2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team

The 2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as first-year members of the America East Conference. In a season limited by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they finished the season 7–12, 6–10 in America East play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Albany in the first round of the America East tournament.

2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record7–12 (6–10 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Rafferty
  • Kim Waiters
  • Joe Gutowski
  • Danny Manuel
Home arenaWellness and Events Center
2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UMBC104 .714146  .700
Vermont104 .714105  .667
New Hampshire96 .600109  .526
Hartford86 .571159  .625
Albany66 .50079  .438
UMass Lowell78 .4671112  .478
Stony Brook79 .438914  .391
NJIT610 .375712  .368
Binghamton410 .286414  .222
Maine26 .25027  .222
Maine suspended its season on February 13, 2021.
2021 AmEast tournament winner
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