Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||||
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Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||
Arena | Williams Arena (Capacity: 14,625) | |||
Nickname | Golden Gophers | |||
Student section | The Barnyard | |||
Colors | Maroon and gold[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | ||||
1902, 1903 | ||||
Pre-tournament Helms champions | ||||
1902, 1919 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1997* | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1990, 1997* | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1972*, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1997* | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1982, 1989, 1990, 1997*, 2013, 2019 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1972*, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1994*, 1995*, 1997*, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1906, 1907, 1911, 1917, 1919, 1937, 1972, 1982, 1997* | ||||
* - vacated by NCAA |
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Golden Gophers competes in the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at the Williams Arena.
The Gophers had great success in the early years of basketball, but have been largely overshadowed by other programs since the end of
The team has also had several instances of NCAA sanctions on the program that have affected performance and recruiting. In the 1970s, the Gophers were in a violent brawl with the Ohio State Buckeyes and were barred from post-season appearances for two seasons after an incident involving the illegal resale of tickets. Still more severe was the mid-1990s academic scandal under then-coach Clem Haskins that resulted in the forfeit of a Final Four appearance.[2]
Coaches
Initially, the Gophers team formed without any organized coach. L. J. Cooke took over the team in 1897. Cooke was put on the university payroll on a part-time basis in early 1897 and full-time by the fall; this made him one of the earliest professional coaches.[3]
Cooke remained the coach of the Gophers for 28 seasons, and his .649 winning percentage is the second highest in school history.[4] Dave MacMillan, who coached the team from 1927 to 1942 and 1945 to 1948, had the second longest tenure as coach at 18 seasons. John Wooden almost succeeded McMillan as Gophers head coach; Wooden claims that a dispute over retaining McMillan as an assistant coach and a delayed phone call led him to accept the job at UCLA instead.[5]
The Gophers have had several
The program has had a fair degree of stability with their coaching staff. Tubby Smith became the 16th head coach in Gopher basketball history when hired in 2007; this total includes interim coaches
Players
The Golden Gophers have had many successful players come through the program throughout its history. In the early years of basketball, when the Gophers had success, they recruited some of the best players in the country. George Tuck was a dominant center, and the first All-America for the Gophers in 1905.[7] Frank Lawler was another early star: he led the Big Ten in scoring in 1911 and was also named to the All-America team, and helped the Gophers to a contested conference title.[8]
In 1950, Lawler was named the greatest player in Gopher basketball history, but the subsequent decades of Gopher basketball have largely forgotten his legacy.[9] Hall of Fame coach John Kundla was also a Gophers star and helped lead the team to its 1937 Big Ten Championship.
With the decline of the stature of the Gophers program, fewer elite players have joined the team. The diminished reputation has not, however, prevented some superior athletes from coming to the Minneapolis campus.
Current roster
This roster is current for the 2021–22 men's basketball season.[13]
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Retired numbers
Minnesota Golden Gophers retired numbers | ||||
No. | Player | Position | Year retired | |
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14 | Lou Hudson | SG, SF | 1966 | |
30 | Chuck Mencel | PG | 2011 | |
32 | Trent Tucker | SG | 2009 | |
34 | Willie Burton | SF | 2020 | |
41 | Whitey Skoog | G |
2009 | |
43 | Mychal Thompson | PF, C |
1978 | |
44 | Kevin McHale | PF, C |
1980 | |
45 | Randy Breuer | C | 2015 | |
52 | Jim Brewer | PF |
1973 | |
53 | Dick Garmaker | G, SF |
2011 |
History
Program establishment (1895–1927)
The precise founding of the Gophers men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota is somewhat nebulous. Unlike many other universities with later foundations, the team did not form as a conscious act of the campus administration. The university's student newspaper at the time, the Ariel, reported on basketball throughout 1895 as the sport was introduced to the campus from a rival school, Minnesota A&M in
