List of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons

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Results by season

Table of results
SeasonOverall recordConference recordPost-seasonNotes
1895–964–7nonenonenone
1896–973–6–1nonenonenone
1897–985–8–1nonenonenone
1898–995–5nonenonenone
1899–190010–3nonenonenone
1900–0111–1nonenonenone
1901–0215–0nonenoneHelms and Premo-Porretta National Champions
1902–0313–0nonenonePremo-Porretta National Champions
1903–0410–2nonenonenone
1904–057–7–1nonenonenone
1905–0613–26–1nonenone
1906–0710–26–2nonenone
1907–0811–72–6nonenone
1908–098–63–6nonenone
1909–1010–37–3nonenone
1910–119–48–4nonenone
1911–127–66–6nonenone
1912–133–82–8nonenone
1913–144–114–8nonenone
1914–1511–66–6nonenone
1915–1610–66–6nonenone
1916–1717–210–2nonenone
1917–189–37–3nonenone
1918–1913–010–0noneHelms National Champions
1919–208–83–9nonenone
1920–2110–57–5nonenone
1921–225–84–7nonenone
1922–232–131–11nonenone
1923–249–95–7nonenone
1924–259–76–6nonenone
1925–266–10–15–7nonenone
1926–273–131–11nonenone
1927–284–122–10nonenone
1928–294–131–11nonenone
1929–308–93–9nonenone
1930–3113–48–4nonenone
1931–3215–39–3nonenone
1932–335–151–11nonenone
1933–349–115–7nonenone
1934–3511–95–7nonenone
1935–367–173–9nonenone
1936–3714–610–2nonenone
1937–3816–49–3nonenone
1938–3914–67–5nonenone
1939–4013–85–7nonenone
1940–4111–97–5nonenone
1941–4215–79–6nonenone
1942–4310–95–7nonenone
1943–447–142–10nonenone
1944–458–134–8nonenone
1945–4614–77–5nonenone
1946–4714–77–5nonenone
1947–4810–105–7nonenone
1948–4918–39–3nonenone
1949–5013–94–8nonenone
1950–5113–97–7nonenone
1951–5215–710–4nonenone
1952–5314–811–7nonenone
1953–5417–510–4nonenone
1954–5515–710–4nonenone
1955–5611–116–8nonenone
1956–5714–89–5nonenone
1957–589–125–9nonenone
1958–598–145–9nonenone
1959–6012–128–6nonenone
1960–6110–138–6nonenone
1961–6210–146–8nonenone
1962–6312–128–6nonenone
1963–6417–710–4nonenone
1964–6519–511–3nonenone
1965–6614–107–7nonenone
1966–679–155–9nonenone
1967–687–174–10nonenone
1968–6912–126–8nonenone
1969–7013–117–7nonenone
1970–7111–135–9nonenone
1971–7218–711–3 NCAA 2nd Round none
1972–7321–510–4 NIT 2nd Round none
1973–7412–126–8nonenone
1974–7518–811–7nonenone
1975–7616–108–10nonenone
1976–7724–315–3noneRecords unofficial due to NCAA sanctions (0–27, 0–18)
Team barred from appearing in post-season
1977–7817–1112–6noneTeam barred from appearing in post-season
1978–7911–166–12nonenone
1979–8021–1110–8 NIT Runner-up none
1980–8119–119–9 NIT 3rd Round none
1981–8223–614–4 NCAA 2nd Round none
1982–8318–119–9 NIT 1st Round none
1983–8415–136–12nonenone
1984–8513–156–12nonenone
1985–8615–165–13noneCoach Jim Dutcher resigned midseason; replaced by Jimmy Williams
1986–879–192–16nonenone
1987–8810–184–14nonenone
1988–8919–129–9 NCAA Sweet 16 none
1989–9023–911–7 NCAA Elite 8 none
1990–9112–165–13nonenone
1991–9216–168–10 NIT 1st Round none
1992–93 22–109–9 NIT Champions none
1993–9421–1210–8 NCAA 2nd Round Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1994–9519–1210–8 NCAA 1st Round Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1995–9619–1110–8 NIT 2nd Round Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1996–97 31–416–2 NCAA Final Four Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1997–9820–156–10 NIT Champions Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1998–9917–116–10 NCAA 1st Round Unofficial Record – Academic Fraud
1999–200012–164–12nonenone
2000–0118–145–11 NIT 2nd Round none
2001–0218–139–7 NIT 2nd Round none
2002–0319–148–8 NIT 4th Place none
2003–0412–183–13nonenone
2004–05 21–1110–6 NCAA 1st Round none
2005–06 16–155–11 NIT 2nd Round none
2006–07 9–223–13noneCoach Dan Monson resigned midseason; replaced by Jim Molinari
2007–08 20–148–10 NIT 1st Round none
2008–09 22–119–9 NCAA 1st Round none
2009–10 21–149–9 NCAA 1st Round none
2010–11 17–146–12nonenone
2011–12 23–156–12 NIT Runner-up none
2012–13 21–138–10 NCAA 3rd Round Tubby Smith fired after season
2013–14 25–138–10 NIT Champions First Championship win under Richard Pitino
2014–15 18–156–12nonenone
2015–16 8–232–16nonenone
2016–17 24–1011–7 NCAA 1st Round First appearance at the NCAA men's basketball tournament under Richard Pitino
2017–18 15–174–14nonenone
2018–19 22–149–11 NCAA 2nd Round none
2019–20 15–168–12noneRemaining Big Ten tournament games cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 14–156–14noneRichard Pitino fired after season
2021–22 13–174–16nonenone
2022–23 9–222-17nonenone
2023–24 19-159-11 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)
*Conference Championships in GOLD. Source: [1] [2]

  1. University of Minnesota 2006–2007 Men's Basketball Media Guide
  2. Hugunin and Thornley, pp. 204