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2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball team

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2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record15–16 (7–11 A–10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMullins Center
Seasons
2021–22 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Davidson 15 3   .833 27 7   .794
Dayton 14 4   .778 24 11   .686
VCU 14 4   .778 22 10   .688
St. Bonaventure 12 5   .706 23 10   .697
Saint Louis 12 6   .667 23 12   .657
Richmond 10 8   .556 24 13   .649
George Washington 8 9   .471 12 18   .400
Fordham 8 10   .444 16 16   .500
George Mason 7 9   .438 14 16   .467
UMass 7 11   .389 15 17   .469
Rhode Island 5 12   .294 15 16   .484
La Salle 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
Saint Joseph's 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
Duquesne 1 16   .059 6 24   .200
2022 A-10 tournament winner

The 2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by fifth-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in 10th place. They defeated George Washington in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing to Dayton in the quarterfinals.

On March 2, 2022, the school fired head coach Matt McCall.[1] On March 25, the school named former Kansas State and South Carolina head coach Frank Martin the team's new head coach.[2]

Previous season

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The Minutemen finished the 2020–21 season 8–7, 6–4 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the Atlantic 10 tournament they defeated Saint Joseph's in the second round before losing to Saint Louis in the quarterfinals.

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Brady Antonopoulos 0 G 6'1" 165 Senior West Brookfield, MA Walk-on; graduated
Mark Gasperini 10 C 6'10" 255 GS Senior Moscow, Russia Left the team for personal reasons
Carl Pierre 12 G 6'4" 190 Senior Boston, MA Graduate transferred to Rice
Ronnie DeGray III 13 F 6'7" 220 Freshman Parker, CO Transferred to Missouri
Tre Mitchell 33 C 6'9" 240 Sophomore Pittsburgh, PA Transferred to Texas

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Trent Buttrick 0 F 6'8" 240 GS Senior Bloomsburg, PA Penn State
Greg Jones 10 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Bronx, NY Southern Connecticut
CJ Kelly 12 G 6'5" 190 Senior Long Island, NY Albany
Rich Kelly 22 G 6'1" 175 GS Senior Shelton, CT Boston College
Michael Steadman 24 F 6'11" 215 RS Senior Union City, CA Montana
John Kelly 44 F 6'7" 195 Junior Shelton, CT Fairfield

2021 recruiting class

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There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2021.

