Minnesota Golden Gophers
2025–26 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
University	University of Minnesota
First season	1896
All-time record	1,533–1,128 (.576)
Head coach	Niko Medved (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Arena	Williams Arena (capacity: 14,625)
Nickname	Golden Gophers
Student section	The Barnyard
Colors	Maroon and gold[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
1997*
Other NCAA tournament results Elite Eight 1990, 1997* Sweet Sixteen 1972*, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1997* Appearances 1972*, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1994*, 1995*, 1997*, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1902, 1919
Conference regular-season champions
1906, 1907, 1911, 1917, 1919, 1937, 1972, 1982, 1997*
NIT champions
1993, 1998*, 2014
* - vacated by NCAA

The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Golden Gophers competes in the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at the Williams Arena.

The Gophers had great success in the early years of basketball, but have been largely overshadowed by other programs since the end of World War I. In total, the Gophers have won nine Big Ten championships, but only four since 1919. College basketball research organizations (Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll) have retroactively named Minnesota as national champions in 1902, 1903, and 1919. While the NCAA does not officially recognize Premo-Porretta, it lists the Helms champions in the annual Official NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book.

The team has also had several instances of NCAA sanctions on the program that have affected performance and recruiting. In the 1970s, the Gophers were in a violent brawl with the Ohio State Buckeyes and were barred from post-season appearances for two seasons after an incident involving the illegal resale of tickets. Still more severe was the mid-1990s academic scandal under then-coach Clem Haskins that resulted in the forfeit of a Final Four appearance.^[2]