Cooke began to improve the team significantly and was responsible for shifts in the Gophers' scheduling that foreshadowed other changes to come. The team never played a YMCA team after the 1903–04 season, and beginning in 1900, began to schedule large neighboring universities that would join Minnesota in Big Ten competition.[15] This shift to playing similar competition helped the Gophers to become one of the premier programs in the nation. From the 1899–1900 to 1903–04 seasons, the Gophers had a 59–6 record. The 1901–02 squad has been retroactively named the national champions by both the Helms Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll; the Premo-Porretta poll also names the 1902–03 Gophers as national champions.[16] When the Big Ten established basketball in 1905, the Gophers won the first two conference titles.[17]
After 1907, Cooke's dominance of the national basketball scene was greatly reduced. He led the team to two more conference titles (1916–17, 1918–19), and one consensus retroactive national championship for the 1918–19 season, but the team was never the consistent winner that it was in the first decade under Cooke. He retired after the 1923–1924 season. His successor, Harold Taylor, was Cooke's assistant coach in his final season and had previously a successful high school coach; however, he had little success with the Gophers and was fired after never finishing higher than sixth in the conference in three forgettable seasons.[18]
Dave MacMillan and beyond (1927–1959)
Following the firing of Harold Taylor as coach, the program underwent a national search for a successor. Many of the candidates for the job were high-profile coaches of other conference foes.[19] The team opted, however, to hire Dave MacMillan, who had been coaching the University of Idaho for the previous seven seasons and had previously played for the Original Celtics during the 1910s.[20] MacMillan would dominate the program for the next 30 years, coaching the team from 1927 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1948.
MacMillan's teams in 1928 began to play in the
Cowles was known for playing slower tempo basketball like was most common in the 1920s and 1930s and was known as a defensive-minded coach, especially early in his career.
Kundla and Fitch (1959–1971)
Kundla was succeeded by
Musselman and NCAA sanctions (1971–1975)
The Gophers under Athletics Director Marsh Ryman hired Cal Luther away from Murray State to coach the team in 1971, but he changed his mind and turned the team down after accepting the position.[29] Instead, Bill Musselman took over the program. Musselman was a defensive minded coach and designed his team around Brewer, recruiting several junior college players. University of Minnesota baseball star Dave Winfield also joined the team in 1971.[30] The starters on the 1971–72 squad after the Ohio State game became known as the "Iron Five." Musselman's strategy succeeded, and the team took the Big Ten title, the first since 1937. The other Big Ten coaches did not approve of Musselman's recruiting posture as they all had gathered and agreed not to recruit Ron Behagen into the Big Ten because he was known as a troublemaker. Musselman had not been named Head Coach of Minnesota at that time and therefore was unaware of the internal agreement and therefore recruited what he thought were the best players available.
In 1973, former player Greg Olson accused Musselman of having attempted to strike him in a practice.
The Jim Dutcher era (1975-1986)
Dutcher took over the Gophers program in 1975 following the departure of
Prominent players coached by Dutcher at Minnesota included Ray Williams, who later played for the New York Knicks; Mychal Thompson, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers; Kevin McHale, who played for the Boston Celtics; Trent Tucker, who played for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls; Randy Breuer, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings; Flip Saunders, who became an NBA coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards; Osborne Lockhart, who played for the Harlem Globetrotters; Jim Petersen, who played for the Houston Rockets; Darrell Mitchell, who was named first-team All-Big Ten, and Tommy Davis, also a first-team All-Big Ten player.
On January 25, 1986, three Gopher players were arrested on
Success, and scandal, under Haskins (1986–1999)
Prominent players coached by Haskins at Minnesota included Minnesota native
Academic fraud scandal
On March 10, 1999, the day before the #7 seed Gophers were to open the NCAA tournament against #10 Gonzaga, the St. Paul Pioneer Press ran a story detailing allegations of massive academic fraud in the men's basketball program.[35] Former basketball office manager Jan Gangelhoff had gone to the newspaper claiming she had written over 400 papers for at least 20 Gopher men's basketball players over a period of several years, ending in 1998. When the Gophers played Gonzaga on March 11, the university suspended players Antoine Broxsie, Kevin Clark, Jason Stanford, and Miles Tarver since they allegedly had papers written for them by Ganglehoff in previous seasons.[36] With their roster depleted, the Gophers lost to Gonzaga, the season came to an end, and an internal investigation at the university began.
