2021–22 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team represented Northern Kentucky University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Norse, led by third-year head coach Darrin Horn, played their home games at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Kentucky as members of the Horizon League.

2021–22 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	20–12 (14–6 Horizon)
Head coach	Darrin Horn (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	David Harris Eric Haut Simon McCormack
Home arena	BB&T Arena
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cleveland State	15	–	6		.714			20	–	11		.645
Purdue Fort Wayne	15	–	6		.714			21	–	12		.636
Northern Kentucky	14	–	6		.700			20	–	12		.625
Wright State †	15	–	7		.682			22	–	14		.611
Oakland	12	–	7		.632			20	–	12		.625
Detroit Mercy	10	–	7		.588			14	–	15		.483
Youngstown State	12	–	9		.571			19	–	15		.559
UIC	9	–	10		.474			14	–	16		.467
Milwaukee	8	–	14		.364			10	–	22		.313
Robert Morris	5	–	16		.238			8	–	23		.258
Green Bay	4	–	16		.200			5	–	25		.167
IUPUI	1	–	16		.059			3	–	26		.103
† 2022 Horizon League tournament winner

This was the final season in which the Norse's home was known as BB&T Arena. In 2020, the arena's sponsor BB&T merged with SunTrust to create Truist Financial. However, the merged company did not start branding its Kentucky locations with the new corporate name until late 2021. On April 5, 2022, the venue was officially renamed Truist Arena.^[1]

Previous season

The Norse finished the 2020–21 season 14–11, 11–7 in Horizon League play to finish in fourth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Detroit Mercy in quarterfinals,^[2] before losing to Oakland in the semifinals.^[3]

Roster

2021–22 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Isaiah Mason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bowling Green HS Bowling Green, KY G 1 Trey Robinson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Hamilton HS Hamilton, OH G 2 Sam Vinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Highlands HS Fort Thomas, KY G 3 Marques Warrick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Henry Clay HS Lexington, KY F 4 Adrian Nelson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Pickerington Central HS Pickerington, OH C 10 Imanuel Zorgvol 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Central Florida Christian Academy Paramaribo, Suriname G 11 Bryson Langdon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Arizona Western Chicago, IL F 13 David Böhm 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Montverde Academy Prague, Czech Republic F 14 Seybian Sims 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr North Dakota Iowa City, IA F 21 Chris Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Detroit Mercy Houston, TX G 22 Trevon Faulkner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Mercer County HS Harrodsburg, KY G 24 Jake Evans 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Male HS Louisville, KY G 34 Hubertas Pivorius 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Christopher Columbus HS Vilnius, Lithuania C 42 Noah Hupmann 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Covington Catholic HS Union, KY F/C 44 David Wassler 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr St. Xavier HS Cincinnati, OH	Head coach Darrin Horn (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) David Harris (Ashland) Eric Haut (Kent State) Simon McCormack (American) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 27, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2021* 7:00 pm		Lake Erie	W 75–64	–	BB&T Arena  Highland Heights, KY
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wheeling	W 82–54	1–0	Truist Arena (2,146) Highland Heights, KY
November 12, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UNC Greensboro	L 69–70 OT	1–1	Truist Arena (2,489) Highland Heights, KY
November 18, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Michigan Blue Demon Classic	W 74–73	2–1	BB&T Arena (2,220) Highland Heights, KY
November 22, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Illinois Blue Demon Classic	L 67–69	2–2	BB&T Arena (2,065) Highland Heights, KY
November 26, 2021* 5:00 pm, FS2		at DePaul Blue Demon Classic	L 68–77	2–3	Wintrust Arena (2,465) Chicago, IL
December 2, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 58–72	2–4 (0–1)	Wolstein Center (1,729) Cleveland, OH
December 4, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne	L 57–71	2–5 (0–2)	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,143) Fort Wayne, IN
December 8, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Canisius	W 75–62	3–5	BB&T Arena (2,235) Highland Heights, KY
December 12, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Alice Lloyd	W 91–55	4–5	BB&T Arena (1,897) Highland Heights, KY
December 18, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky	L 68–81 OT	4–6	McBrayer Arena (3,057) Richmond, KY
December 22, 2021* 7:00 pm, BTN		at Indiana	L 61–79	4–7	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,497) Bloomington, IN
December 30, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Green Bay	W 79-74	5–7 (1–2)	BB&T Arena (2,384) Highland Heights, KY
January 1, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Milwaukee	L 55–61	5–8 (1–3)	BB&T Arena (2,365) Highland Heights, KY
January 6, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		IUPUI	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols		BB&T Arena  Highland Heights, KY
January 8, 2022 2:00 pm, BSOH		UIC	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols		BB&T Arena  Highland Heights, KY
January 10, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	Postponed to Jan. 25 due to COVID-19 protocols		BB&T Arena  Highland Heights, KY
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Youngstown State	W 68–67	6–8 (2–3)	Beeghly Center (1634) Youngstown, OH
January 15, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Robert Morris	L 64–74	6–9 (2–4)	UPMC Events Center (703) Moon Township, PA
January 20, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UIC	W 74–70 OT	7–9 (3–4)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,024) Chicago, IL
January 22, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at IUPUI	W 60–41	8–9 (4–4)	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (795) Indianapolis, IN
January 25, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State Rescheduled from January 10	W 73–63	9–9 (5–4)	BB&T Arena (2421) Highland Heights, KY
January 28, 2022 7:00 pm, BSOH		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 59–49	10–9 (6–4)	BB&T Arena (2,563) Highland Heights, KY
January 30, 2022 12:00 pm, BSOH		Cleveland State	W 78–72	11–9 (7–4)	BB&T Arena (1993) Highland Heights, KY
February 4, 2022 7:00 pm, BSOH		Oakland	W 87–78 OT	12–9 (8–4)	BB&T Arena (2,073) Highland Heights, KY
February 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	L 68–74	12–10 (8–5)	BB&T Arena (3,100) Highland Heights, KY
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Milwaukee	W 75–39	13–10 (9–5)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,931) Milwaukee, WI
February 11, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Green Bay	W 71–62	14–10 (10–5)	Kress Events Center (1,735) Green Bay, WI
February 13, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wright State	W 75–71	15–10 (11–5)	Nutter Center (3,232) Dayton, OH
February 18, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	L 52–60	15–11 (11–6)	Calihan Hall (1,441) Detroit, MI
February 20, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oakland	W 71–66	16–11 (12–6)	Athletics Center O'rena (3,505) Auburn Hills, MI
February 24, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Robert Morris	W 78–64	17–11 (13–6)	BB&T Arena (3,300) Highland Heights, KY
February 26, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 75–61	18–11 (14–6)	BB&T Arena (2,747) Highland Heights, KY
Horizon League tournament
March 3, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(3)	(6) Detroit Mercy Quarterfinals	W 77–59	19–11	BB&T Arena (2,177) Highland Heights, KY
March 7, 2022 9:30 pm, ESPN2	(3)	vs. (2) Purdue Fort Wayne Semifinals	W 57–43	20–11	Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
March 8, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN	(3)	vs. (4) Wright State Championship	L 71–72	20–12	Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[4]