# 2021–22 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, New York and were led by first-year head coach Dwayne Killings. They finished 13-18, 9-9 in America East Play to finish a tie for 5th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Hartford.

## Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Great Danes finished the 2020–21 season 7–9, 6–6 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They defeated NJIT in the first round of the America East tournament, before losing to Hartford in the quarterfinals.
On March 1, 2021, head coach Will Brown announced in a press release that he and the school agreed to part ways, ending Brown's 20-year tenure with the team. On March 17, the school announced that they had hired Marquette associate head coach Dwayne Killings to be the Great Danes' next head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Towson | L 56–77 | 0–1 | SEFCU Arena (4,215) Albany, NY |
| November 13, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at La Salle | L 64–67 | 0–2 | Tom Gola Arena (3,047) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 17, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | L 53–60 | 0–3 | SEFCU Arena (2,684) Albany, NY |
| November 20, 2021* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Invitational | L 64–77 | 0–4 | McBrayer Arena (2,251) Richmond, KY |
| November 22, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 10т Kentucky | L 61–86 | 0–5 | Rupp Arena (18,201) Lexington, KY |
| November 24, 2021* | | vs. Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Invitational | W 64–62 | 1–5 | McBrayer Arena (100) Richmond, KY |
| December 1, 2021* 7:00 pm | | at Kansas State | L 43–71 | 1–6 | Bramlage Coliseum (5,195) Manhattan, KS |
| December 7, 2021* | | at Yale | L 52–71 | 1–7 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (777) New Haven, CT |
| December 11, 2021* 7:00 pm | | Columbia | W 60–59 | 2–7 | SEFCU Arena (2,245) Albany, NY |
| December 13, 2021* 8:00 pm | | at Boston College | W 61–57 | 3–7 | Conte Forum (3,872) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 18, 2021* 2:00 pm | | vs. Niagara | L 58–66 | 3–8 | KeyBank Center Buffalo, NY |
| December 21, 2021* 7:00 pm | | at Lehigh | W 68–52 | 4–8 | Stabler Arena (602) Bethlehem, PA |
| December 29, 2021* 7:00 pm | | Bucknell | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | SEFCU Arena Albany, NY |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Binghamton | L 79–88 | 4–9 (0–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,067) Albany, NY |
| January 8, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 62–64 | 4–10 (0–2) | Lundholm Gym (339) Durham, NH |
| January 12, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 57–47 | 5–10 (1–2) | SEFCU Arena (1,164) Albany, NY |
| January 15, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 71–56 | 6–10 (2–2) | SEFCU Arena (1,225) Albany, NY |
| January 19, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | W 66–54 | 7–10 (3–2) | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (817) Catonsville, MD |
| January 22, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | L 75–86 | 7–11 (3–3) | SEFCU Arena (2,389) Albany, NY |
| January 26, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 64–62 $^{OT}$ | 8–11 (4–3) | Costello Athletic Center (455) Lowell, MA |
| January 29, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at NJIT | W 64–53 | 9–11 (5–3) | Wellness and Events Center (229) Newark, NJ |
| January 31, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Vermont Rescheduled from January 2 | L 61–73 | 9–12 (5–4) | Patrick Gym (2,096) Burlington, VT |
| February 2, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMBC | L 53–59 | 9–13 (5–5) | SEFCU Arena (1,648) Albany, NY |
| February 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | W 71–52 | 10–13 (6–5) | Chase Arena (245) West Hartford, CT |
| February 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine | L 63–73 | 10–14 (6–6) | SEFCU Arena (1,544) Albany, NY |
| February 12, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 63–76 | 10–15 (6–7) | SEFCU Arena (2,403) Albany, NY |
| February 16, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | W 68–67 | 11–15 (7–7) | Binghamton University Events Center (3,835) Vestal, NY |
| February 19, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 70–65 | 12–15 (8–7) | SEFCU Arena (2,208) Albany, NY |
| February 23, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 72–68 | 13–15 (9–7) | Memorial Gymnasium (581) Orono, ME |
| February 26, 2022 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | L 50–66 | 13–16 (9–8) | Island Federal Arena (3,048) Stony Brook, NY |
| March 1, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | L 55–67 | 13–17 (9–9) | SEFCU Arena (1,803) Albany, NY |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | (5) | at (4) Hartford Quarterfinals | L 49–61 | 13–18 | Chase Arena (663) West Hartford, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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