The Norse, led by fourth-year head coach John Brannen, played their home games at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Kentucky as members of the Horizon League.

They defeated Detroit Mercy, Oakland, and Wright State to be champions of the Horizon League tournament.

They received the Horizon League's automatic-bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

During the season, forward Drew McDonald became the school's all-time career leader in both scoring and rebounds.

He passed LaRon Moore's previous record of 859 rebounds[1] in a December 8 loss to Eastern Kentucky,[2] and passed Craig Sanders' previous record of 2,007 points in a win over Green Bay in the team's final regular-season game on March 2.