2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball season

The 2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 5, 2022. The regular season ended on February 26, 2022, setting up the 2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament from March 2 to March 6.

2021–22 Big South Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
2022 Big South tournament

2021–22 Big South men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Longwood †	15	–	1		.938			26	–	7		.788
Campbell	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
High Point	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Radford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
North Carolina A&T	6	–	10		.375			12	–	20		.375
Hampton	5	–	11		.313			9	–	19		.321
South
Winthrop	14	–	2		.875			23	–	9		.719
Gardner–Webb	11	–	5		.688			18	–	13		.581
USC Upstate	10	–	6		.625			15	–	17		.469
UNC Asheville	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Presbyterian	4	–	12		.250			12	–	20		.375
Charleston Southern	1	–	15		.063			6	–	25		.194
† 2022 Big South tournament winner

Conference changes

Due the offseason addition of the North Carolina A&T Aggies the Big South changed the conference play format. The conference was split into a north and south division. The north included Campbell, Hampton, High Point, Longwood, North Carolina A&T and Radford while the south consisted of Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate and Winthrop. Conference play consisted of 96 total games with each team playing 16 games. Each team played 10 intra-division games and 6 cross-division games. The first 11 games of conference play consisted of 5 intra-division games and 6 cross-division games, while the last five games were all intra-division.^[1]

Head Coaches

Coach Changes

Radford hired Darris Nichols to replace Mike Jones who left for UNC Greensboro to become head coach.

Winthrop hired Mark Prosser to replace Pat Kelsey who left for College of Charleston to become head coach.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	Big South Record	Big South Titles	NCAA Tournaments
Campbell	Kevin McGeehan	Richmond (Associate HC)	10	123-133	60-79	0	0
Charleston Southern	Barclay Radebaugh	Miami (FL) (Assistant)	17	210-274	114-157	0	0
Gardner-Webb	Tim Craft	East Carolina (Assistant)	9	138-121	81-61	1	1
Hampton	Edward Joyner	Hampton (Assistant)	13	197-190	26-26	0	3
High Point	Tubby Smith	Memphis	4	34-53	21-30	0	0
Longwood	Griff Aldrich	UMBC (Director of Recruiting)	4	42-53	24-30	0	0
North Carolina A&T	Willie Jones	North Carolina A&T (Interim HC)	3	25-15	0-0	0	0
Presbyterian	Quinton Ferrell	College of Charleston (Assistant)	3	17-37	12-23	0	0
Radford	Darris Nichols	Florida (Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0
UNC Asheville	Mike Morrell	Texas (Assistant)	4	29-53	19-29	0	0
USC Upstate	Dave Dickerson	Ohio State (Associate HC)	4	24-64	13-37	0	0
Winthrop Eagles	Mark Prosser	Western Carolina	1	0-0	0-0	0	0

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
• Overall and Big South records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
• NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

Preseason Awards

The Preseason Big South men's basketball poll was released on October 20, 2021.

Preseason men's basketball polls

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North

First Place Votes in Parentheses

1. Campbell (20) - 148
2. Longwood - 96
3. North Carolina A&T (3) - 92
4. Radford (3) - 83
5. Hampton - 70
6. High Point - 57

South

First Place Votes in Parentheses

1. Winthrop (23) - 152
2. UNC Ashville (3) - 131
3. Gardner-Webb - 103
4. Presbyterian College - 72
5. Charleston Southern - 47
6. USC Upstate - 41

Preseason Honors

Honor[3]	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	D. J. Burns, Winthrop
Preseason All-Big South First Team	D. J. Burns, Winthrop
	John-Michael Wright, High Point
	Cedric Henderson Jr., Campbell
	Tajion Jones, UNC Asheville
	Rayshon Harrison, Presbyterian College
Preseason All-Big South Second Team	Kameron Langley, North Carolina A&T
	Jordan Whitfield, Campbell
	LJ Thorpe, UNC Asheville
	Russell Dean, Hampton
	Justin Hill, Longwood

Regular season

Conference standings

North Division		Conference		Division		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Longwood	4-0	1.000	2-0	1.000	12-5	.706
2	North Carolina A&T	4-2	.667	2-2	.500	9-11	.450
3	Campbell	3-3	.500	2-1	.667	10-7	.588
4	Radford	2-4	.333	1-3	.250	6-12	.333
5	Hampton	1-3	.250	1-2	.333	5-10	.333	Ahead of High Point based on Head-to-Head Win %
6	High Point	1-3	.250	1-1	.500	7-11	.412

South Division		Conference		Division		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Winthrop	5-0	1.000	4-0	1.000	12-6	.667
2	USC Upstate	5-1	.833	4-0	1.000	8-10	.444
3	Gardner-Webb	3-3	.500	2-2	.500	9-10	.474	Ahead of UNC Ashville based on Division Win %
4	UNC Ashville	3-3	.500	1-2	.333	11-8	.579
5	Charleston Southern	1-5	.167	0-3	.000	4-14	.222
6	Presbyterian	0-5	.000	0-4	.000	8-12	.400

