The 2025–26 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers, led by first-year head coach Niko Medved, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season The Gophers finished the 2024–25 season 15–17, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a five-way tie for 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Northwestern in the first round.

On March 13, 2025, the school fired head coach Ben Johnson. On March 24, the school named Colorado State head coach Niko Medved the team's new coach.

Offseason Departures Minnesota departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Frank Mitchell 00 F 6'8" 260 RS Junior Toronto, ON Transferred to St. Bonaventure Mike Mitchell Jr. 2 G 6'2" 185 Senior San Jose, CA Graduated; signed professional contract with Leicester Riders Dawson Garcia 3 F 6'11" 234 Senior Savage, MN Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Detroit Pistons Kadyn Betts 4 F 6'8" 225 RS Sophomore Pueblo, CO Transferred to Montana Trey Edmonds 5 F/C 6'10" 250 Senior Aurora, CO Graduated; signed professional contract with KB Besëlidhja Caleb Williams 6 G 6'2" 200 Senior Wild Rose, WI Graduated Max Sheridan 7 G 6'0" 175 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Walk-on; transferred to Menlo Femi Odukale 11 G 6'6" 215 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated; signed professional contract with BC Prievidza Parker Fox 23 F 6'8" 220 GS Senior Mahtomedi, MN Graduated Brennan Rigsby 24 G 6'3" 185 Senior De Beque, CO Transferred to Radford Lu'Cye Patterson 25 G 6'2" 202 RS Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduated Tyler Cochran 28 G 6'3" 225 Senior Bolingbrook, IL Transferred to Rhode Island Lincoln Meister 54 F 6'9" 240 GS Senior Rochester, MN Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers Minnesota incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Chansey Willis Jr. 0 G 6'2" 190 Senior Detroit, MI Western Michigan Bobby Durkin 3 F 6'7" 220 Junior Darien, IL Davidson Nehemiah Turner 4 F 6'10" 265 Sophomore Auburndale, FL Central Arkansas Jaylen Crocker-Johnson 5 F 6'8" 230 Junior San Antonio, TX Colorado State Langston Reynolds 6 G 6'4" 205 Senior Denver, CO Northern Colorado Cade Tyson 10 G/F 6'7" 200 Senior Monroe, NC North Carolina Maximus Gizzi 11 G 6'1" GS Senior New Palestine, IN Walk-on; Huntington Chance Stephens 13 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Riverside, CA Maryland BJ Omot 20 F 6'8" 195 RS Junior Mankato, Minnesota California Robert Vaihola 22 F 6'8" 260 RS Senior San Mateo, CA San Jose State

Recruiting class

Preseason The Golden Gophers were picked to finish in 16th place in a preseason poll of media members. No Gopher players were named to the preseason All-Big Ten team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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