The team was led by seventh-year head coach Mike White, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

9 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas A&M.

They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing to Xavier.

They defeated Vanderbilt in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing to Tennessee in the quarterfinals.

There they defeated Virginia Tech before losing to Oral Roberts in the second round.