2021–22 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Zac Claus, the Vandals played their home games on campus at the new Idaho Central Credit Union Arena in Moscow, Idaho.

2021–22 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	9–22 (6–14 Big Sky)
Head coach	Zac Claus (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tim Marrion Kenny Tripp Johnny Hill
Home arena	ICCU Arena
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	16	–	4		.800			27	–	8		.771
Southern Utah	14	–	6		.700			23	–	12		.657
Northern Colorado	13	–	7		.650			22	–	16		.579
Weber State	13	–	7		.650			21	–	12		.636
Montana	11	–	9		.550			18	–	14		.563
Eastern Washington	11	–	9		.550			18	–	16		.529
Portland State	10	–	10		.500			14	–	17		.452
Sacramento State	6	–	14		.300			11	–	18		.379
Idaho	6	–	14		.300			9	–	22		.290
Idaho State	5	–	15		.250			7	–	23		.233
Northern Arizona	5	–	15		.250			9	–	23		.281
† Conference tournament winner

Previous season

Main article: 2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The previous season had been intended to be the 46th and final season for basketball in the Kibbie Dome, configured as the "Cowan Spectrum" for basketball since February 2001. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 football season in the Big Sky was delayed until the spring of 2021. and home basketball games were moved to Memorial Gymnasium,

The Vandals finished the 2020–21 season with a 1–21 record (1–17 in Big Sky, last). In the conference tournament, they lost to Montana in the quarterfinals.^[1]

Roster

2021–22 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Michael Hanshaw 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Westlake HS Moorpark, CA G 1 RJ Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Fr Decatur Eisenhower HS Decatur, IL G 2 Yusef Salih 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Highland School Gainesville, VA G 3 Mikey Dixon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Grand Canyon New Castle, DE G 4 Trevante Anderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr San Francisco Tacoma, WA G 5 JeMeil King 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Bellevue Oakland, CA G 10 Nolan Bertain 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Portland, OR G 11 Kendall McHugh 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So College of Southern Idaho Centreville, VA F 15 Philip Pepple Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr SIU Edwardsville Shoreline, WA G 20 Ethan Kilgore 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr East Buchanan HS Gower, MO G 21 Gabe Quinnett 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Moscow HS Moscow, ID G 23 Rashad Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Grand Canyon Chandler, AZ F 32 Tanner Christensen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr University HS Spokane Valley, WA G 33 Jack Hatten 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Garces Memorial HS Bakersfield, CA	Head coach Zac Claus (Eastern Washington) Assistant coach(es) Tim Marrion (Washington State) Kenny Tripp (Regis) Johnny Hill (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 7, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2021* 6:00 pm		Evergreen State	W 73–56	–	ICCU Arena  Moscow, ID
November 4, 2021* 6:00 pm		Yellowstone Christian	W 108–68	–	ICCU Arena  Moscow, ID
Regular season
November 10, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Long Beach State	L 89–95 OT	0–1	ICCU Arena (1,723) Moscow, ID
November 12, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		George Fox	W 95–85	1–1	ICCU Arena (1,307) Moscow, ID
November 15, 2021* 7:00 pm		at Fresno State SoCal Challenge campus-site game	L 62–69	1–2	Save Mart Center (3,388) Fresno, CA
November 18, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Washington State Battle of the Palouse	L 61–109	1–3	ICCU Arena (2,727) Moscow, ID
November 22, 2021* 2:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Utah Valley SoCal Challenge Sand Division semifinals	L 45–83	1–4	The Pavilion at JSerra (317) San Juan Capistrano, CA
November 24, 2021* 12:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. Cal Poly SoCal Challenge Sand Division 3rd place game	L 63–67	1–5	The Pavilion at JSerra (1,700) San Juan Capistrano, CA
November 27, 2021* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Dakota State	L 73–90	1–6	Scheels Center (1,896) Fargo, ND
December 4, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Utah	L 75–81	1–7 (0–1)	ICCU Arena (1,043) Moscow, ID
December 8, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		South Dakota State	W 98–84	2–7	ICCU Arena (1,051) Moscow, ID
December 11, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 58–59	2–8	Icardo Center (899) Bakersfield, CA
December 18, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		SAGU	W 84–55	3–8	ICCU Arena (1,105) Moscow, ID
December 22, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Riverside	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols		SRC Arena  Riverside, CA
January 6, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana State	L 72–92	3–9 (0–2)	ICCU Arena (50) Moscow, ID
January 8, 2022 3:30 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington	L 93–96	3–10 (0–3)	Reese Court (1,351) Cheney, WA
January 13, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Weber State	L 74–84	3–11 (0–4)	Dee Events Center (2,822) Ogden, UT
January 15, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho State Battle of the Domes	L 74–81	3–12 (0–5)	Reed Gym (1,474) Pocatello, ID
January 17, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Arizona Rescheduled from December 30	L 72–74	3–13 (0–6)	Walkup Skydome (418) Flagstaff, AZ
January 20, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Colorado	L 70–87	3–14 (0–7)	ICCU Arena (1,069) Moscow, ID
January 22, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	W 73–72 OT	4–14 (1–7)	ICCU Arena (1,134) Moscow, ID
January 24, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland State Rescheduled from January 1	W 84–79	5–14 (2–7)	Viking Pavilion (563) Portland, OR
January 27, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana	L 62–81	5–15 (2–8)	Dahlberg Arena (3,014) Missoula, MT
January 29, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana State	L 62–70	5–16 (2–9)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (3,481) Bozeman, MT
February 3, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Utah	L 59–75	5–17 (2–10)	America First Event Center (2,033) Cedar City, UT
February 10, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho State Battle of the Domes	L 70–79	5–18 (2–11)	ICCU Arena (1,323) Moscow, ID
February 12, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Weber State	W 83–79	6–18 (3–11)	ICCU Arena (1,059) Moscow, ID
February 17, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana	W 82–76	7–18 (4–11)	ICCU Arena (1,310) Moscow, ID
February 19, 2022 4:30 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Washington	W 83–80	8–18 (5–11)	ICCU Arena (2,230) Moscow, ID
February 24, 2022 7:05 pm, ESPN+		at Sacramento State	L 51–83	8–19 (5–12)	Hornets Nest (565) Sacramento, CA
February 26, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	L 94–98	8–20 (5–13)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,421) Greeley, CO
March 3, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland State	L 68–79	8–21 (5–14)	ICCU Arena (1,231) Moscow, ID
March 5, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Arizona	W 78–69	9–21 (6–14)	ICCU Arena (1,442) Moscow, ID
Big Sky tournament
March 9, 2022 8:30 am, ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) Sacramento State First round	L 54–57	9–22	Idaho Central Arena  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

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