The Privateers were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Slessinger and played their home games at Lakefront Arena as members of the Southland Conference.

5 seed in the Southland tournament, they defeated Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the first round[1] before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals.

[2] They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Campbell.

[3] They defeated Sam Houston State[4] and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi to win the Southland Conference tournament.

[5][6][7] As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Four to Mount St.