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

As the number four seed in Southland Conference tournament, the Privateers defeated Lamar in the first round, Southeastern Louisiana in the second round, and lost to Abilene Christian in the championship finals game.

Om March 17, New Orleans received an invitation to the College Insider tournament.

5 seed in the Southland tournament, they defeated Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the first round[3] before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals.

[4] 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.