The 2021–22 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons were led by third-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the Sobrato Center as members of the West Coast Conference.
USF began the season at 10–0, which marked the program's best start to a season since they opened with 26 straight wins in 1976–77. The Dons' perfect season ended with a one-point loss to Grand Canyon on December 18; they ultimately wrapped up their non-conference slate with a 13–2 record heading into WCC play.
The Dons finished conference regular season play at 10–6 and were seeded fourth in that year's WCC tournament. After a win against BYU and a loss to Gonzaga, the Dons received an at-large NCAA tournament bid, their first appearance since 1998. They were placed as a tenth seed in the East region but lost in an overtime game to seventh seed Murray State 92–87.
The day after the tournament loss, March 18, 2022, head coach Todd Golden accepted the head coach role at Florida. Chris Gerlufsen was subsequently named the next head coach.
Previous season The Dons concluded the 2020–21 season 11–14, 4–9 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated San Diego in the first round of the WCC tournament before losing to Loyola Marymount.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Damari Milstead 11 G 6'2" 195 RS junior Oakland, CA Transferred to Cal State Fullerton Trevante Anderson 12 G 6'2" 185 Junior Tacoma, WA Transferred to Idaho Anthony Roy 14 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Oakland, CA Transferred to College of Southern Idaho Taavi Jurkatamm 34 F 6'9" 210 Senior Tallinn, Estonia Graduated Samba Kane 43 C 7'0" 220 Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred to UW–Milwaukee Emmanuel Nwabueze 45 G 6'3" 215 RS junior San Francisco, CA Walk-on; didn't return
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Volodymyr Markovetskyy 33 C 7'2" 270 Sophomore Truskavets, Ukraine Transferred from Washington State Yauhen Massalski 25 F 6'10" 245 Graduate student Minsk, Belarus Transferred from San Diego. Was eligible to play immediately, since he graduated from San Diego. Zane Meeks 5 F 6'9" 215 Sophomore Prairie Village, KS Transferred from Nevada Gabe Stefanini 15 G 6'3" 210 Senior Bologna, Italy Transferred from Columbia Patrick Tapé 11 F 6'9" 233 Graduate Student Charlotte, NC Transferred from Duke. Was eligible to play immediately, since he graduated from Duke.
2021 recruiting class
2022 recruiting class
Roster
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Schedule and results
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