The 2021–22 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by 11th-year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, in Kent, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). It is the program's 106th season of play and 71st as a member of the MAC.
Previous season The Golden Flashes finished the 2020–21 season 15–8 overall, 12–6 in MAC play to finish fourth place in conference. They lost to Ohio in the first round of the MAC tournament.
Offseason Departures DeparturesNamePos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes Evan Bainbridge F 6'9 205 Junior Stow, OH Transferred to Ashland Kalin Bennett F 6'11 300 Junior Little Rock, AR Transferred to Morehouse James Jordan G 6'5 180 Senior Detroit, MI Transferred to Eastern New Mexico Michael Nuga G 6'2 180 Graduate Student Toronto, Ontario Transferred to UNLV Gabe O'Neal F 6'7 240 Senior Cincinnati, OH Transferred to Bowling Green Danny Pippen F 6'9 232 Redshirt Senior Detroit, MI Graduated - playing for the Greensboro Swarm in the NBA G League
Incoming transfers TransfersNamePos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school Sincere Carry G 6'1 185 Redshirt Junior Solon, OH Duquesne Andrew Garcia G 6'5 224 Graduate Student Harlem, NY Georgia DJ Johnson F 6'8 184 Redshirt Junior Brooklyn, NY Rhode Island Akeem Odusipe F 6'8 225 Redshirt Freshman Lagos, Nigeria Vanderbilt
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Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC tournament
!colspan=9 style=| The Basketball Classic
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