Roster

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2021–22 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Trent Buttrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Community School of Naples
Penn State
Bloomsburg, PA
G 1 Javohn Garcia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Brewster Academy Pickerington, OH
G/F 2 Preston Santos 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Woodstock Academy Providence, RI
G 3 Kolton Mitchell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Victory Rock Prep Fort Myers, FL
G 5 Cairo McCrory 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Woodstock Academy Hartford, CT
F 10 Greg Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr John Marshall HS
Southern Connecticut
Richmond, VA
G 11 Noah Fernandes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Woodstock Academy
Wichita State
Mattapoisett, MA
G 15 CJ Kelly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Queens HS of Teaching
Albany
Long Island, NY
G 20 Ryan Marcus (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Wakefield Memorial HS Wakefield, MA
G 22 Rich Kelly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) GS Cheshire Academy
Boston College
Shleton, CT
G 23 T.J. Weeks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Bishop Hendricken Catholic HS
Woodstock Academy
Warwick, RI
F 24 Michael Steadman 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 231 lb (105 kg) RS Sr James Logan HS
San Jose State
Union City, CA
F 35 Dibaji Walker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Woodstock Academy
Cleveland State
Columbus, OH
F 44 John Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Williston Northampton School
Fairfield
Shelton, CT
F 45 Dyondre Dominguez 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Woodstock Academy Providence, RI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Source[3]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
7:30 p.m., NESN+
UMBC W 77–60  1–0
Mullins Center (2,903)
Amherst, MA
November 12, 2021*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Yale L 71–91  1–1
Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1,590)
New Haven, CT
November 15, 2021*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
Penn State W 81–56  2–1
Mullins Center (3,022)
Amherst, MA
November 18, 2021*
5:30 p.m., CBSSN
vs. Weber State
Jersey Mike's Classic
L 73–88  2–2
McArthur Center 
St. Petersburg, FL
November 19, 2021*
3:00 p.m., CBSSN
vs. UNC Greensboro
Jersey Mike's Classic
W 93–90 OT 3–2
McArthur Center (341)
St. Petersburg, FL
November 21, 2021*
2:30 p.m., CBSSN
vs. Ball State
Jersey Mike's Classic
L 86–89  3–3
McArthur Center (376)
St. Petersburg, FL
November 24, 2021*
7:00 p.m., NESN+
UMass Lowell W 92–81  4–3
Mullins Center (1,492)
Amherst, MA
November 27, 2021*
2:00 p.m., Peacock
Rutgers W 85–83  5–3
Mullins Center (1,881)
Amherst, MA
December 4, 2021*
12:00 p.m., NESN
Harvard W 87–77  6–3
Mullins Center (2,333)
Amherst, MA
December 7, 2021*
7:00 p.m., NESN
at Northeastern L 76–82  6–4
Matthews Arena (1,252)
Boston, MA
December 11, 2021*
4:30 p.m., FloSports
vs. North Texas
Basketball Hall of Fame Classic
L 57–66  6–5
Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
December 19, 2021*
7:00 p.m., NESN
Fairfield W 77–73 OT 7–5
Mullins Center (1,322)
Amherst, MA
December 22, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
NJIT Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols at NJIT Mullins Center 
Amherst, MA
A-10 regular season
January 5, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Richmond L 72–80  7–6
(0–1)
Robins Center (5,004)
Richmond, VA
January 8, 2022
12:00 p.m., NESN+
Duquesne L 74–78  7–7
(0–2)
Mullins Center (1,978)
Amherst, MA
January 11, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Davidson L 67–77  7–8
(0–3)
John M. Belk Arena (2,495)
Davidson, NC
January 15, 2022
4:30 p.m., USA
Rhode Island L 68–81  7–9
(0–4)
Mullins Center (2,181)
Amherst, MA
January 20, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Saint Louis
Rescheduled from December 30
W 91–85  8–9
(1–4)
Mullins Center (1,665)
Amherst, MA
January 23, 2022
2:30 p.m., USA
at Saint Louis L 59–90  8–10
(1–5)
Chaifetz Arena (5,136)
St. Louis, MO
January 26, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at La Salle W 77–71  9–10
(2–5)
Tom Gola Arena (1,389)
Philadelphia, PA
January 30, 2022
2:00 p.m., USA
George Mason L 62–72  9–11
(2–6)
Mullins Center (2,321)
Amherst, MA
February 5, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Rhode Island W 78–67  10–11
(3–6)
Ryan Center (5,847)
Kingston, RI
February 9, 2022
7:00 p.m., NESN
George Washington L 68–77  10–12
(3–7)
Mullins Center (3,842)
Amherst, MA
February 12, 2022
12:00 p.m., NESN
Saint Joseph's W 69–67  11–12
(4–7)
Mullins Center (3,127)
Amherst, MA
February 16, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at St. Bonaventure L 71–83  11–13
(4–8)
Reilly Center (3,452)
Olean, NY
February 19, 2022
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
La Salle W 80–74  12–13
(5–8)
Mullins Center (2,009)
Amherst, MA
February 23, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Dayton L 61–82  12–14
(5–9)
UD Arena (13,407)
Dayton, OH
February 26, 2022
4:30 p.m., USA
VCU L 62–77  12–15
(5–10)
Mullins Center (2,758)
Amherst, MA
February 28, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Fordham
Rescheduled from January 2
L 73–85  12–16
(5–11)
Rose Hill Gymnasium (754)
Bronx, NY
March 2, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Fordham W 81–73  13–16
(6–11)
Mullins Center (2,186)
Amherst, MA
March 5, 2022
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at George Mason W 83–80 OT 14–16
(7–11)
EagleBank Arena (3,652)
Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
March 10, 2022
6:00 p.m., USA/Peacock
(10) vs. (7) George Washington
Second round
W 99–88  15–16
Capital One Arena 
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2022
6:00 p.m., USA/Peacock
(10) vs. (2) Dayton
Quarterfinals
L 72-75  15-17
Capital One Arena 
Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "UMass fires men's basketball coach Matt McCall". The Seattle Times. March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Frank Martin hired as UMass basketball coach". Boston Herald. March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021-22 UMass Minutemen Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMass Minutemen Athletics.
  5. ^ "UMass Minutemen Schedule 2021-22". ESPN.
  6. ^ "2021-22 UMass Minutemen Schedule and Results". Sports Reference.