2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball team

The 2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by fifth-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in 10th place. They defeated George Washington in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing to Dayton in the quarterfinals.

2021–22 UMass Minutemen basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	15–16 (7–11 A–10)
Head coach	Matt McCall (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Tyson Wheeler Lucious Jordan
Home arena	Mullins Center
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Dayton	14	–	4		.778			24	–	11		.686
VCU	14	–	4		.778			22	–	10		.688
St. Bonaventure	12	–	5		.706			23	–	10		.697
Saint Louis	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Richmond †	10	–	8		.556			24	–	13		.649
George Washington	8	–	9		.471			12	–	18		.400
Fordham	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
George Mason	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
UMass	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Rhode Island	5	–	12		.294			15	–	16		.484
La Salle	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Saint Joseph's	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Duquesne	1	–	16		.059			6	–	24		.200
† 2022 A-10 tournament winner

On March 2, 2022, the school fired head coach Matt McCall.^[1] On March 25, the school named former Kansas State and South Carolina head coach Frank Martin the team's new head coach.^[2]

Previous season

The Minutemen finished the 2020–21 season 8–7, 6–4 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the Atlantic 10 tournament they defeated Saint Joseph's in the second round before losing to Saint Louis in the quarterfinals.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brady Antonopoulos	0	G	6'1"	165	Senior	West Brookfield, MA	Walk-on; graduated
Mark Gasperini	10	C	6'10"	255	GS Senior	Moscow, Russia	Left the team for personal reasons
Carl Pierre	12	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Boston, MA	Graduate transferred to Rice
Ronnie DeGray III	13	F	6'7"	220	Freshman	Parker, CO	Transferred to Missouri
Tre Mitchell	33	C	6'9"	240	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, PA	Transferred to Texas

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Trent Buttrick	0	F	6'8"	240	GS Senior	Bloomsburg, PA	Penn State
Greg Jones	10	F	6'7"	225	GS Senior	Bronx, NY	Southern Connecticut
CJ Kelly	12	G	6'5"	190	Senior	Long Island, NY	Albany
Rich Kelly	22	G	6'1"	175	GS Senior	Shelton, CT	Boston College
Michael Steadman	24	F	6'11"	215	RS Senior	Union City, CA	Montana
John Kelly	44	F	6'7"	195	Junior	Shelton, CT	Fairfield

2021 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2021.

