The 2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2009–2010. The team's head coach was Tubby Smith in his third year. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament before losing to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning an 11 seed in the West Region. They lost to six-seed and AP #25 Xavier in the first round.
Season Royce White signed with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but did not play due to shoplifting and trespassing charges. He transferred to Iowa State in July 2010.
Roster #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious team(s)0Al Nolen6'1"180GJr.MinneapolisMinneapolis Camden HS1Paul Carter6'8"205FJr.Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock Mills HSMissouri State-West Plains3Justin Cobbs6'3"190GFr.Los AngelesBishop Montgomery HS5Devoe Joseph6'3"170GSo.Ajax, Ontario, CanadaPickering HS20Lawrence Westbrook6'0"195GSr.Chandler, ArizonaWinchendon Prep22Devron Bostick6'5"210GSr.Racine, WisconsinSt. Catharine's HSSW Illinois24Blake Hoffarber6'4"200GJr.Minnetonka, MinnesotaHopkins HS32Trevor Mbakwe6'8"240FRJr.Saint Paul, MinnesotaSt. Bernard's HSMiami Dade College33Rodney Williams6'7"210FFr.MinneapolisRobbinsdale Cooper HS34Damian Johnson6'7"210FRSr.Thibodaux, LouisianaThibodaux HS45Colton Iverson6'10"235F/CSo.Yankton, South DakotaYankton HS50Ralph Sampson III6'11"230F/CSo.Duluth, GeorgiaNorthview HS
2009–10 Schedule and results
!colspan="8" style="text-align: center; background:#800000" | Exhibition
! colspan="8" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Non-conference regular season
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten regular season
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2010 Big Ten tournament
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|2010 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
References