2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team

2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record7–12 (6–10 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Rafferty
  • Kim Waiters
  • Joe Gutowski
  • Danny Manuel
Home arenaWellness and Events Center
2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UMBC 10 4   .714 14 6   .700
Vermont 10 4   .714 10 5   .667
New Hampshire 9 6   .600 10 9   .526
Hartford 8 6   .571 15 9   .625
Albany 6 6   .500 7 9   .438
UMass Lowell 7 8   .467 11 12   .478
Stony Brook 7 9   .438 9 14   .391
NJIT 6 10   .375 7 12   .368
Binghamton 4 10   .286 4 14   .222
Maine 2 6   .250 2 7   .222
2021 AmEast tournament winner
Maine suspended its season on February 13, 2021.

The 2020–21 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as first-year members of the America East Conference. In a season limited by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Highlanders finished the season 7–12, 6–10 in America East play, to finish in eighth place. They lost to Albany in the first round of the America East tournament.