2021–22 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team

2021–22 Belmont Bruins men's basketball
NIT, first round
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record25–8 (15–3 OVC)
Head coach
Associate head coachBrian Ayers
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Rutigliano
  • Tyler Holloway
Home arenaCurb Event 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 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by third-year head coach Casey Alexander, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 25–8, 15–3 in OVC play, to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the OVC tournament to Morehead State. They received an invite to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) where they lost to Vanderbilt in the first round.

On September 18, 2021, Belmont announced that this would be the last season for the team in the OVC as they would join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022.