The 2021–22 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Fox's third year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season The Golden Bears finished the 2020–21 season with a record of 9–20, 3–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Colorado in the quarterfinals.

Off-season Departures California departures Ryan Betley 00 G 6'5" 200 Senior Downingtown, PA Graduated Matt Bradley 20 G 6'4" 220 Junior San Bernardino, CA Transferred to San Diego State

Incoming transfers California incoming transfers Jordan Shepherd 31 G 6'4" 190 Graduate Asheville, NC Transfer from Charlotte. Had one year of eligibility remaining.

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results Source:

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament

Rankings

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.^Coaches poll was not released for Week 2.

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