The team was led by fifth-year head coach Grant McCasland, and played their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as a member of the West division of Conference USA.

They defeated Rice in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament before losing in the semifinals to Louisiana Tech.

1 seed who didn’t win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas State in the first round before losing in the second round to Virginia.

They defeated Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Louisiana Tech, and Western Kentucky to win the C-USA tournament championship.

As a result, the received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.