The 2021-22 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts, the flagship campus in Amherst. The Head Coach is Matt McCall. The team plays its home games in the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The season represents the 113th season of basketball in the school's history.

• Current Record: Season starts Nov. 9
• Conference Record: Conference play starts Dec. 30

All times Eastern PM, unless otherwise noted. Boldface opponents indicates an Atlantic 10 Conference game.
Printable schedule
UMass master schedule

Notes:

• Fairfield - This game concludes our series.¹²⁾
• Harvard - This game concludes our series.^13)14)15)
• NJIT - Assumed that this is a one-off game. No indication of a new series.¹⁶⁾
• Northeastern - This is the third-straight year we've played NU, but no indication of a longer-term series.¹⁷⁾
• North Texas - Assumed that this is a one-off game. No indication of a new series.
• Penn State - This season's game begins a home-and-home series, in conjunction with an agreement for UM/PSU football games.^{18)19)20)21)22)}
• Rutgers - This season's game returns our visit to Rutgers in November 2019.^23)24)25)
• UMass-Lowell - We've been playing them regularly over the past several years, but no indication that there's a contracted series.
• UMBC - Unclear if this is a one-off or this begins a new series.²⁶⁾
• Yale - Unclear if this is a one-off or this begins a new series.²⁷⁾
• The Atlantic 10 and Mountain West conferences were expected to play 10 games this season, but a report says that has been postponed. As this series is yet to get off the ground, whether or not it eventually will remains to be seen.^28)29)30)
• Athletic Director Ryan Bamford has stated that he will continue to explore opportunities in conjunction with football and men's basketball scheduling, like what we've done with Akron, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina and Georgia.³¹⁾³²⁾

Tentative until the season begins. A walk-on player may be added.
Official roster

	#	Name	Height	Weight	Class	Pos.	Hometown / HS / Prep / College Transfer	Status
	0	Buttrick, Trent	6-8	240	Gr.	F	Bloomsburg PA / Bloomsburg HS / Community School of Naples / Penn State	Announced intention to transfer on 4/7/21.33) UM announced signing on 4/15/21.34)
	45	Dominguez, Dyondre	6-9	205	So.	F	Providence, RI / Woodstock Academy
	11	Fernandes, Noah	5-11	175	Jr.	G	Mattapoisett, MA / Woodstock Academy / Wichita State
	1	Garcia, Javohn	6-2	180	So.	PG	Columbus, OH / Brewster Academy
	10	Jones, Greg	6-7	225	Gr.	F	Bronx, NY / John Marshall HS / James Madison / Southern CT	Announced intention to transfer on 6/4/21.35) UMass confirmed on 6/9.36)
	12	Kelly, CJ	6-5	190	Sr.	G	Long Island, NY / Queens High School of Teaching / Norfolk State / Albany	4/7/21: initial report that he will transfer in.37) CJ confirmed on 4/19,38), and UM announced on 4/28.39)
	22	Kelly, Rich	6-1	175	Gr.	G	Shelton, CT / Fairfield Prep / Quinnipiac / Boston College	Reported on 4/15/21 that he would transfer in.40) Confirmed by UM on 4/22.41)
	20	Marcus, Ryan	6-3	185	So.	G	Wakefield, MA / Wakefield HS	Preferred walk-on42)43)
	5	McCrory, Cairo	6-5	190	So.	SG	Hartford, CT / Masters/Northwest Catholic / Woodstock Academy
	3	Mitchell, Kolton	6-3	185	Jr.	G	Fort Myers, FL / Victory Rock Prep
	2	Santos, Preston	6-6	185	Jr.*	G/F	Warwick, RI / Woodstock Academy	Opted out of the 2020-21 season for personal reasons. Announced his intention to return to the team in 2021-22.44)
	24	Steadman, Michael	6-10	231	Sr.	F	Union City, CA / City College of San Francisco / San Jose State / Montana	Announced intention to transfer on 4/6/21.45) UMass confirmed on 6/4.46)
	35	Walker, Dibaji	6-9	200	Sr.	F	Columbus, OH / Woodstock Academy / Cleveland State
	23	Weeks, TJ	6-4	185	So.*	G	Warwick, RI / Woodstock Academy

* Eligibility difference.

• Preston Santos is listed as a Junior on the official roster, but due to sitting out the 2020-21 season, has three years of playing eligibility remaining.
• TJ Weeks requested and received a medical redshirt for the 2019-20 season, having only played in the first 10 games before sitting out the rest of the season.⁴⁷⁾⁴⁸⁾

2020-21 players lost:

• Brady Antonopoulos graduated and accepted a job with Weber State men's basketball.⁴⁹⁾
• Ronnie DeGray announced his intention to transfer to Missouri.^50)51)52)
• Mark Gasperini announced that he will not pursue another year of eligibility and end his playing career.⁵³⁾
• Tre Mitchell announced his intention to transfer to Texas.⁵⁴⁾⁵⁵⁾
• Carl Pierre announced his intention to transfer and take advantage of the bonus year of eligibility.⁵⁶⁾⁵⁷⁾ He will play at Rice in 2021-22.⁵⁸⁾⁵⁹⁾

Brian Mathews (6-9 215 Center, Chicago IL / DePaul College Prep) had verbally committed in August 2020,^60)61)62)63) and signed an NLI in November 2020,⁶⁴⁾ but it was announced he re-opened his recruiting on 4/17/21.⁶⁵⁾ He subsequently committed to North Dakota.⁶⁶⁾

Head Coach: Matt McCall
Assistant Coaches: Lucious Jordan, Tyson Wheeler, Brian Grossman, Ricky Harris

Tony Bergeron, assistant coach from 2019-21, had his contract bought out and he will not return, per reports in the Boston Globe⁶⁷⁾ and MassLive.⁶⁸⁾