2021–22 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season

The 2021–22 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 9. Conference play started in late December and will end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2022 SEC men's basketball tournament at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Offseason
The season was initially slated to begin on November 10, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prematurely ended the previous season and continues to affect the current one.

Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Preseason All-SEC teams

 * Honorable Mention

Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Records against other conferences
2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (November 9, 2021):

Regular season

Postseason

Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Points scored
Through March 18, 2021

Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school.

SEC tournament

 * March, 2022 at the Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

NCAA tournament
Teams from the conference were selected to participate:

National Invitation tournament
Number from the conference were selected to participate:

Players

 * Honorable Mention

AP

 * Honorable Mention

All-District
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:


 * District VIII

All-District Team

Player of the Year
 * District IX

All-District Team

Home game attendance
Bold – At or exceed capacity †Season high