The Hawks, led by sixth year head coach King Rice, played their home games at OceanFirst Bank Center as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

1 seed in the MAAC tournament, they defeated Niagara before losing to Siena in the semifinals.

As a regular season conference champions who did not win their conference tournament, Monmouth received an automatic bid the National Invitation Tournament.

They defeated Rider and Fairfield to advance to the championship game of the MAAC tournament where they lost to Iona.

As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament.