The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Under the direction of head coach Steve Fisher, the team finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten Conference.

[3] The team was ranked for sixteen of the eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season ranked ninth, peaking at number fourth and ending unranked,[4] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.

Both marks continue to be school bests but carry an asterisk due to Bullock's participation in the University of Michigan basketball scandal.

[11] The team set a new school record for single-season three-point shots made (203), which they would rebreak the following season.