2021–22 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team

2021–22 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record11–18 (6–12 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Rafferty
  • Joe Gutowski
  • Ricardo Rush Jr.
Home arenaWellness and Events Center
2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Vermont171 .944286  .824
UMBC117 .6111814  .563
Stony Brook*108 .5561813  .581
New Hampshire108 .5561513  .536
Hartford99 .5001220  .375
Albany99 .5001318  .419
Binghamton810 .4441217  .414
UMass Lowell711 .3891516  .484
NJIT612 .3331118  .379
Maine315 .167623  .207
2022 AmEast tournament winner
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022

The 2021–22 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by sixth-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as second-year members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 11–18, 6–12 in America East play, to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Vermont.