Results by season 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 ()*Conference Championships in GOLD. Source:University of Minnesota 2006–2007 Men's Basketball Media GuideHugunin and Thornley, pp. 204