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

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

On March 2, 2018, head coach Jayson Gee was fired.

On March 22, the school hired UMBC assistant Griff Aldrich as head coach.

They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Charleston Southern.