| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 14–15 |
| Conf Record: | 6–14 |
| Head Coach: | Richard Pitino |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach1: | Ed Conroy |
| Ac1 Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach2: | Kyle Lindsted |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach3: | Jeff Mailhot |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Williams Arena |
The 2020–21 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers were led by eighth-year head coach Richard Pitino and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Gophers finished the season 14–15, 6–14 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They defeated Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Ohio State in the second round.
Following the season, the school fired Richard Pitino after eight years at the school.[1] On March 23, 2021, the school named Minnesota alum and former Minnesota assistant coach Ben Johnson the new head coach.[2]
The Gophers finished the 2019–20 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[3] before the tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[4] All other postseason tournaments including the NCAA tournament were later canceled effectively ending the season.[5] [6]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 6'4" | 200 | RS Junior | Transferred to College of Charleston | |||
| Bryan Greenlee | 3 | G | 6'0" | 175 | Freshman | Transferred to Florida Atlantic | ||
| Brady Rudrud | 10 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Senior | Graduated, walk-on | ||
| 25 | C | 6'10" | 225 | Sophomore | Declared for NBA Draft[7] | |||
| 30 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Michael Hurt | 42 | F | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Graduated |
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Johnson | F | 6'8" | 200 | Senior | Western Michigan | ||
| C | 7'0" | 235 | Junior | Drake | |||
| Both Gach[8] | G | 6'6" | 183 | Junior | Utah |
|-! colspan=9 style=|Regular season |-! colspan="9" style=|Big Ten tournament
See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.