The 2021–22 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Tad Boyle in his twelfth season at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–8 in Pac-12 Play to finish in 4th place. They defeated Oregon in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to St. Bonaventure.

Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Buffaloes finished the 2019–20 season 23–9, 14–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA basketball tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East Region, where they defeated Georgetown in the first round before losing to Florida State in the second round.

Offseason

Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Maddox Daniels 3 G/F 6'6" 211 Senior Suwanee, GA Graduated D'Shawn Schwartz 5 G/F 6'7" 232 Senior Colorado Springs, CO Graduate transferred to George Mason Alexander Strating 10 F 6'7" 228 RS Senior Wassenaar, Netherlands Graduate transferred to Missouri S&T Dallas Walton 13 F/C 7'0" 235 RS Senior Arvada, CO Graduate transferred to Wake Forest Owen Koonce 15 G 6'5" 180 Freshman Lafayette, CO Walk-on; transferred to Colorado Mesa McKinley Wright IV 25 G 6'0" 196 Senior North Robbinsdale, MN Graduated; undrafted in 2021 NBA draft Aidan McQuade 33 G 6'2" 195 Senior Loveland, CO Walk-on; graduated Isaac Jessup 40 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Loveland, CO Walk-on; transferred to Colorado Mesa Jeriah Horne 41 F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Overland Park, KS Graduate transferred to Tulsa

2021 recruiting class

2022 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Costa Rican exhibition trip

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament

!colspan=12 style=| NIT tournament

Ranking movement

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References