1921–22 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
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.
[2] 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.
Back (from left): Henry Stricker, Gilbert Ely, Charles Pearman, E. J. Mather
Front (from left): Howard Birks, Harry Kipke , Walter Rea, Meyer Paper, George W. Miller