2021–22 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

2021–22 Bucknell Bison men's basketball
2021–22 Bucknell Bison men's basketball
Conference	Patriot League
2021–22 record	9–23 (5–13 Patriot)
Head coach	Nathan Davis (7th season);
Associate head coach	Paul Harrison
Assistant coaches	Joe Meehan; Johnathan Brown;
Home arena	Sojka Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by seventh-year head coach Nathan Davis, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.

Previous season[]

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bison finished the 2020–21 season 5–7, 4–6 in Patriot League play to finish in second place in the Central Division. As the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they upset Lafayette in the quarterfinals,^[1] before losing to eventual tournament champions Colgate in the semifinals.^[2]

Roster[]

2021–22 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Ian Motta	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Fr	Allen	Allen, TX
F	3	Malachi Rhodes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Wheeler	Marietta, GA
G	5	Elvin Edmonds IV	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Hopewell	Hopewell, VA
G	10	Andrew Funk	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Sr	Archbishop Wood	Warrington, PA
G	11	Josh Adoh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	So	Combine Academy	Bellflower, CA
F	12	Brock Newton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Toronto Basketball Academy	Fergus, ON
G	13	Josh Bascoe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Putnam Science Academy	Milton, ON
G	21	Xander Rice	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	The Patrick School	West Long Branch, NJ
C	23	Andre Screen	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	So	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	Alexandria, VA
G	25	Alek Delev	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	So	Second English Language School	Sofia, Bulgaria
F	32	Jake van der Heijden	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Jr	Ravenscroft	Raleigh, NC
C	40	Alex Timmerman	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Jr	Crystal Lake Central	Crystal Lake, IL

Head coach

Nathan Davis (Randolph–Macon)

Assistant coach(es)

Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee)
Joe Meehan (Lebanon Valley)
Johnathan Brown (Dominican)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 3, 2021

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 8:00 pm, ACCNX		at NC State	L 70–88	0–1	PNC Arena (13,131) Raleigh, NC
November 14, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Penn	L 68–73	0–2	Sojka Pavilion (1,406) Lewisburg, PA
November 17, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Rider	W 81–74	1–2	Sojka Pavilion (1,176) Lewisburg, PA
November 20, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State Cancún Challenge campus game	L 100–105 ^OT	1–3	Redbird Arena (2,576) Normal, IL
November 23, 2021* 3:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. Mercer Cancún Challenge Mayan semifinal	L 68–78	1–4	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (133) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2021* 12:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Rider Cancún Challenge Mayan consolation	L 79–85	1–5	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (103) Cancún, Mexico
November 28, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Siena	W 65–56 ^OT	2–5	Sojka Pavilion (1,146) Lewisburg, PA
December 1, 2021* 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Saint Francis (PA)	L 67–93	2–6	DeGol Arena (289) Loretto, PA
December 4, 2021* 2:00 pm, SNY/FloHoops		at Hofstra	L 69–88	2–7	Mack Sports Complex (1,978) Hempstead, NY
December 7, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Princeton	L 69–82	2–8	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
December 18, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+/WQMY		La Salle	W 82–70	3–8	Sojka Pavilion (1,230) Lewisburg, PA
December 22, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 50–81	3–9	Robins Center (5,037) Richmond, VA
December 29, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues		SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
Patriot League regular season
January 1, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Boston University	L 61–63	3–10 (0–1)	Case Gym (414) Boston, MA
January 4, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Army	L 89–96	3–11 (0–2)	Sojka Pavilion (807) Lewisburg, PA
January 7, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Navy	L 55–73	3–12 (0–3)	Alumni Hall (1,008) Annapolis, MD
January 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola (MD)	L 67–71	3–13 (0–4)	Reitz Arena (250) Baltimore, MD
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Lehigh	L 64–97	3–14 (0–5)	Sojka Pavilion (684) Lewisburg, PA
January 16, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at American	L 55–63	3–15 (0–6)	Bender Arena (450) Washington, D.C.
January 19, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Colgate	L 56–75	3–16 (0–7)	Sojka Pavilion (874) Lewisburg, PA
January 22, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Holy Cross	W 68–65	4–16 (1–7)	Hart Center (191) Worcester, MA
January 26, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+/WQMY		Navy	L 63–81	4–17 (1–8)	Sojka Pavilion (701) Lewisburg, PA
January 30, 2022 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Loyola (MD)	W 82–80 ^OT	5–17 (2–8)	Sojka Pavilion (771) Lewisburg, PA
February 2, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Colgate	L 69–83	5–18 (2–9)	Cotterell Court (405) Hamilton, NY
February 5, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lafayette	L 72–74 ^OT	5–19 (2–10)	Kirby Sports Center (1,667) Easton, PA
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		American	W 68–66	6–19 (3–10)	Sojka Pavilion (633) Lewisburg, PA
February 12, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+/WQMY		Holy Cross	L 72–78	6–20 (3–11)	Sojka Pavilion (947) Lewisburg, PA
February 14, 2022 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Lehigh	L 77–86	6–21 (3–12)	Stabler Arena (659) Bethlehem, PA
February 19, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Lafayette	W 92–89 ^OT	7–21 (4–12)	Sojka Pavilion (883) Lewisburg, PA
February 23, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Army	L 60–73	7–22 (4–13)	Christl Arena (637) West Point, NY
February 26, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Boston University	W 89–78	8–22 (5–13)	Sojka Pavilion (1,031) Lewisburg, PA
Patriot League Tournament
March 1, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(9)	at (8) Lafayette First Round	W 82–81 ^OT	9–22	Kirby Sports Center (1,740) Easton, PA
March 3, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(9)	at (1) Colgate Quarterfinals	L 68–96	9–23	Cotterell Court (1,414) Hamilton, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "Men's Basketball Headed Back to Patriot League Semifinals after 92–84 Win at Lafayette". Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "No. 2 Raiders and No. 9 Greyhounds Advance to the 2021 PenFed Credit Union Men's Basketball Championship Game". Patriot League. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "2021–22 Bucknell Bison Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[1] "Men's Basketball Headed Back to Patriot League Semifinals after 92–84 Win at Lafayette". Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[2] "No. 2 Raiders and No. 9 Greyhounds Advance to the 2021 PenFed Credit Union Men's Basketball Championship Game". Patriot League. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[3] "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[4] "2021–22 Bucknell Bison Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

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v t Bucknell Bison men's basketball
Venues	Tustin Gymnasium (1895–1938) Davis Gym (1938-2003) Sojka Pavilion (2003–present)
Culture & lore	""
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1988–89 2004–05 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Colgate †	16	–	2	.889	23	–	12	.657
Navy	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Boston University	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
Lehigh	10	–	8	.556	13	–	19	.406
Army	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
Loyola	8	–	10	.444	14	–	16	.467
Holy Cross	7	–	11	.389	9	–	22	.290
Lafayette	7	–	11	.389	10	–	20	.333
Bucknell	5	–	13	.278	9	–	23	.281
American	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313

† 2022 Patriot League Tournament winner