By June 1999 and in the midst of their investigation, the university had negotiated a
Stripped banners and records[41] | ||
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Season | Banner/Record | |
1993–94 | NCAA tournament 2nd round | |
1994–95 | NCAA tournament 1st round | |
1995–96 | NIT 2nd round | |
1996–97 | NCAA Final Four | |
1996–97 | Bobby Jackson
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1996–97 | Big Ten Defensive POY: Bobby Jackson | |
1997–98 | NIT Champions | |
1998–99 | NCAA tournament 1st round |
After the details of Haskins' ever-growing involvement became more clear, the university initiated legal action to recover the buyout money.[42][43] A judge ultimately ruled that Haskins must return just over half of the original $1.5 million buyout.[44]
During this time an NCAA investigation was also underway. Ultimately, it revealed that Minnesota was guilty of massive violations under Haskins' watch. The NCAA stripped the Gophers of all postseason awards, titles, personal records, and statistics dating back to the 1993–94 season citing a "lack of institutional control." Haskins was also slapped with a seven-year "
In addition, the NCAA docked the Gophers an additional five scholarships over the following three seasons, and also imposed recruiting limitations and department-wide probation lasting four years.[46]
In addition to Haskins, Athletic Director Mark Dienhart, Vice President for Athletics, Student Development McKinley Boston, Associate Athletics Director Jeff Schemmel and academic counselor Alonzo Newby also resigned.[47] The university also agreed to return 90% (approximately $350,000) of the profits earned by the basketball program during their appearances in the NCAA tournament, including the 1997 Final Four run.[42]
The Monson era (1999–2006)
Following Haskins' departure, the university hired Gonzaga's
During his final full season the Gophers were 5–11 in Big Ten play, and after a 2–5 start to open the 2006–07 season, Monson and Athletics Director Joel Maturi announced Monson's resignation on November 30, 2006.[51] Despite Monson's inability to field a consistent winner, he was lauded by University officials for bringing integrity and cleanliness back to the program.[52] Assistant coach Jim Molinari was named head coach on an interim basis and, after a 3–13 Big Ten record to finish the season, was not retained as head coach. Maturi began an extensive search for a new permanent head coach at season's end.
The Tubby Smith era (2007–2013)
On March 23, 2007, Maturi made a move that surprised many when he hired Tubby Smith after he resigned from the University of Kentucky to be the next head Gopher basketball coach.[53] Smith's name recognition and winning reputation gave the program a new optimism, something it badly needed to counter its dwindling fan interest.[54]
Smith's coaching had an immediate impact on the previously unsuccessful Gophers squad. The team went from 8–22 in 2006–07 to 20–13 in 2007–08. Smith also led the Golden Gophers to the Big Ten tournament semi-finals after defeating 2nd seeded Indiana. Coach Smith also signed a top 25 recruiting class, the best in years for the program.[55][56] Smith returned Minnesota to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005 in the 2008–09 season. Smith's team struggled throughout the 2009–10 season with off-court issues, but advanced to the championship game in the Big Ten tournament for the first time in school history (losing to regular season co-champion Ohio State) and made the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.[57]
On March 25, 2013, Smith was relieved of his coaching duties at Minnesota.[58]
The Richard Pitino era (2013–2021)
On April 3, 2013,
The 2016 season was a disaster for the Gophers as they only managed to win two conference games. The lone bright spot came during a late season upset against ranked Maryland to give the Gophers their first conference win on the season.
