2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2021
through March 2022
Teams11
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, ESPN+
Regular season
Season championsHouston
Season MVPKendric Davis, SMU
Tournament
ChampionsHouston
  Runners-upMemphis
2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Houston 15 3   .833 32 6   .842
SMU 13 4   .765 24 9   .727
Memphis 13 5   .722 22 11   .667
Temple 10 7   .588 17 12   .586
Tulane 10 8   .556 14 15   .483
UCF 9 9   .500 18 12   .600
Wichita State 6 9   .400 15 13   .536
Cincinnati 7 11   .389 18 15   .545
East Carolina 6 11   .353 15 15   .500
Tulsa 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
South Florida 3 15   .167 8 23   .258
2022 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 9, 2021. Conference play began December 15, 2021, and concluded with the 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, held March 10–13, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Scheduling returned to the previous format: an 18-game schedule in which every team in The American played eight of its 10 conference opponents twice and the other two opponents once—one at home and one on the road.