They played their home games at the UMBC Event Center in Catonsville, Maryland, with one game being played at their former home, the Retriever Activities Center, and were led by third-year head coach Ryan Odom.

They defeated Albany and Hartford to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament where they lost to Vermont.

In the America East tournament, they beat UMass Lowell and Hartford to advance to the championship, where they defeated Vermont.

As a result, the Retrievers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

[2] The win is considered either the biggest, or second-biggest, upset in NCAA Tournament history depending on seedings or point spreads.