The 2021–22 Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball team represented Old Dominion University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the East division of Conference USA. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the East division. They lost to UTEP in the second round of the C-USA tournament.

On October 27, 2021, Old Dominion announced that the season would be the last for the team in C-USA and that they would join the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.

Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Monarchs finished the 2020–21 season 15–8, 11–5 in C-USA play to finish in second place in East division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to North Texas.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Malik Curry 3 G 6'1" 180 Senior Wilmington, DE Graduate transferred to West Virginia Xavier Green 10 G 6'6" 200 RS Senior Williamsburg, VA Graduate transferred to Maryland John Shanu II 13 F 6'10" 220 Freshman Houston, TX Left the team for personal reasons Joe Reece 15 F 6'8" 200 Junior St. Louis, MO Transferred to Bowling Green Alfis Pilavios 21 G 6'5" 200 RS Junior Athens, Greece Signed to play professionally in Greece with Lavrio B.C. David Strother 25 G 6'2" 175 Senior Lumberton, NC Graduate transferred to USC Aiken

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School PJ Gill 13 G 6'0" Junior Virginia Beach, VA Johnson & Wales Charles Smith IV 15 G 6'5" 185 Junior Atlanta, GA SMU Stephan Morris 20 F 6'9" 210 Junior Houston, TX Kilgore College C.J. Keyser 25 G 6'3" 190 RS Senior Baltimore, MD North Carolina Central

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season

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