2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team explained

Sport:	basketball
Year:	2019–20
Prev Year:	2018–19
Next Year:	2020–21
Team:	Minnesota Golden Gophers
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	15–16
Conf Record:	8–12
Head Coach:	Richard Pitino
Hc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Ed Conroy
Ac1 Year:	4th
Asst Coach2:	Rob Jeter
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Asst Coach3:	Kyle Lindsted
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Arena:	Williams Arena

The 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers were led by seventh-year head coach Richard Pitino and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 8–12 in Big Ten play to finish in 12th place. The Gophers defeated Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament^[1] before the tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] All other postseason tournaments including the NCAA tournament were later canceled effectively ending the season.^{[3] [4]}

Previous season

The Golden Gophers finished the 2018–19 season 22–14, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State in the second round.^[5] In the quarterfinals, they defeated Purdue for the second time on the season.^[6] In the semifinals, they lost to Michigan.^[7] The Gophers received a bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East Region. There, they defeated seventh-seeded Louisville^[8] in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round.^[9]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Dupree McBrayer	1	G	6'5"	195	Senior		Graduated
	3	F	6'7"	250	Senior			Graduated
	5	G	6'8"	205	Junior			Declared for NBA Draft
	11	G	6'1"	195	Sophomore		Transferred to Iona^[10]
Jarvis Johnson	12	G	6'1"	185	Senior		Graduated
Brock Stull	31	G	6'4"	210	RS Senior		Graduated
Matz Stockman	35	C	7'0"	245	RS Senior		Graduated

Recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Future recruits

2021–22 team recruits

Schedule and results

|-! colspan=9 style=|Exhibition|-! colspan=9 style=|Regular season|-! colspan="9" style=|Big Ten tournament|-!colspan=9 style=|Remaining Games Canceled

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northwestern vs. Minnesota - Game Recap - March 11, 2020 - ESPN. 2020-06-25. ESPN.com. en.
2. Web site: Solari. Chris. March Madness cancellation inevitable, unavoidable: 'Bigger than basketball'. 2020-06-25. Detroit Free Press. en.
3. Web site: Steve . Almasy. The NCAA is canceling March Madness. 2020-06-25. CNN.
4. Web site: 2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic. 2020-06-25. CBSSports.com. en.
5. Web site: Gophers shake off slow start to force overtime, beat Penn State in Big Ten basketball tournament. Star Tribune. 2019-06-26.
6. Web site: Minnesota knocks Purdue basketball out of Big Ten tournament. Journal & Courier. en. 2019-06-26.
7. Web site: Recap: Michigan rolls over Minnesota, will play Michigan State in Big Ten final. Detroit News. en. 2019-06-26.
8. Web site: Minnesota vs. Louisville - Game Recap - March 21, 2019 - ESPN. ESPN.com. en. 2019-06-26.
9. Web site: Minnesota vs. Michigan State - Game Recap - March 23, 2019 - ESPN. ESPN.com. en. 2019-06-26.
10. Web site: Former Gophers guard Isaiah Washington to transfer to Iona. Greder, Andy. May 15, 2019. June 29, 2019. Twincities.com.