The Thundering Herd, led by first-year head coach Cornelius Jackson, play their home games at the Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

10 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia State in the second round before losing to James Madison in the quarterfinals.

[1] Sources: The Thundering Herd were picked to finish in tenth place in the conference's preseason poll.

[2] Senior forward Nate Martin was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team.

[2] Fifth year forward Obinna Anochili-Killen was named to the conference preseason second team.