The Ben Johnson era (2021–present)
On March 22, 2021, the University of Minnesota welcomed a former player and former assistant coach Ben Johnson to helm the Men's Basketball program for its next era.[73]
Awards
Big Ten MVP[74]
- Chuck Mencel – 1955
- Jim Brewer– 1972
- Mychal Thompson – 1978
- Bobby Jackson– 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal)
Big Ten Coach of the Year[74]
- Jim Dutcher– 1982
- Clem Haskins – 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal)
- Richard Pitino – 2017
Henry Iba Award (National Coach of the Year)
- Clem Haskins – 1997
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year[74]
- Bobby Jackson– 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal)
- Travarus Bennett – 2002
- Reggie Lynch – 2017
Big Ten Freshman of the Year[74]
- Rick Rickert – 2002
- Kris Humphries – 2004[75]
Consensus All-Americans[74]
- Jim McIntyre – 1948
- Dick Garmaker – 1955
- Mychal Thompson – 1978
Academic All-American[76]
- Blake Hoffarber – 2011 (2nd Team)
Post-season
The Gophers enjoyed fairly regular post season appearances under former coach Clem Haskins, making the post season in 10 of his 13 seasons as coach (6 NCAA tournament, 4 NIT), including all of his last 8 seasons. The team advanced to one Final 4, one Elite 8, one Sweet 16, one second round appearance, and suffered two first round losses. However, after the academic fraud scandal in 1999, the last 6 years of post season records were wiped out. So officially, the Gophers made 2 NCAA Tournament and 2 NIT appearances in the 13 years Haskins was coach. They advanced to the Elite 8 in 1990, the Sweet 16 in 1989, and were NIT champions in 1993.
The Gophers saw some moderate success in the early 1980s, appearing in the 1980, 1981, and 1983 NITs and the 1982 NCAA tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet 16.[77]
Multiple problems plagued the Gophers during the 1976–1977 season, Jim Dutcher's 2nd as head coach. Heading into the season the team knew they would not be eligible for the post season because of sanctions from the Bill Musselman era. Even so, this turned out to be one of the best teams in Gopher history, with the team finishing at 24–3. But if not being post-season eligible was not punishment enough, it was later found out that Mychal Thompson had sold two complimentary tickets to Gopher home games.
NCAA tournament results
The Golden Gophers have appeared in the
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1972 * |
Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game |
Florida State Marquette |
L 56–70 W 77–72 | |
1982 | #2 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#10 Chattanooga #3 Louisville |
W 62–61 L 61–67 |
1989 | #11 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#6 Kansas State #14 Siena #2 Duke |
W 86–75 W 80–67 L 70–87 |
1990 | #6 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#11 UTEP #14 Northern Iowa #2 Syracuse #4 Georgia Tech |
W 64–61 OT W 81–78 W 82–75 L 91–93 |
1994* | #6 | First Round Second Round |
#11 Southern Illinois #3 Louisville |
W 74–60 L 55–60 |
1995* | #9 | First Round | #8 Saint Louis | L 61–64 OT |
1997* | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four |
#16 SW Texas State #9 Temple #4 Clemson #2 UCLA #1 Kentucky |
W 78–46 W 76–57 W 90–84 2OT W 80–72 L 69–78 |
1999 | #7 | First Round | #10 Gonzaga | L 63–75 |
2005 | #8 | First Round | #9 Iowa State | L 53–64 |
2009 | #10 | First Round | #7 Texas | L 62–76 |
2010 | #11 | First Round | #6 Xavier | L 54–65 |
2013 | #11 | First Round Second Round |
#6 UCLA #3 Florida |
W 83–63 L 64–78 |
2017 | #5 | First Round | #12 Middle Tennessee | L 72–81 |
2019 | #10 | First Round Second Round |
#7 Louisville #2 Michigan State |
W 86–76 L 50–70 |
* Vacated by the NCAA
NIT results
