2024–25 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:6–3
Conf Record:0–0
Head Coach:Ben Johnson
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach1:Dave Thorson
Ac1 Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Jason Kemp
Ac2 Year:4th
Asst Coach3:Marcus Jenkins
Ac3 Year:4th
Asst Coach4:Josh Adel
Ac4 Year:2nd
Arena:Williams Arena

The 2024–25 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers, led by fourth-year head coach Ben Johnson, play their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Gophers finished the 2023–24 season 19–15, 9–11 in Big Ten play, to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. As a No. 9 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the second round to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Butler in the first round before losing to Indiana State.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
0 G 5'11" 165 Junior Transferred to Texas Tech
Joshua Ola-Joseph 1 F 6'7" 215 Sophomore Transferred to California
Braden Carrington 4 G 6'4" 195 Sophomore Transferred to Tulsa
Isaiah Ihnen 5 F 6'10" 220 Junior Transferred to Liberty
Kris Keinys 8 F 6'8" 215 Freshman Transferred to Pacific
Jackson Purcell 11 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Walk-on; left the team
Pharrel Payne 21 F 6'9" 255 Sophomore Transferred to Texas A&M
24 G 6'6" 190 Freshman Declared for 2024 NBA draft; selected 46th overall by Los Angeles Clippers
Will Ramberg 25 G 6'5" 205 Senior Walk-on; graduated
Jack Wilson 33 C 6'11" 285 GS Senior Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Frank Mitchell 00 F 6'8" 240 Senior Canisius
Trey Edmonds 5 F/C 6'10" 255 Senior UTSA
Caleb Williams 6 G 6'2' Senior Macalester College
Femi Odukale 11 G 6'6" 205 GS Senior New Mexico State
Brennan Rigsby 24 G/F 6'5" 195 Senior Oregon
Lu'Cye Patterson 25 G 6'2" 205 Senior Charlotte
Tyler Cochran 28 G 6'2" 225 Senior Toledo
Lincoln Meister 54 F 6'9" 235 GS Senior Walk-on; Minnesota Duluth

Recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=""| Big Ten tournament

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

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