List of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons

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Table of results
Season	Overall record	Conference record	Post-season	Notes
1895–96	4–7	none	none
1896–97	3–6–1	none	none
1897–98	5–8–1	none	none
1898–99	5–5	none	none
1899–1900	10–3	none	none
1900–01	11–1	none	none
1901–02	15–0	none	none	Helms National Champions
1902–03	13–0	none	none
1903–04	10–2	none	none
1904–05	7–7–1	none	none
1905–06	13–2	6–1	none
1906–07	10–2	6–2	none
1907–08	11–7	2–6	none
1908–09	8–6	3–6	none
1909–10	10–3	7–3	none
1910–11	9–4	8–4	none
1911–12	7–6	6–6	none
1912–13	3–8	2–8	none
1913–14	4–11	4–8	none
1914–15	11–6	6–6	none
1915–16	10–6	6–6	none
1916–17	17–2	10–2	none
1917–18	9–3	7–3	none
1918–19	13–0	10–0	none	Helms National Champions
1919–20	8–8	3–9	none
1920–21	10–5	7–5	none
1921–22	5–8	4–7	none
1922–23	2–13	1–11	none
1923–24	9–9	5–7	none
1924–25	9–7	6–6	none
1925–26	6–10–1	5–7	none
1926–27	3–13	1–11	none
1927–28	4–12	2–10	none
1928–29	4–13	1–11	none
1929–30	8–9	3–9	none
1930–31	13–4	8–4	none
1931–32	15–3	9–3	none
1932–33	5–15	1–11	none
1933–34	9–11	5–7	none
1934–35	11–9	5–7	none
1935–36	7–17	3–9	none
1936–37	14–6	10–2	none
1937–38	16–4	9–3	none
1938–39	14–6	7–5	none
1939–40	13–8	5–7	none
1940–41	11–9	7–5	none
1941–42	15–7	9–6	none
1942–43	10–9	5–7	none
1943–44	7–14	2–10	none
1944–45	8–13	4–8	none
1945–46	14–7	7–5	none
1946–47	14–7	7–5	none
1947–48	10–10	5–7	none
1948–49	18–3	9–3	none
1949–50	13–9	4–8	none
1950–51	13–9	7–7	none
1951–52	15–7	10–4	none
1952–53	14–8	11–7	none
1953–54	17–5	10–4	none
1954–55	15–7	10–4	none
1955–56	11–11	6–8	none
1956–57	14–8	9–5	none
1957–58	9–12	5–9	none
1958–59	8–14	5–9	none
1959–60	12–12	8–6	none
1960–61	10–13	8–6	none
1961–62	10–14	6–8	none
1962–63	12–12	8–6	none
1963–64	17–7	10–4	none
1964–65	19–5	11–3	none
1965–66	14–10	7–7	none
1966–67	9–15	5–9	none
1967–68	7–17	4–10	none
1968–69	12–12	6–8	none
1969–70	13–11	7–7	none
1970–71	11–13	5–9	none
1971–72	18–7	11–3	NCAA 2nd Round
1972–73	21–5	10–4	NIT 2nd Round
1973–74	12–12	6–8	none
1974–75	18–8	11–7	none
1975–76	16–10	8–10	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
1979–80	21–11	10–8	NIT Runner-up
1980–81	19–11	9–9	NIT 3rd Round
1981–82	23–6	14–4	NCAA 2nd Round
1982–83	18–11	9–9	NIT 1st Round
1983–84	15–13	6–12	none
1984–85	13–15	6–12	none
1985–86	15–16	5–13	none	Coach Jim Dutcher resigned midseason; replaced by Jimmy Williams
1986–87	9–19	2–16	none
1987–88	10–18	4–14	none
1988–89	19–12	9–9	NCAA Sweet 16
1989–90	23–9	11–7	NCAA Elite 8
1990–91	12–16	5–13	none
1991–92	16–16	8–10	NIT 1st Round
1992–93	22–10	9–9	NIT Champions
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
2000–01	18–14	5–11	NIT 2nd Round
2001–02	18–13	9–7	NIT 2nd Round
2002–03	19–14	8–8	NIT 4th Place
2003–04	12–18	3–13	none
2004–05	21–11	10–6	NCAA 1st Round
2005–06	16–15	5–11	NIT 2nd Round
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
2008–09	22–11	9–9	NCAA 1st Round
2009–10	21–14	9–9	NCAA 1st Round
2010–11	17–14	6–12	none
2011–12	23–15	6–12	NIT Runner-up
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
2015–16	8–23	2–16	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
2018–19	22–14	9–11	NCAA 2nd Round
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
2022–23	9–22	2–17	none
2023–24	19–15	9–11	NIT 2nd Round
2024–25	15–17	7–13	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: 1548–1145 (.575) Conference Championships in GOLD*. Source:^[1]^[2]

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

List of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons

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