The Golden Gophers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 16 times. Their combined record is 34–14. They were NIT Champions in 1993, 1998 and 2014. However, their tournament appearances in 1996 and 1998 have been vacated, including their 1998 title, making their official record 28–13.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1973 | First Round Quarterfinals |
Rutgers Alabama |
W 68–59 L 65–69 |
1980 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Bowling Green Ole Miss Louisiana–Lafayette Illinois Virginia |
W 64–50 W 58–56 W 94–73 W 65–63 L 55–58 |
1981 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
Drake Connecticut West Virginia |
W 90–77 W 84–66 L 69–80 |
1983 | First Round | DePaul | L 73–76 |
1992 | First Round | Washington State | L 70–72 |
1993 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Florida Oklahoma USC Providence Georgetown |
W 74–66 W 86–72 W 76–58 W 76–70 W 62–61 |
1996* | First Round Second Round |
Saint Louis Tulane |
W 68–52 L 65–84 |
1998* | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Colorado State UAB Marquette Fresno State Penn State |
W 77–65 W 79–66 W 73–71 W 91–89 W 79–72 |
2001 | First Round Second Round |
Villanova Tulsa |
W 87–78 L 70–73 |
2002 | First Round Second Round |
New Mexico Richmond |
W 96–62 L 66–67 |
2003 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals |
Saint Louis Hawaiʻi Temple Georgetown Texas Tech |
W 62–52 W 84–70 W 63–58 L 74–88 L 61–71 |
2006 | First Round Second Round |
Wake Forest Cincinnati |
W 73–58 L 62–76 |
2008 | First Round | Maryland | L 58–68 |
2012 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
La Salle Miami (FL) Middle Tennessee Washington Stanford |
W 70–61 W 78–60 W 78–72 W 68–67 OT L 51–75 |
2014 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
High Point Saint Mary's Southern Miss Florida State SMU |
W 88–81 W 63–55 W 81–73 W 67–64 OT W 65–63 |
2024 | First Round Second Round |
Butler Indiana State |
W 73-72 L 64-76 |
* Vacated by the NCAA
Facilities
When the Gophers first organized, they played games in the on campus
The Field House increased attendance capacity further, to 9,500. It was named after Henry L. Williams, the former Minnesota Golden Gophers football coach in 1950, and was named after him when it was remodeled and expanded in 1950, bringing the arena to a capacity of 18,025, which was the largest in the country for 20 years and significantly larger than the capacity of Williams Arena today.[80] Gophers fans refer to Williams Arena as the Barn. Consequently, the student section is known as The Barnyard. Williams Arena was remodeled in 1993 again, to create a new facility for the women's team to use.[81] The team continues to play there to this day, making it one of the longest used arenas of any college basketball team and the oldest arena in the Big ten.[82] Williams Arena is also one of the few remaining arenas with a raised court, in which players have to go up stairs to reach the playing surface.[83]
Rivals
In the early years of the program, the Gophers had several rivalries that have not extended into the modern era. Among them was a rivalry with
The Gophers were also an active participant in the early rivalry between Eastern schools and Midwestern schools for basketball preeminence. Minnesota broke up a stretch of Ivy League dominance from 1901 to 1906 with their successful 1902 season. The Eastern teams – Yale, Columbia, and Dartmouth were early powers – played with a more physical approach, while Midwestern teams used a different method. Wisconsin coach Walter Meanwell used the motion offense and "stress[ed] finesse."[86] W.C. Hyatt, who played for Yale, claimed that "The Minnesota and Wisconsin men played in the style prevalent among most of the girl colleges in the East, that is, the 'no contact' game."[87]
