The 2021–22 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Richard Pitino and played their home games at The Pit as members of the Mountain West Conference.
New Mexico finished 13–19, with a 5–12 record in Mountain West play, finishing ninth in the conference. They lost to Nevada in the first round of the Mountain West conference tournament.
Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Lobos finished the 2021–21 season 6–16, 2–15 in Mountain West play to finish in last place. In the Mountain West tournament, they lost in the first round to Fresno State.
Prior to the end of the season, the school announced that Paul Weir would not return as head coach. On March 16, 2021, the school named former Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino the team's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Isaiah Marin 0 G 6'5" 190 Freshman Phoenix, AZ Transferred to Indian Hills CC Bayron Matos 1 F 6'9" 215 RS freshman Santo Domingo, DR Transferred to South Florida Keith McGee 3 G 6'3" 180 RS senior Rochester, NY Graduate transferred to Morgan State Rod Brown 5 F 6'8" 218 RS junior Memphis, TN Transferred to Jacksonville Makuach Maluach 10 G/F 6'5" 190 Senior Sydney, Australia Graduated Daniel Headdings 12 G 6'2" 185 RS freshman Wasilla, AK Transferred to Pima CC Logan Padgett 14 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Homewood, AL Transferred to Shelton State CC Nolan Doresey 21 G 6'5" 185 Freshman Knightdale, NC Transferred to Holy Cross Eloy Medina 23 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Albuquerque, NM Walk-on; transferred Kurt Wegscheider 30 G 6'4" 185 Sophomore Bangui, Central African Republic Transferred Assane Ndiaye 35 F 7'1" 240 Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school KJ Jenkins 0 G 6'2" 165 Junior Atlanta, GA Junior college transferred from Kilgore College Jamal Mashburn Jr. 5 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Miami, FL Transferred from Minnesota Jaelen House 10 G 6'1" 160 Junior Phoenix, AZ Transferred from Arizona State Jay Allen-Tovar 21 F 6'9" 230 Junior San Jose, CA Junior college transferred from Salt Lake CC Taryn Todd 24 G 6'5" 180 RS sophomore Vaughan, ON Transferred from TCU Gethro Muscadin 35 C 6'10" 220 Sophomore Gonaïves, Haiti Transferred from Kansas
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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