The season marked the final year prior to major renovations to Fifth Third Arena.

[1] The Bearcats were led by 11th-year head coach Mick Cronin and were members of the American Athletic Conference.

They beat Tulsa and UConn in the AAC tournament before losing to SMU in the championship game.

9 seed to the NCAA tournament where they lost to Saint Joseph's in the first round.

In addition, Gary Clark and Caupain were named to the Preseason All-AAC First Team.