2021–22 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

2021–22 Austin Peay Governors basketball
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record12–17 (8–10 OVC)
Head coach
Associate head coachMichael Cotton
Assistant coaches
  • Brett Carey
  • Jason Harris
Home arenaWinfield Dunn Center
2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Murray State 18 0   1.000 31 3   .912
Belmont 15 3   .833 25 8   .758
Morehead State 13 5   .722 23 11   .676
Southeast Missouri State 8 9   .471 14 18   .438
Tennessee State 8 10   .444 14 18   .438
Austin Peay 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
Tennessee Tech 7 10   .412 11 21   .344
SIU Edwardsville 5 13   .278 11 21   .344
UT Martin 4 14   .222 8 22   .267
Eastern Illinois 3 15   .167 5 26   .161
2022 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team represented Austin Peay State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by first-year head coach Nate James, played their home games at the Winfield Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 12–17, 8–10 in OVC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the OVC tournament, they lost to Tennessee Tech in the first round.

The season marked the end of one era for Austin Peay, and was originally intended to be the end of a second. After the season, the Governors left the OVC, their home since 1962, to join the ASUN Conference. The season was intended to be the Governors' last at the Dunn Center, with the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville originally set to open for the 2022–23 season. However, the opening of the new arena was later delayed to July 2023.