The Huskies, led by sixth-year head coach Mark Montgomery, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

They defeated Western Michigan in the first round of the MAC tournament before losing to Ohio in the quarterfinals.

They received an invitation to the inaugural Vegas 16, which only had eight teams, and lost in the quarterfinals to UC Santa Barbara.

Northern Illinois was picked to finish in third place in the West Division in the MAC preseason poll.

[1] Marin Maric was selected to the West Division All-MAC preseason team.