The Bulldogs, led by first-year head coach Ben McCollum, play their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

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

10 seed in the West region, where they narrowly lost to Washington State in the first round.

[3] Sources: The Bulldogs, as the defending Arch Madness champions, were picked to finish fifth in the conference's preseason poll.

[4] Forward Cam Manyawu and guard Bennett Stirtz were selected to the Preseason All-MVC third team.