2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
CBI, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
Record	19–15 (11–7 C-USA)
Head coach	Dusty May (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Kyle Church; Todd Abernethy; Drew Williamson;
Home arena	FAU Arena
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Middle Tennessee	13	–	5	.722	26	–	11	.703
Western Kentucky	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Florida Atlantic	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Charlotte	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Old Dominion	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
FIU	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Marshall	4	–	14	.222	12	–	21	.364
West
North Texas	16	–	2	.889	25	–	7	.781
UAB †	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
UTEP	11	–	7	.611	20	–	14	.588
Rice	7	–	11	.389	16	–	17	.485
UTSA	3	–	15	.167	10	–	22	.313
Southern Miss	1	–	17	.056	7	–	26	.212

† 2022 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Dusty May, played their home games at FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of East Division of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2020-21 season 13–10, 7–5 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in East Division. They defeated UTEP in the second round of the C-USA tournament but then lost to Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jailyn Ingram	15	F	6'7"	219	Senior	Madison, GA	Graduate transferred to Georgia
Branndon Patrick	22	G	6'7"	173	Freshman	North Lauderdale, FL	Walk-on; didn't return
Karlis Silins	25	F/C	6'11"	249	RS Junior	Riga, Latvia	Signed to play professionally in Latvia with BK Liepāja
Joe French	30	G	6'5"	180	RS Junior	Orlando, FL	Transferred to Bethune–Cookman

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Bitumba Baruti	20	F	6'7"	220	Graduate Student	Lubumbashi, DR Congo	East Carolina
Brandon Weatherspoon	23	G	6'4"	186	Junior	Canton, MS	Holmes CC
Vladislav Goldin	50	F	7'1"	240	Sophomore	Nalchik, Russia	Texas Tech

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bogdan Zimonjić SG	Gimnazija "Sveti Sava"	Belgrade, Serbia	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 19, 2021
Bogdan Zimonjić SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Tre Carroll PF	Charlotte	Punta Gorda, FL	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Oct 17, 2020
Tre Carroll PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 27, 2021.

Roster

2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Nicholas Boyd	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Don Bosco Prep	Garnerville, New York
F	1	Madiaw Niang	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	DME Academy	Dakar, Senegal
G	2	Everett Winchester	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	GS	Gilman School Wright State	Baltimore, Maryland
F	3	Giancarlo Rosado	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	So	Palm Beach Lakes HS	West Palm Beach, Florida
G	4	Bryan Greenlee	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	Jr	The Rock School Minnesota	Gainesville, Florida
G	5	Bogdan Zimonjic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Saint Sava Gymmasium	Belgrade, Serbia
G	10	Johnell Davis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	So	21st Century Charter	Gary, Indiana
G	11	Michael Forrest	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Blanche Ely HS	Lauderhill, Florida
F	12	Tre Carroll	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Fr	Charlotte HS	Punta Gorda, Florida
G	13	Kenan Blackshear	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Jones HS	Orlando, Florida
G	15	Alijah Martin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	North Pike HS	Summit, Mississippi
F	20	Bitumba Baruti	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Mountain Mission School East Carolina	Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
G	21	Alejandro Ralat (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS So	Saint Andrew's School	San Juan, Puerto Rico
G	23	Brandon Weatherspoon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Canton HS Holmes CC	Canton, Mississippi
F	32	Brant Ulmer (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Suwannee HS	Live Oak, Florida
F	35	Dardan Kapiti	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Jr	The Rock School	Pristina, Kosovo
C	50	Vladislav Goldin	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Putnam Science Academy Texas Tech	Nalchik, Russia

