The team was led by second-year head coach Andy Kennedy, and played their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as a member of Conference USA.

2 seed out of the West Division, they defeated Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech to win the C-USA tournament.

They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.

12 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the first round to Houston.

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