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 Conference USA (C-USA).

They defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament[1] before losing to UAB.

[6] There they defeated C-USA foe UAB to win the NIT championship.

They defeated Rice in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament[11] before losing in the semifinals to Louisiana Tech.

1 seed who did not win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Texas State in the first round[13] before losing in the second round to Virginia.