2021–22 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by interim head coach Mike Pegues. The Cardinals finished the season 13–19 overall and 6–14 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated fourteenth seed Georgia Tech in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Virginia in the Second Round.

2021–22 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
Baha Mar Hoops champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record13–19 (6–14 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2021–22 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Duke164 .800327  .821
North Carolina155 .7502910  .744
Notre Dame155 .7502411  .686
Miami (FL)146 .7002611  .703
Wake Forest137 .6502510  .714
Virginia128 .6002114  .600
Virginia Tech119 .5502313  .639
Florida State1010 .5001714  .548
Syracuse911 .4501617  .485
Clemson812 .4001716  .515
Louisville614 .3001319  .406
Boston College614 .3001320  .394
Pittsburgh614 .3001121  .344
Georgia Tech515 .2501220  .375
NC State416 .2001121  .344
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Head coach Chris Mack was fired on January 26, 2022, after starting the season 11–9. Associate coach Mike Pegues was named the interim coach for the remainder of the season. On March 16, the school named former Louisville player Kenny Payne the team's new head coach.

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