Guard De'Monte Buckingham was named to the Southern Conference Sports Media Association third team.

[2] On April 19, 2021, Mike Jones, previously of Radford, was hired to be the new head men's basketball coach.

[3] Nine players entered the transfer portal with graduate student Hayden Koval and sophomores Jarrett Hensley and A.J.

[4][5] Senior Kaleb Hunter and junior Bas Leyte withdrew from the transfer portal and chose to stay at UNCG.

[6] The Spartans mitigated those transfer losses with transfers of their own, bringing in Graduate Student De'Monte Buckingham from Cal State-Bakersfield, Senior Dante Treacy from Robert Morris, and Junior Jalen White from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, all of whom were expected to make an impact on Mike Jones's team.