The 2021–22 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by fourth year head coach, Joe Dooley, who previously coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as eighth-year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Pirates finished the 2020–21 season 8–11, 2–10 in AAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UCF.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Derrick Quansah 0 F/C 7'0" 230 Freshman Cape Coast, Ghana Left the team for personal reasons Jayden Gardner 1 F 6'7" 235 Junior Wale Forest, NC Graduate transferred to Virginia Noah Farrakhan 3 G 6'0" 165 Freshman Newark, NJ Transferred to Eastern Michigan Tyrie Jackson 10 G 6'2" 215 RS Senior Tifton, GA Graduate transferred to Prairie View A&M Ian Jones 13 G 6'3" 195 Senior Lillington, NC Walk-on; graduated Bitumba Baruti 20 G 6'7" 225 RS Senior Lubumbashi, DR Congo Graduate transferred to Florida Atlantic Ludgy Debaut 21 C 7'0" 245 Senior Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Graduate transferred to Northeastern State Evan Umastead 24 G 6'0" 195 Senior Cary, NC Walk-on; graduated Samson Strickland 25 F 6'5" 220 Junior Wilson, NC Walk-on; didn't return Charles Coleman 32 F/C 7'0" 255 Sophomore Boston, MA Transferred to Saint Joseph's Miles James 33 G 6'6" 215 Junior Inglewood, CA Transferred to Cal State Northridge Edra Luster 44 F/C 7'0" 230 Senior Oakland, CA Graduate transferred to Northeastern State

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Wynston Tabbs 10 G 6'2" 195 RS Junior Suitland, MD Boston College Vance Jackson 13 F 6'9" 230 Graduate Student Pasadena, CA Arkansas Alanzo Frink 20 F 6'8" 270 RS Junior Jersey City, NJ South Carolina Brandon Johnson 23 F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Raleigh, NC Brunswick CC

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| AAC Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=| AAC tournament

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