The Hawks, led by 12th-year head coach John Gallagher, played their home games at Chase Arena in West Hartford, Connecticut, as members of the America East Conference.

They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to UMBC.

They defeated Binghamton,[1] Albany[2] and Vermont to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament.

[3] There they defeated UMass Lowell to receive the conference's automatic bid the NCAA tournament the school's first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.

16 seed in the South Region, they lost to eventual national champion Baylor in the first round.