2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

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.

2021–22 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
CBI, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
Division	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

2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball standings

	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

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
	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
	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.

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