of Ninian Edwards, former governor of the Illinois Te ...

as members of the

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with ...

(OVC). They finished the season 11–21, 4–13 in OVC play, to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the OVC tournament to Tennessee State.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, the

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finished the 2020–21 season 9–17, 7–12 in OVC play, to finish in eighth place. In the first round of the OVC tournament, they were defeated by Belmont.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball The SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in the Ohio Valley Conference of NCAA Division I basketball. The Cougars play their home games at the Sam M. Vadalabene Center located ...