The 2021–22 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The team is led by seventh-year head coach Rick Barnes, and plays their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.

They defeated Florida in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament before losing to Alabama in the semifinals.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a 5th seed in the Midwest Region where they got upset by Oregon State in the first round.