Roster

2021–22 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Trent Buttrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Community School of Naples Penn State Bloomsburg, PA G 1 Javohn Garcia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Brewster Academy Pickerington, OH G/F 2 Preston Santos 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Woodstock Academy Providence, RI G 3 Kolton Mitchell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Victory Rock Prep Fort Myers, FL G 5 Cairo McCrory 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Woodstock Academy Hartford, CT F 10 Greg Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr John Marshall HS Southern Connecticut Richmond, VA G 11 Noah Fernandes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Woodstock Academy Wichita State Mattapoisett, MA G 15 CJ Kelly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Queens HS of Teaching Albany Long Island, NY G 20 Ryan Marcus (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Wakefield Memorial HS Wakefield, MA G 22 Rich Kelly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) GS Cheshire Academy Boston College Shleton, CT G 23 T.J. Weeks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Bishop Hendricken Catholic HS Woodstock Academy Warwick, RI F 24 Michael Steadman 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 231 lb (105 kg) RS Sr James Logan HS San Jose State Union City, CA F 35 Dibaji Walker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Woodstock Academy Cleveland State Columbus, OH F 44 John Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Williston Northampton School Fairfield Shelton, CT F 45 Dyondre Dominguez 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Woodstock Academy Providence, RI	Head coach Matt McCall (Chattanooga) Assistant coach(es) Tyson Wheeler (Fairfield) Lucious Jordan (Albany) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Source^[3]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:30 p.m., NESN+		UMBC	W 77–60	1–0	Mullins Center (2,903) Amherst, MA
November 12, 2021* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Yale	L 71–91	1–1	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1,590) New Haven, CT
November 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		Penn State	W 81–56	2–1	Mullins Center (3,022) Amherst, MA
November 18, 2021* 5:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. Weber State Jersey Mike's Classic	L 73–88	2–2	McArthur Center  St. Petersburg, FL
November 19, 2021* 3:00 p.m., CBSSN		vs. UNC Greensboro Jersey Mike's Classic	W 93–90 OT	3–2	McArthur Center (341) St. Petersburg, FL
November 21, 2021* 2:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. Ball State Jersey Mike's Classic	L 86–89	3–3	McArthur Center (376) St. Petersburg, FL
November 24, 2021* 7:00 p.m., NESN+		UMass Lowell	W 92–81	4–3	Mullins Center (1,492) Amherst, MA
November 27, 2021* 2:00 p.m., Peacock		Rutgers	W 85–83	5–3	Mullins Center (1,881) Amherst, MA
December 4, 2021* 12:00 p.m., NESN		Harvard	W 87–77	6–3	Mullins Center (2,333) Amherst, MA
December 7, 2021* 7:00 p.m., NESN		at Northeastern	L 76–82	6–4	Matthews Arena (1,252) Boston, MA
December 11, 2021* 4:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. North Texas Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	L 57–66	6–5	Dickies Arena  Fort Worth, TX
December 19, 2021* 7:00 p.m., NESN		Fairfield	W 77–73 OT	7–5	Mullins Center (1,322) Amherst, MA
December 22, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		NJIT	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols at NJIT		Mullins Center  Amherst, MA
A-10 regular season
January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Richmond	L 72–80	7–6 (0–1)	Robins Center (5,004) Richmond, VA
January 8, 2022 12:00 p.m., NESN+		Duquesne	L 74–78	7–7 (0–2)	Mullins Center (1,978) Amherst, MA
January 11, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Davidson	L 67–77	7–8 (0–3)	John M. Belk Arena (2,495) Davidson, NC
January 15, 2022 4:30 p.m., USA		Rhode Island	L 68–81	7–9 (0–4)	Mullins Center (2,181) Amherst, MA
January 20, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Louis Rescheduled from December 30	W 91–85	8–9 (1–4)	Mullins Center (1,665) Amherst, MA
January 23, 2022 2:30 p.m., USA		at Saint Louis	L 59–90	8–10 (1–5)	Chaifetz Arena (5,136) St. Louis, MO
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at La Salle	W 77–71	9–10 (2–5)	Tom Gola Arena (1,389) Philadelphia, PA
January 30, 2022 2:00 p.m., USA		George Mason	L 62–72	9–11 (2–6)	Mullins Center (2,321) Amherst, MA
February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 78–67	10–11 (3–6)	Ryan Center (5,847) Kingston, RI
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., NESN		George Washington	L 68–77	10–12 (3–7)	Mullins Center (3,842) Amherst, MA
February 12, 2022 12:00 p.m., NESN		Saint Joseph's	W 69–67	11–12 (4–7)	Mullins Center (3,127) Amherst, MA
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	L 71–83	11–13 (4–8)	Reilly Center (3,452) Olean, NY
February 19, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		La Salle	W 80–74	12–13 (5–8)	Mullins Center (2,009) Amherst, MA
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dayton	L 61–82	12–14 (5–9)	UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH
February 26, 2022 4:30 p.m., USA		VCU	L 62–77	12–15 (5–10)	Mullins Center (2,758) Amherst, MA
February 28, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fordham Rescheduled from January 2	L 73–85	12–16 (5–11)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (754) Bronx, NY
March 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fordham	W 81–73	13–16 (6–11)	Mullins Center (2,186) Amherst, MA
March 5, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Mason	W 83–80 OT	14–16 (7–11)	EagleBank Arena (3,652) Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
March 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., USA/Peacock	(10)	vs. (7) George Washington Second round	W 99–88	15–16	Capital One Arena  Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2022 6:00 p.m., USA/Peacock	(10)	vs. (2) Dayton Quarterfinals	L 72-75	15-17	Capital One Arena  Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[4][5][6]

References

1. "UMass fires men's basketball coach Matt McCall". The Seattle Times. March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
2. "Frank Martin hired as UMass basketball coach". Boston Herald. March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
3. "2021-22 UMass Minutemen Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
4. "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMass Minutemen Athletics.
5. "UMass Minutemen Schedule 2021-22". ESPN.
6. "2021-22 UMass Minutemen Schedule and Results". Sports Reference.