The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum!

They finished 31–6, 15–3 in AAC play to win the regular season conference championship, sharing the title with Cincinnati.

In their 40th NCAA tournament appearance, the defending national champions defeated Manhattan and Saint Louis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to rival Kentucky.

[8] On April 12, Ware confirmed to ESPN.com that his destination would be Georgia State, near his family's current Atlanta-area home.

The Cardinals opened American Athletic play with road victories over UCF and Rutgers before returning home and losing to #24 Memphis.

[14] By virtue of losing a coin flip the Cardinals were the #2 seed in the tournament and faced Rutgers in the quarterfinal round.

They defeated #5 seed St. Louis in the third round, but their reign as defending champs ended when the Cardinals were dethroned by #8 Kentucky 74–69 in the Sweet 16, finishing 31–6.