Combined Divisions		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Winthrop	5-0	1.000	12-6	.667
2	Longwood	3-0	1.000	12-5	.706
3	USC Upstate	5-1	.833	8-10	.444
4	North Carolina A&T	4-2	.667	9-11	.450
5	UNC Ashville	3-3	.500	11-8	.579	Ahead of Gardner-Webb and Campbell based on Win % between 3-3 teams
6	Gardner-Webb	3-3	.500	9-10	.474	Ahead of Campbell based on Win % between 3-3 teams
7	Campbell	3-3	.500	10-7	.588
8	Radford	2-4	.333	6-12	.333
9	Hampton	1-3	.250	5-10	.333
10	High Point	1-3	.250	7-11	.412
11	Charleston Southern	1-5	.167	4-14	.222
12	Presbyterian	0-5	.000	8-12	.400

Conference Matrix

	Campbell	Charleston Southern	Gardner–Webb	Hampton	High Point	Longwood	North Carolina A&T	Presbyterian	Radford	UNC Asheville	USC Upstate	Winthrop
vs. Campbell	–	0-1				1-0	0-1		0-1	1-0		1-0
vs. Charleston Southern	1-0	–	1-0		0-1					1-0	1-0	1-0
vs. Gardner-Webb		0-1	–	0-1		1-0		0-1			1-0	1-0
vs. Hampton			1-0	–	0-1		1-0		1-0
vs. High Point		1-0		1-0	–		0-1				1-0
vs. Longwood	0-1		0-1			–		0-1	0-1
vs. North Carolina A&T	1-0			0-1	1-0		–	0-1	0-1	0-1
vs. Presbyterian			1-0			1-0	1-0	–			1-0	1-0
vs. Radford	1-0			0-1		1-0	1-0		–	1-0	0-1
vs. UNC Asheville	0-1	0-1					1-0		0-1	–	1-0	1-0
vs. USC Upstate		0-1	0-1		0-1			0-1	1-0	0-1	–
vs. Winthrop	0-1	0-1	0-1					0-1		0-1		−

Players of the Week

Week[4]	Player(s) of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School
Nov. 15	Ricky Clemens	Campbell	Jordan Gainey	USC Upstate
Nov. 22	Leslie Nkereuwem	Longwood	Zack Austin	High Point
Nov. 29	Patrick Good & Rayshon Harrison	Winthrop & Presbyterian	Jordan Gainey (2)	USC Upstate (2)
Dec. 6	John-Michael Wright	High Point	Zack Austin (2)	High Point (2)
Dec. 13	Drew Pember	UNC Ashville	Zack Austin (3)	High Point (3)
Dec. 20	Drew Pember (2)	UNC Ashville (2)	Jalen Breazeale	USC Upstate (3)
Dec. 27	D. J. Burns	Winthrop (2)	Zack Austin (4)	High Point (4)
Jan. 3	Zion Williams	Gardner-Webb	Zack Austin (5)	High Point (5)
Jan. 10	Anthony Seldon	Gardner-Webb (2)	Jordan Gainey (3)	USC Upstate (4)
Jan. 17	Isaiah Wilkins	Longwood (2)	Jordan Gainey (4)	USC Upstate (5)
Jan. 24	Drew Pember (3)	UNC Ashville (3)	Jordan Gainey (5)	USC Upstate (6)
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28

Records against other conferences

Power 7 Conferences	Record	Power 7 Conferences	Record
ACC	0-12	American	0-6
Big East	0-1	Big Ten	0-3
Big 12	0-1	Pac-12	1-2
SEC	1-8	Power 7 Total	2-33
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
America East	3-0	Atlantic 10	0-3
ASUN	3-3	Big Sky	None
Big West	None	Colonial	3-7
Conference USA	2-4	Horizon League	None
Ivy League	None	MAAC	0-1
MAC	0-1	MEAC	8-7
MVC	None	MWC	0-1
NEC	1-0	OVC	1-3
Patriot League	1-2	SoCon	10-15
Southland	1-0	SWAC	None
Summit League	None	Sun Belt	0-4
WAC	1-1	WCC	None
Other Division I Total			34-52
NCAA Division I Total			36-84
NCAA Division II Total			5-0
NCAA Division III Total			8-0
NAIA Total			7-0
NCCAA Total			9-0
USCAA Total			4-0
Total Non-Conference Record			69-85

Conference tournament

The 2022 Hercules Tire Big South tournament was held at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina from March 2 to March 6.^[5]

	First round Wednesday, March 2 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 ESPN+					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPN+					Final Sunday, March 6 ESPN2
						1	Longwood	79*
						9	North Carolina A&T	65
	8	Radford	71
	9	North Carolina A&T	78*
											1	Longwood	79
											4	USC Upstate	70
						4	USC Upstate	72
						12	Charleston Southern	62
	5	UNC Asheville	78
	12	Charleston Southern	79
																1	Longwood	79
																2	Winthrop	58
						2	Winthrop	68
						7	High Point	51
	7	High Point	84*
	10	Hampton	77
											2	Winthrop	76
											3	Gardner–Webb	67
						3	Gardner–Webb	54
						6	Campbell	53
	6	Campbell	75**
	11	Presbyterian	72

References

1. "Big South Announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball League Schedule". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
2. "Campbell, Winthrop Earn Top Spot in 2021-22 Men's Basketball Preseason Polls". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
3. "Big South Announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball Preseason Honors". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
4. "Men's Basketball Weekly Reports". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
5. "2022 Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships - Big South Conference". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.