Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Larrañaga, they played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Loyola–Chicago.

They defeated Syracuse in the second round of the ACC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Carolina.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #8 seed in the Midwest region where they lost in the first round to #9 Michigan State.

On September 26, 2017 federal prosecutors in New York announced that various schools were under investigation for an alleged "pay for play" scheme involving recruits at various schools including Miami.