# 2021–22 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

The 2021–22 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team represented Austin Peay State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by first-year head coach Nate James, played their home games at the Winfield Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 12–17, 8–10 in OVC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the OVC tournament, they lost to Tennessee Tech in the first round.
The season marked the end of one era for Austin Peay, and was originally intended to be the end of a second. After the season, the Governors left the OVC, their home since 1962, to join the ASUN Conference. The season was intended to be the Governors' last at the Dunn Center, with the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville originally set to open for the 2022–23 season. However, the opening of the new arena was later delayed to July 2023.

## Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Governors finished the 2020–21 season 14–13, 10–10 in OVC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the OVC tournament, they lost to Eastern Kentucky in the first round.
On March 28, 2021, it was announced that head coach Matt Figger had resigned in order to take the head coaching position at Texas–Rio Grande Valley. On April 2, the school announced that Duke assistant coach Nate James had been named the team's new head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2021* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Life University | W 92–63 | – | Dunn Center (1,541) Clarksville, TN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Southern | W 86–79 | 1–0 | Dunn Center (1,200) Clarksville, TN |
| November 12, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southern Illinois | L 55–73 | 1–1 | Banterra Center (5,000) Carbondale, IL |
| November 16, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Purdue Fort Wayne | L 60–65 | 1–2 | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,157) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dayton | W 87–81 | 2–2 | UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH |
| November 26, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Howard | W 69–67 | 3–2 | Burr Gymnasium (551) Washington, D.C. |
| November 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at TCU | L 51–68 | 3–3 | Schollmaier Arena (4,813) Fort Worth, TX |
| December 5, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Milligan | W 98–55 | 4–3 | Dunn Center (1,354) Clarksville, TN |
| December 11, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at North Florida | L 84–91 | 4–4 | UNF Arena (1,872) Jacksonville, FL |
| December 14, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at South Florida | L 51–60 | 4–5 | Yuengling Center (1,870) Tampa, FL |
| December 18, 2021* 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Vanderbilt | L 51–77 | 4–6 | Memorial Gymnasium (6,186) Nashville, TN |
| December 22, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Western Kentucky | Postponed to 2022–23 season | Postponed to 2022–23 season | Dunn Center Clarksville, TN |
| Ohio Valley regular season ||||||
| December 30, 2021 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Martin | L 62–65 | 4–7 (0–1) | Dunn Center (1,113) Clarksville, TN |
| January 1, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southeast Missouri State | L 79–98 | 4–8 (0–2) | Show Me Center (580) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 8, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 55–66 | 4–9 (0–3) | Dunn Center (1,431) Clarksville, TN |
| January 20, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | W 72–57 | 5–9 (1–3) | Skyhawk Arena (1,907) Martin, TN |
| January 22, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee State | L 61–65 | 5–10 (1–4) | Gentry Complex (297) Nashville, TN |
| January 27, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Belmont | L 67–75 | 5–11 (1–5) | Dunn Center (1,514) Clarksville, TN |
| January 29, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | W 58–55 | 6–11 (2–5) | Eblen Center Cookeville, TN |
| January 31, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | SIU Edwardsville Rescheduled from January 6 | W 68–63 $^{2OT}$ | 7–11 (3–5) | Dunn Center (1,298) Clarksville, TN |
| February 3, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Murray State | L 53–65 | 7–12 (3–6) | Dunn Center (971) Clarksville, TN |
| February 5, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Morehead State | L 52–77 | 7–13 (3–7) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,915) Morehead, KY |
| February 7, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Belmont Rescheduled from January 13 | L 58–72 | 7–14 (3–8) | Curb Event Center (1,503) Nashville, TN |
| February 10, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southeast Missouri State | W 74–66 | 8–14 (4–8) | Dunn Center (1,253) Clarksville, TN |
| February 12, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee State | W 54–52 | 9–14 (5–8) | Dunn Center (1,419) Clarksville, TN |
| February 14, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Illinois Rescheduled from January 15 | W 62–54 | 10–14 (6–8) | Dunn Center (747) Clarksville, TN |
| February 17, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at No. 21 Murray State | L 56–91 | 10–15 (6–9) | CFSB Center (6,217) Murray, KY |
| February 19, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tennessee Tech | L 69–73 | 10–16 (6–10) | Dunn Center (1,372) Clarksville, TN |
| February 24, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 68–64 $^{OT}$ | 11–16 (7–10) | First Community Arena (484) Edwardsville, IL |
| February 26, 2022 3:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Eastern Illinois | W 64–52 | 12–16 (8–10) | Lantz Arena (1,130) Charleston, IL |
| Ohio Valley tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2022 9:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (7) Tennessee Tech First round | L 51–78 | 12–17 | Ford Center (351) Evansville, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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