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.
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.
Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Musketeers finished the 2020–21 season 13–8, 6–7 in Big East play to finish tied for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Butler.
Offseason On April 28, 2021, the NCAA officially adopted a measure that would allow athletes in all sports to transfer once without sitting out a season beginning with the 2021–22 season.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure C. J. Wilcher 0 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Roselle, NJ Transferred to Nebraska Daniel Rasmey 2 F 6'9" 233 Sophomore Cordele, GA Transferred to Tennessee Tech Bryan Griffin 13 F 6'8" 230 GS Senior Pomona, NY Graduated Jason Carter 25 F 6'8" 227 RS Senior Johnstown, OH Graduated transferred to Ohio
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jerome Hunter 21 F 6'8" 210 RS Junior Columbus, OH Indiana Jack Nunge 24 F 7'0" 245 RS Junior Newburgh, IN Iowa
Recruiting classes 2021 recruiting class
2022 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East tournament
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Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.^Coaches do not release a Week 1 poll.
Awards and honors Big East Conference honors All-Big East Honorable Mention Jack Nunge
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