The team is led by second-year head coach Shaka Smart and plays their home games at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a member of the Big East Conference.

They defeated St. John's, UConn, and Xavier to win the Big East tournament.

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

5 seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Creighton.

9 seed in the East Region, where they lost in the First Round to North Carolina.