The 2021–22 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 11th-year head coach Ed Cooley, and played their home games at Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island as a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–6, 14–3 in Big East play to win the school's first regular season championship. The Friars defeated Butler in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament before losing to Creighton in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated South Dakota State and Richmond to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 1 seed and eventual national champion Kansas.
Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Friars finished the 2020–21 season 13–13, 9–10 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost to DePaul in the first round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Greg Gantt 1 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Fayetteville, NC Transferred to NC State Kris Monroe 2 F 6'8" 215 Junior Creedmoor, NC Transferred to North Carolina Central David Duke Jr. 3 G 6'5" 205 Junior Providence, RI Declared for the 2021 NBA draft Jimmy Nichols Jr. 5 F 6'8" 220 Junior Conway, SC Transferred to VCU Jyare Davis 13 F 6'7" 215 Freshman Newark, DE Transferred to Delaware
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Al Durham 1 G 6'4" 180 Graduate Student Lilburn, GA Indiana Matteus Case 3 G 6'5" 190 Freshman Pickering, ON Penn Justin Minaya 15 F 6'7" 210 Graduate Student Harrington Park, NJ South Carolina
Recruiting classes
2021 recruiting class
2022 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results The Friars had games against Creighton, UConn, and Seton Hall canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. An additional game against Georgetown was originally canceled and then later rescheduled for January 20, 2022. |- !colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=9 style="|Big East tournament
!colspan=9 style="|NCAA tournament
Source
Awards and honors
Big East Conference honors
All-Big East Awards Coach of the Year: Ed Cooley Sixth Man: Jared Bynum
All-Big East Second Team Jared Bynum Nate Watson
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