The Flyers, led by ninth year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

They won the program's first Atlantic 10 tournament title after defeating Temple in the championship game.

Dayton received the A-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were upset by Tulsa in the first round.

Following the season, Purnell accepted the head coaching position at Clemson.

The Flyers fell to Xavier in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament.