2021–22 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. Led by fourth-year head coach Travis Steele for the first 32 games and interim head coach Jonas Hayes for the final four games, they played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Musketeers finished the season 23–13, 8–11 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Butler. The team received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Cleveland State, Florida, Vanderbilt, and St. Bonaventure to advance to the championship game. There they defeated Texas A&M to win the NIT championship.

2021–22 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
NIT Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record23–13 (8–11 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dante Jackson (4th season)
  • Danny Peters (1st season)
Home arenaCintas Center
2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 13 Providence143 .824276  .818
No. 6 Villanova164 .800308  .789
No. 21 UConn136 .6842310  .697
Creighton127 .6322312  .657
Seton Hall118 .5792111  .656
Marquette118 .5791913  .594
Xavier811 .4212313  .639
St. John's811 .4211715  .531
Butler614 .3001419  .424
DePaul614 .3001516  .484
Georgetown019 .000625  .194
2022 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Head coach Travis Steele was fired on March 16, 2022, the day after the first win in the NIT. Assistant coach Jonas Hayes was named the interim head coach and coached the team for the four remaining games in the NIT.

On March 19, the school named former Xavier and Arizona head coach Sean Miller the team's new head coach. Miller previously coached the Musketeers from 2004 to 2009.

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