The 1921–22 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1921–22 season. The team compiled a record of 15–4, and 8–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents. Purdue won the Big Ten championship with an 8–1 record in conference play. Michigan finished in second place out of ten teams. E. J. Mather was in his third year as the team's coach, and Walter "Bud" Rea was the team captain.
Michigan's 1920-21 team had won the school's first Big Ten basketball championship, but several key players were lost to graduation or schoolwork. Arthur Karpus and Jack Williams were lost to graduation and "Duke" Dunne chose to focus on his legal studies rather than play basketball. Fifty-five to sixty men turned out for varsity basketball practice in October, and Mather conducted early practices emphasizing "the rudiments of the game, passing, throwing, and blocking." By early December, Mather had cut the squad to 25 players.
Two Michigan players, Gilbert Ely and Bill Miller, ranked among the top five scorers in the Big Ten Conference and were selected as All-Big Ten players. Miller ranked as the third high scorer in the Conference with 139 points in 11 Conference games on 34 field goals and 71 out of 98 free throws. Ely ranked fifth in the Conference with 101 points.
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