The team was led by seventh-year head coach Ben Howland, and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

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

They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Virginia.

They defeated Kentucky in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing to Alabama in the quarterfinals.

There they defeated Saint Louis,[2] Richmond,[3] and Louisiana Tech[4] to advance the championship game where they lost to Memphis.