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 were led by first-year head coach Dwayne Killings and played their home games at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, New York as members of the America East Conference. They finished 13–18, 9–9 in America East play, to finish a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Hartford.^[1]

2021–22 Albany Great Danes men's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	13–18 (9–9 America East)
Head coach	Dwayne Killings (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Hamlet Tibbs Matt Griffin Dannton Jackson
Home arena	SEFCU Arena
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	17	–	1		.944			28	–	6		.824
UMBC	11	–	7		.611			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook*	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
New Hampshire	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Hartford	9	–	9		.500			12	–	20		.375
Albany	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Binghamton	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
UMass Lowell	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
NJIT	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Maine	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
† 2022 AmEast tournament winner *Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022

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,^[2] before losing to Hartford in the quarterfinals.^[3]

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.^[4] On March 17, the school announced that they had hired Marquette associate head coach Dwayne Killings to be the Great Danes' next head coach.^[5]

Roster

2021–22 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ny'Mire Little 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Fr Westtown School Chester, PA G 1 Will Amica 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So West Genesee HS Syracuse, NY F 2 De'Vondre Perry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Temple Baltimore, MD G/F 3 Trey Hutcheson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Linn-Mar HS Marion, IA F 4 Jarvis Doles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) GS Drexel Baltimore, MD G 5 Jamel Horton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Pratt CC Queens, NY F 10 Aaron Reddish 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Pebblebrook HS Norristown, PA F 11 Tairi Ketner 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Fr Woodstock Academy South Philadelphia, PA F 12 Justin Neely 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr West Oaks Academy Miami, FL G/F 13 Gerald Drumgoole 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Jr Pittsburgh Rochester, NY G 20 Matt Cerruti 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) GS Lock Haven Huntingdon Valley, PA G/F 23 Sam Shafer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Southern Illinois Frankfort, IL C 24 Paul Newman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Bucknell Philadelphia, PA G 25 Luke Fizulich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Marquette Harrington Park, NJ G 30 Chuck Champion 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) GS Loyola (MD) Philadelphia, PA	Head coach Dwayne Killings (Hampton) Assistant coach(es) Hamlet Tibbs (West Virginia) Matt Griffin (Boston University) Dannton Jackson (Xavier) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 24, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Towson	L 56–77	0–1	SEFCU Arena (4,215) Albany, NY
November 13, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at La Salle	L 64–67	0–2	Tom Gola Arena (3,047) Philadelphia, PA
November 17, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Harvard	L 53–60	0–3	SEFCU Arena (2,684) Albany, NY
November 20, 2021* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Invitational	L 64–77	0–4	McBrayer Arena (2,251) Richmond, KY
November 22, 2021* 7:00 p.m., 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 p.m.		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 p.m.		Columbia	W 60–59	2–7	SEFCU Arena (2,245) Albany, NY
December 13, 2021* 8:00 p.m.		at Boston College	W 61–57	3–7	Conte Forum (3,872) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 18, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		vs. Niagara	L 58–66	3–8	KeyBank Center  Buffalo, NY
December 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m.		at Lehigh	W 68–52	4–8	Stabler Arena (602) Bethlehem, PA
December 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m.		Bucknell	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues		SEFCU Arena  Albany, NY
America East Conference regular season
January 6, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Binghamton	L 79–88	4–9 (0–1)	SEFCU Arena (1,067) Albany, NY
January 8, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 62–64	4–10 (0–2)	Lundholm Gym (339) Durham, NH
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 57–47	5–10 (1–2)	SEFCU Arena (1,164) Albany, NY
January 15, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN3		NJIT	W 71–56	6–10 (2–2)	SEFCU Arena (1,225) Albany, NY
January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at UMBC	W 66–54	7–10 (3–2)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (817) Catonsville, MD
January 22, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Stony Brook	L 75–86	7–11 (3–3)	SEFCU Arena (2,389) Albany, NY
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 64–62 OT	8–11 (4–3)	Costello Athletic Center (455) Lowell, MA
January 29, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at NJIT	W 64–53	9–11 (5–3)	Wellness and Events Center (229) Newark, NJ
January 31, 2022 7:00 p.m., 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 p.m., ESPN+		UMBC	L 53–59	9–13 (5–5)	SEFCU Arena (1,648) Albany, NY
February 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Hartford	W 71–52	10–13 (6–5)	Chase Arena (245) West Hartford, CT
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Maine	L 63–73	10–14 (6–6)	SEFCU Arena (1,544) Albany, NY
February 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Vermont	L 63–76	10–15 (6–7)	SEFCU Arena (2,403) Albany, NY
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Binghamton	W 68–67	11–15 (7–7)	Binghamton University Events Center (3,835) Vestal, NY
February 19, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 70–65	12–15 (8–7)	SEFCU Arena (2,208) Albany, NY
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Maine	W 72–68	13–15 (9–7)	Memorial Gymnasium (581) Orono, ME
February 26, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Stony Brook	L 50–66	13–16 (9–8)	Island Federal Arena (3,048) Stony Brook, NY
March 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Hartford	L 55–67	13–17 (9–9)	SEFCU Arena (1,803) Albany, NY
America East tournament
March 6, 2022 2:00 p.m., 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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