The team was led by head coach Jayson Gee, in his third season, and played their home games at Willett Hall in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference.

They defeated Radford in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to High Point.

They upset Presbyterian and regular season champion Charleston Southern to advance to the semifinals of the Big South tournament, where they lost to Winthrop.

[9] Two days later, former Georgia student manager Cody Anderson was named director of basketball operations.

[10] On October 9, Johnson and forward Jason Pimentel were suspended indefinitely, following their arrest on marijuana possession charges.