The 2021–22 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Kevin Willard. The Pirates played their home games at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–8 in Big East play to finish a tie for fifth place. They defeated Georgetown in the first round of the Big East tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the South region where they lost in the first round to TCU.
On March 21, 2022, head coach Kevin Willard left to become the new basketball coach at Maryland. On March 31, the school named Saint Peter's head coach and former Pirate player Shaheen Holloway the team's new coach.
Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Pirates finished the 2020–21 season 14–13, 10–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgetown in the semifinals.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Sandro Mamukelashvili 23 F 6'11" 240 Senior Tbilisi, Georgia Declared for the 2021 NBA draft; drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks Shavar Reynolds Jr. 33 G 6'2" 185 Senior Manchester, New Jersey Graduate Transferred to Monmouth
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Kadary Richmond 0 G 6'6" 200 Sophomore Brooklyn, New York Transferred from Syracuse. Alexis Yetna 10 F 6'8" 225 Graduate Paris, France Graduate transfer from USF. Jamir Harris 15 G 6'2" 195 Graduate North Brunswick, New Jersey Graduate transfer from American. Jo Smith 32 F 6'9" 200 Sophomore Selma, Alabama Transferred from Chipola College.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
Awards and honors
Big East Conference honors
All-Big East First Team Jared Rhoden
Source
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