Head coach

Dusty May (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyle Church (Charlotte)
Todd Abernethy (Mississippi)
Drew Williamson (Old Dominion)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 3, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2021* 7:00 pm		Lynn	W 69–54		FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2021* 9:00 p.m., Stadium		at New Mexico	L 92–99	0–1	The Pit (8,553) Albuquerque, NM
November 13, 2021* 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Warner	W 78-56	1–1	FAU Arena (1,089) Boca Raton, FL
November 16, 2021* 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Miami (FL)	L 66–68	1–2	FAU Arena (2,772) Boca Raton, FL
November 19, 2021* 6:00 pm, CUSA.tv		UT Martin The Paradise Classic	W 75–67	2–2	FAU Arena (1,064) Boca Raton, FL
November 20, 2021* 6:00 pm, CUSA.tv		North Dakota The Paradise Classic	W 98–79	3–2	FAU Arena (926) Boca Raton, FL
November 22, 2021* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Troy The Paradise Classic	L 78–83 ^OT	3–3	FAU Arena (988) Boca Raton, FL
November 28, 2021* 2:00 pm, CUSA.tv		James Madison	L 65–69	3–4	FAU Arena (939) Boca Raton, FL
December 1, 2021* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Stetson	W 83–73	4–4	FAU Arena (1,347) Boca Raton, FL
December 5, 2021* 2:00 pm, CUSA.tv		North Florida	W 76–41	5–4	FAU Arena (1,358) Boca Raton, FL
December 8, 2021* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Palm Beach Atlantic	W 84–63	6–4	FAU Arena (1,045) Boca Raton, FL
December 15, 2021* 7:00 pm, MASN/ESPN+		at VCU	L 46–66	6–5	Siegel Center (6,907) Richmond, VA
December 17, 2021* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Florida Tech	W 78–55	7–5	FAU Arena (1,089) Boca Raton, FL
December 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ESPN+		at High Point	L 52–55	7–6	Qubein Arena (2,216) High Point, NC
Conference USA regular season
January 8, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ESPN+		at Marshall	W 90–77	8–6 (1–0)	Cam Henderson Center (4,115) Huntington, WV
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		at Middle Tennessee	L 57–70	8–7 (1–1)	Murphy Center (2,515) Murfreesboro, TN
January 15, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN3/ESPN+		at UAB	L 65–76	8–8 (1–2)	Bartow Arena (3,456) Birmingham, AL
January 17, 2022 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Charlotte Rescheduled from December 30	W 96–67	9–8 (2–2)	FAU Arena (1,029) Boca Raton, FL
January 20, 2022 7:00 pm, CBSSN		Western Kentucky	W 78–69	10–8 (3–2)	FAU Arena (1,305) Boca Raton, FL
January 22, 2022 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Marshall	W 71–60	11–8 (4–2)	FAU Arena (1,721) Boca Raton, FL
January 27, 2022 9:00 pm, CUSA.tv		at UTEP	L 68–70	11–9 (4–3)	Don Haskins Center (4,458) El Paso, TX
January 29, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN3/ESPN+		at UTSA	W 73–64	12–9 (5–3)	Convocation Center (1,129) San Antonio, TX
February 3, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 83–73	13–9 (6–3)	FAU Arena (1,683) Boca Raton, FL
February 5, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN3/ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 84–57	14–9 (7–3)	FAU Arena (1,366) Boca Raton, FL
February 8, 2022 6:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Old Dominion Rescheduled from January 1	W 81–62	15–9 (8–3)	FAU Arena (1,106) Boca Raton, FL
February 10, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Kentucky	L 69–76	15–10 (8–4)	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,547) Bowling Green, KY
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	L 51–54	15–11 (8–5)	FAU Arena (1,774) Boca Raton, FL
February 19, 2022 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Middle Tennessee	L 79–87	15–12 (8–6)	FAU Arena (1,977) Boca Raton, FL
February 24, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 51–70	15–13 (8–7)	Chartway Arena (4,376) Norfolk, VA
February 26, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 74–69	16–13 (9–7)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,136) Charlotte, NC
March 3, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at FIU	W 71–51	17–13 (10–7)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (3,763) Miami, FL
March 5, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		FIU	W 84–76	18–13 (11–7)	FAU Arena (2,027) Boca Raton, FL
Conference USA tournament
March 9, 2022 9:30 pm, ESPN+	(E3)	vs. (W7) Southern Miss Second round	W 86–59	19–13	Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
March 10, 2022 9:30 pm, Stadium	(E3)	vs. (W2) UAB Quarterfinals	L 66–80	19–14	Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
CBI
March 20, 2022 2:30 pm, FloHoops	(5)	vs. (12) Northern Colorado First Round	L 71–74	19–15	Ocean Center (762) Daytona Beach, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[1]

Notes

References

^ "Mens Basketball Schedule 2021-2022". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2021.

[1] "Mens Basketball Schedule 2021-2022". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2021.

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v t e Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics