The 2021–22 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team were led by first-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–8 in Big East play to finish a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Creighton. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the East Region, where they lost in the First Round to North Carolina.
Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2019–20 season 13–14, 8–11 in Big East play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Georgetown.
On March 19, 2021, the school fired head coach Steve Wojciechowski. A week later, the school named Texas head coach Shaka Smart the team's new head coach.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Theo John 4 F 6'9" 245 Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduate transferred to Duke Symir Torrence 10 G 6'3" 200 Sophomore Syracuse, NY Transferred to Syracuse Dexter Akanno 12 G 6'4" 205 RS Freshman Valencia, CA Transferred to Oregon State D. J. Carton 21 G 6'2" 200 Sophomore Bettendorf, IA Declared for the 2021 NBA draft Jamal Cain 23 F 6'7" 200 Senior Pontiac, MI Graduate transferred to Oakland Koby McEwin 25 G 6'4' 195 RS Senior Toronto, ON Graduate transferred to Weber State Dawson Garcia 33 F 6'11" 235 Freshman Prior Lake, MN Transferred to North Carolina Tommy Gardiner 40 F 6'7" 230 Junior Park Ridge, IL Walk-on; didn't return Luke Fizulich 50 G 6'2" 185 Freshman Harrington Park, NJ Transferred to Albany Ike Eke 51 F 6'9" 220 RS Junior Lagos, Nigeria Retired from basketball due to injury Jose Perez 55 G 6'5" 220 Junior Bronx, NY Transferred to Manhattan
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Olivier-Maxence Prosper 12 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Montreal, QC Clemson Tyler Kolek 22 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Cumberland, RI George Mason Darryl Morsell 32 G 6'5" 205 Graduate Student Baltimore, MD Maryland Kur Kuath 35 F 6'10" 215 Graduate Student Biemnon, South Sudan Oklahoma
2021 recruiting class
2022 Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East tournament
!colspan=9 style="|NCAA tournament
Source
Awards and honors
Big East Conference honors
All-Big East Awards Most Improved Player: Justin Lewis
All-Big East First Team Justin Lewis
All-Big East Honorable Mention Darryl Morsell
Big East All-Freshman Team Kam Jones
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