The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Earl Grant, played their home games at the Conte Forum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

However, their fortunes changed as they entered their early-season tournament, the Hall of Fame Classic.

They had an overtime loss to NC State to open their ACC season, before winning their remaining four non-conference games.

They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as an un-seeded team.

In the ACC tournament, they defeated Louisville before losing to North Carolina in the second round.