In the modern era of the program, as is the case with most Big Ten sports, Minnesota's primary rivals are the Iowa Hawkeyes and Wisconsin Badgers. In recent years, the rivalry with Wisconsin has become more intense than that with Iowa, primarily due to Wisconsin's rise to basketball powerhouse on the court.[88] Minnesota and Wisconsin's games together count towards the Border Battle, an annual trophy given to the points winner of several sports played between the two schools throughout the year.[89]
The Gophers also have a less heralded rivalry with Ohio State. The two teams have very little history together, outside of the 1972 brawl between the teams at Williams Arena. That incident still lingers in the hearts of many long-time Buckeye fans.[90]
Results by season
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Season | Overall record | Conference record | Post-season | Notes | |
1895–96 | 4–7 | none | none | none | |
1896–97 | 3–6–1 | none | none | none | |
1897–98 | 5–8–1 | none | none | none | |
1898–99 | 5–5 | none | none | none | |
1899–1900 | 10–3 | none | none | none | |
1900–01 | 11–1 | none | none | none | |
1901–02 | 15–0 | none | none | Helms and Premo-Porretta National Champions | |
1902–03 | 13–0 | none | none | Premo-Porretta National Champions | |
1903–04 | 10–2 | none | none | none | |
1904–05 | 7–7–1 | none | none | none | |
1905–06 | 13–2 | 6–1 | none | none | |
1906–07 | 10–2 | 6–2 | none | none | |
1907–08 | 11–7 | 2–6 | none | none | |
1908–09 | 8–6 | 3–6 | none | none | |
1909–10 | 10–3 | 7–3 | none | none | |
1910–11 | 9–4 | 8–4 | none | none | |
1911–12 | 7–6 | 6–6 | none | none | |
1912–13 | 3–8 | 2–8 | none | none | |
1913–14 | 4–11 | 4–8 | none | none | |
1914–15 | 11–6 | 6–6 | none | none | |
1915–16 | 10–6 | 6–6 | none | none | |
1916–17 | 17–2 | 10–2 | none | none | |
1917–18 | 9–3 | 7–3 | none | none | |
1918–19 | 13–0 | 10–0 | none | Helms National Champions | |
1919–20 | 8–8 | 3–9 | none | none | |
1920–21 | 10–5 | 7–5 | none | none | |
1921–22 | 5–8 | 4–7 | none | none | |
1922–23 | 2–13 | 1–11 | none | none | |
1923–24 | 9–9 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1924–25 | 9–7 | 6–6 | none | none | |
1925–26 | 6–10–1 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1926–27 | 3–13 | 1–11 | none | none | |
1927–28 | 4–12 | 2–10 | none | none | |
1928–29 | 4–13 | 1–11 | none | none | |
1929–30 | 8–9 | 3–9 | none | none | |
1930–31 | 13–4 | 8–4 | none | none | |
1931–32 | 15–3 | 9–3 | none | none | |
1932–33 | 5–15 | 1–11 | none | none | |
1933–34 | 9–11 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1934–35 | 11–9 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1935–36 | 7–17 | 3–9 | none | none | |
1936–37 | 14–6 | 10–2 | none | none | |
1937–38 | 16–4 | 9–3 | none | none | |
1938–39 | 14–6 | 7–5 | none | none | |
1939–40 | 13–8 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1940–41 | 11–9 | 7–5 | none | none | |
1941–42 | 15–7 | 9–6 | none | none | |
1942–43 | 10–9 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1943–44 | 7–14 | 2–10 | none | none | |
1944–45 | 8–13 | 4–8 | none | none | |
1945–46 | 14–7 | 7–5 | none | none | |
1946–47 | 14–7 | 7–5 | none | none | |
1947–48 | 10–10 | 5–7 | none | none | |
1948–49 | 18–3 | 9–3 | none | none | |
1949–50 | 13–9 | 4–8 | none | none | |
1950–51 | 13–9 | 7–7 | none | none | |
1951–52 | 15–7 | 10–4 | none | none | |
1952–53 | 14–8 | 11–7 | none | none | |
1953–54 | 17–5 | 10–4 | none | none | |
1954–55 | 15–7 | 10–4 | none | none | |
1955–56 | 11–11 | 6–8 | none | none | |
1956–57 | 14–8 | 9–5 | none | none | |
1957–58 | 9–12 | 5–9 | none | none | |
1958–59 | 8–14 | 5–9 | none | none | |
1959–60 | 12–12 | 8–6 | none | none | |
1960–61 | 10–13 | 8–6 | none | none | |
1961–62 | 10–14 | 6–8 | none | none | |
1962–63 | 12–12 | 8–6 | none | none | |
