The Chanticleers, led by 16th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Georgia Southern.

They received an invitation to the new The Basketball Classic where they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore, Florida Gulf Coast, and South Alabama to advance to the championship game where they lost to Fresno State.

The Chanticleers were picked to finish in eighth place in the conference's preseason poll.

[1] Junior center Essam Mostafa was named preseason All-SBC Second Team.