2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 2, 2022. The regular season ended on March 1, 2022, followed by the 2022 America East men's basketball tournament held March 6–12, 2022. The Vermont Catamounts finished atop conference standings and also won the conference tournament.

2021-22 America East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season champions	Vermont Catamounts
America East Conference tournament
Champions	Vermont Catamounts
Runners-up	UMBC Retrievers

2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	17	–	1		.944			28	–	6		.824
UMBC	11	–	7		.611			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook*	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
New Hampshire	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Hartford	9	–	9		.500			12	–	20		.375
Albany	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Binghamton	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
UMass Lowell	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
NJIT	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Maine	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
† 2022 AmEast tournament winner

Conference Schedule

Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches

Coach Changes

Albany hired Dwayne Killings after Will Brown left to become head coach and general manager of the Albany Patroons.

Binghamton named Levell Sanders interim head coach after Tommy Dempsey's contract was not renewed.

UMBC hired Jim Ferry after Ryan Odom left to become the head coach at Utah State.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	America East Record	America East Titles	NCAA Tournaments
Albany	Dwayne Killings	Marquette (Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0
Binghamton	Levell Sanders*	Binghamton(Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0
Hartford	John Gallagher	Penn (Assistant)	12	157-187	87-87	1	1
Maine	Richard Barron	Maine (Women's HC)	4	16-55	10-30	0	0
UMBC	Jim Ferry	Penn State (Interim HC)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0
UMass Lowell	Pat Duquette	Northeastern (Assistant)	9	95-139	60-77	0	0
New Hampshire	Bill Herrion	East Carolina	17	197-275	114-148	0	0
NJIT	Brian Kennedy	NJIT (Assistant)	6	63-82	6-10	0	0
Stony Brook	Geno Ford	Stony Brook (Interim HC)	4	29-28	17-15	0	0
Vermont	John Becker	Vermont (Assistant)	11	229-96	131-27	3	3

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
• Overall and America East records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
• NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

*Interim Head Coach for 2021-22 Season

Preseason Awards

The Preseason America East Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 21, 2021.

Preseason men's basketball poll

First Place Votes in Parentheses

1. Stony Brook (5) - 77
2. Vermont (4) - 71
3. New Hampshire (1) - 64
4. Hartford - 56
5. UMBC - 49
6. UMass Lowell - 43
7. Albany - 34
8. NJIT - 23
9. Maine - 16
10. Binghamton - 14

Preseason Honors

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-America East Conference Team	Ryan Davis, Vermont
	Nick Guadarrama, New Hampshire
	Jayden Martinez, New Hampshire
	Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook
	Ben Shungu, Vermont
	Austin Williams, Hartford

Regular season

Conference standings

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Vermont	17-1	.944	28-5	.848
2	UMBC	11-7	.611	18-14	.563
3	Stony Brook	10-8	.556	18-13	.581
4	New Hampshire	10-8	.556	15-13	.536
5	Albany	9-9	.500	13-18	.419
6	Hartford	9-9	.500	12-20	.375
7	Binghamton	8-10	.444	12-17	.414
8	UMass Lowell	7-11	.389	15-16	.484
9	NJIT	6-12	.333	11-18	.379
10	Maine	3-15	.167	6-23	.207

Conference Matrix

	Albany	Binghamton	Hartford	Maine	UMBC	UMass Lowell	New Hampshire	NJIT	Stony Brook	Vermont
vs. Albany	–	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-2	1-1	0-2	2-0	1-0
vs. Binghamton	1-1	–	1-1	0-2	2-0	0-2	2-0	1-1	1-1	0-2
vs. Hartford			–				0-1			1-0
vs. Maine		1-0		–	1-0	1-0		1-0	1-0
vs. UMBC	1-0			0-1	–	1-0		0-1	1-0	1-0
vs. UMass Lowell	1-0	1-0		0-1	0-1	–	1-0	1-0
vs. New Hampshire	0-1		1-0			0-1	–			1-0
vs. NJIT	1-0	1-1		0-1	1-0	0-1		–		1-0
vs. Stony Brook	0-1	0-1		0-1	0-1				–	1-0
vs. Vermont			0-1		0-1		0-1	0-1	0-1	–

Players of the Week

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School	Rookie of the Week	School
Nov. 15	Ben Shungu	Vermont	Byron Ireland	Maine
Nov. 22	Ryan Davis	Vermont (2)	Justin Neely	Albany
Nov. 29	Jayden Martinez	New Hampshire	Sam Ihekwoaba	Maine (2)
Dec. 6	Dylan O’Hearn	NJIT	Justin Neely (2)	Albany (2)
Dec. 13	Jahlil Jenkins	Stony Brook	Justin Neely (3)	Albany (3)
Dec. 20	Jahlil Jenkins (2)	Stony Brook (2)	Novak Perovic	Maine (3)
Dec. 27	Hunter Marks	Hartford	Justin Neely (4)	Albany (4)
Jan. 3	Miles Coleman	NJIT (2)	Sam Ihekwoaba (2)	Maine (4)
Jan. 10	Miles Coleman (2) & Ben Shungu (2)	NJIT (3) & Vermont (3)	Sam Ihekwoaba (3)	Maine (5)
Jan. 17	Finn Sulivan	Vermont (4)	Sam Ihekwoaba (4)	Maine (6)
Jan. 24
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28

Records against other conferences

Power 7 Conferences	Record	Power 7 Conferences	Record
ACC	2-1	American	None
Big East	0-6	Big Ten	0-4
Big 12	0-3	Pac-12	0-1
SEC	0-2	Power 7 Total	2-17
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	2-6	ASUN	0-1
Big Sky	None	Big South	1-2
Big West	None	Colonial	1-2
Conference USA	None	Horizon League	0-1
Ivy League	6-7	MAAC	2-4
MAC	None	MEAC	None
MVC	2-1	MWC	0-1
NEC	12-9	OVC	1-0
Patriot League	7-5	SoCon	0-3
Southland	None	SWAC	None
Summit League	None	Sun Belt	1-1
WAC	None	WCC	None
Other Division I Total			35-43
NCAA Division I Total			37-60
NCAA Division III Total			11-0
NAIA Total			1-0
USCAA Total			2-0
Total Non-Conference Record			51-60

Conference tournament

Main article: 2022 America East men's basketball tournament

The top 8 teams from the America East qualify for the conference tournament. The higher seed hosts each game.

	Quarterfinals Sunday, March 6, 2022 ESPN+					Semifinals Wednesday March 9, 2022 ESPN+					Championship Saturday, March 12, 2022 ESPN2
	1	Vermont	98
	8	NJIT	59
						1	Vermont	74
						6	Binghamton	42
	4	Hartford	61
	5	Albany	49
											1	Vermont	82
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	UMBC	43
	3	New Hampshire	69
	6	Binghamton	72
						2	UMBC	80
						4	Hartford	60
	2	UMBC	93*
	7	UMass Lowell	85