1963–64 | 17–7 | 10–4 | none | none | |
1964–65 | 19–5 | 11–3 | none | none | |
1965–66 | 14–10 | 7–7 | none | none | |
1966–67 | 9–15 | 5–9 | none | none | |
1967–68 | 7–17 | 4–10 | none | none | |
1968–69 | 12–12 | 6–8 | none | none | |
1969–70 | 13–11 | 7–7 | none | none | |
1970–71 | 11–13 | 5–9 | none | none | |
1971–72 | 18–7 | 11–3 | NCAA 2nd Round |
none | |
1972–73 | 21–5 | 10–4 | NIT 2nd Round | none | |
1973–74 | 12–12 | 6–8 | none | none | |
1974–75 | 18–8 | 11–7 | none | none | |
1975–76 | 16–10 | 8–10 | none | none | |
1976–77 | 24–3 | 15–3 | none | Records unofficial due to NCAA sanctions (0–27, 0–18) Team barred from appearing in post-season | |
1977–78 | 17–11 | 12–6 | none | Team barred from appearing in post-season | |
1978–79 | 11–16 | 6–12 | none | none | |
1979–80 | 21–11 | 10–8 | NIT Runner-up | none | |
1980–81 | 19–11 | 9–9 | NIT 3rd Round | none | |
1981–82 | 23–6 | 14–4 | NCAA 2nd Round | none | |
1982–83 | 18–11 | 9–9 | NIT 1st Round | none | |
1983–84 | 15–13 | 6–12 | none | none | |
1984–85 | 13–15 | 6–12 | none | none | |
1985–86 | 15–16 | 5–13 | none | Coach Jim Dutcher resigned midseason; replaced by Jimmy Williams | |
1986–87 | 9–19 | 2–16 | none | none | |
1987–88 | 10–18 | 4–14 | none | none | |
1988–89 | 19–12 | 9–9 | NCAA Sweet 16 | none | |
1989–90 | 23–9 | 11–7 | NCAA Elite 8 | none | |
1990–91 | 12–16 | 5–13 | none | none | |
1991–92 | 16–16 | 8–10 | NIT 1st Round | none | |
1992–93 | 22–10 | 9–9 | NIT Champions | none | |
1993–94 | 21–12 | 10–8 | NCAA 2nd Round | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1994–95 | 19–12 | 10–8 | NCAA 1st Round | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1995–96 | 19–11 | 10–8 | NIT 2nd Round | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1996–97 | 31–4 | 16–2 | NCAA Final Four | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1997–98 | 20–15 | 6–10 | NIT Champions | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1998–99 | 17–11 | 6–10 | NCAA 1st Round | Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud | |
1999–2000 | 12–16 | 4–12 | none | none | |
2000–01 | 18–14 | 5–11 | NIT 2nd Round | none | |
2001–02 | 18–13 | 9–7 | NIT 2nd Round | none | |
2002–03 | 19–14 | 8–8 | NIT 4th Place | none | |
2003–04 | 12–18 | 3–13 | none | none | |
2004–05 | 21–11 | 10–6 | NCAA 1st Round | none | |
2005–06 | 16–15 | 5–11 | NIT 2nd Round | none | |
2006–07 | 9–22 | 3–13 | none | Coach Dan Monson resigned midseason; replaced by Jim Molinari | |
2007–08 | 20–14 | 8–10 | NIT 1st Round | none | |
2008–09 | 22–11 | 9–9 | NCAA 1st Round | none | |
2009–10 | 21–14 | 9–9 | NCAA 1st Round | none | |
2010–11 | 17–14 | 6–12 | none | none | |
2011–12 | 23–15 | 6–12 | NIT Runner-up | none | |
2012–13 | 21–13 | 8–10 | NCAA 3rd Round | Tubby Smith fired after season | |
2013–14 | 25–13 | 8–10 | NIT Champions | First Championship win under Richard Pitino | |
2014–15 | 18–15 | 6–12 | none | none | |
2015–16 |
8–23 | 2–16 | none | none | |
2016–17 |
24–10 | 11–7 | NCAA 1st Round | First appearance at the NCAA men's basketball tournament under Richard Pitino | |
2017–18 |
15–17 | 4–14 | none | none | |
2018–19 |
22–14 | 9–11 | NCAA 2nd Round | none | |
2019–20 |
15–16 | 8–12 | none | Remaining Big Ten tournament games cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2020–21 |
14–15 | 6–14 | none | Richard Pitino fired after season | |
2021–22 |
13–17 | 4–16 | none | none | |
2022–23 |
9–22 | 2-17 | none | none | |
2023–24 |
19-15 | 9-11 | NIT 2nd Round | none | |
NOTE: Records used are official Gophers records; these records include the 1976–77 season, which Minnesota protests as ineligible, but exclude the 1993–94 through 1998–99 seasons. With these seasons included in the Gophers record: Overall Record: 1533–1128 (.576) |
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