The Owls, led by tenth year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at the Liacouras Center and were members the American Athletic Conference.

They defeated South Florida in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UConn.

They received an at-large bid as a #10 seed to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Iowa.

They advanced to the semifinals of the AAC tournament before losing to SMU.

They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bucknell, George Washington, and Louisiana Tech to advance to the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden.