2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 November 2024 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 25–13 8–10 Richard Pitino Dan McHale Kimani Young Ben Johnson Williams Arena NIT Champions NIT Championship vs. SMU W 65–63 The 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2013-14 college basketball season. Led by first year head coach Richard Pitino for the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 25–13, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Wisconsin.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/14/no-12-wisconsin-runs-away-from-minnesota-83-57/ No. 12 Wisconsin runs away from Minnesota, 83-57 The Washington Times Michael Marot March 14, 2014 November 2, 2024 They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated High Point, Saint Mary's, Southern Miss, Florida State and SMU to be the 2014 NIT Champions. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Julian Welch 00 G 6'3" 195 Senior Elk Grove, CA Graduated Joe Coleman 11 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Minneapolis, MN Transferred Chris Halvorsen 22 F 6'8" 214 RS Junior St. Paul, MN Transferred Andre Ingram 30 F 6'7" 210 Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduated Trevor Mbakwe 32 F 6'8" 245 GS Senior Saint Paul, MN Graduated Rodney Williams 33 F 6'7" 200 Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduated Incoming recruits no no 2013 Daquein McNeil PG Baltimore, MD Vermont Academy 6 3 170 2013-04-17 3 3 3 69 Dre Mathieu PG Knoxville, TN Central Arizona College 5 9 160 2013-05-07 N/A 3 3 JC 2013 2013 Minnesota Signees 2013 Minnesota Signees 2013 Minnesota Signees yes yes yes 86th June 27, 2012 yes Roster 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers y yes Andre Hollins y 1 G 6 1 200 JR Memphis, TN White Station HS Kendal Shell 2 G 6 0 190 JR St. Louis, MO Webster Groves HS Wally Ellenson 3 G 6 4 200 SO Rice Lake, WI Rice Lake HS Deandre Mathieu 4 G 5 9 160 JR Knoxville, TN Central Arizona College Daquein McNeil 5 G 6 3 170 FR Baltimore, MD Vermont Acad. Oto Osenieks 10 F 6 8 205 JR y Riga, LAT Brehm Prep Maverick Ahanmisi 13 y G 6 2 192 SR Santa Clarita, CA Stoneridge Prep Maurice Walker 15 F 6 10 289 JR y Scarborough, ON Brewster Acad. Austin Hollins y 20 G 6 4 185 SR Germantown, TN Germantown HS Jasen Baranowski 21 G 6 2 185 FR Green Bay, WI Southwest HS W Charles Buggs 23 F 6 8 198 FR y Arlington, TX Hargrave Military Acad. Joey King 24 F 6 9 219 SO Eagan, MN Drake Malik Smith 30 G 6 2 200 SR Boston, MA FIU Elliott Eliason 55 C 6 11 260 JR y Chadron, NE Chadron HS Richard Pitino (Providence) Ben Johnson (Minnesota) Dan McHale (Kentucky) Kimani Young (UTEP) http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/minn-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results yes |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000" | Exhibition Nov 1 7:00 pm yes Cardinal Stritch Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 79–57 N/A – Nov 4 7:00 pm yes Concordia Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 101–67 N/A – |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Regular season Nov 8 7:00 pm yes Lehigh Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 81–62 12,957 1–0 Nov 12 7:00 pm yes Montana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 84–58 10,459 2–0 Nov 16 6:00 pm yes yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, VA 74–59 6,422 3–0 Nov 19 7:00 pm yes Coastal Carolina Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Maui Invitational Opening Round 82–72 10,137 4–0 Nov 22 6:00 pm yes Wofford Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 79–57 10,342 5–0 Nov 25 4:30 pm yes yes Syracuse 8 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational First Round ESPN2 67–75 2,400 5–1 Nov 26 1:00 pm yes yes Arkansas Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Consolation 2nd Round ESPN2 73–87 2,400 5–2 Nov 27 1:30 pm yes yes Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational 7th place game ESPNU 83–68 2,400 6–2 Dec 3 8:30 pm yes Florida State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPNU 71–61 11,386 7–2 Dec 7 2:00 pm yes New Orleans Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 80–65 11,228 8–2 Dec 10 7:00 pm yes South Dakota State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 75–59 11,349 9–2 Dec 20 8:00 pm yes Nebraska–Omaha Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 92–79 11,890 10–2 Dec 28 7:30 pm yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 65–44 11,855 11–2 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten regular season Jan 2 6:00 pm Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 60–63 12,225 11–3 (0–1) Jan 5 1:30 pm Purdue Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 82–79 11,851 12–3 (1–1) Jan 8 6:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 68–65 5,010 13–3 (2–1) Jan 11 1:15 pm yes Michigan State 5 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 75–87 OT 14,797 13–4 (2–2) Jan 16 8:00 pm Ohio State 11 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 63–53 14,625 14–4 (3–2) Jan 19 12:00 pm yes Iowa 14 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 73–94 15,400 14–5 (3–3) Jan 22 8:00 pm Wisconsin 9 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 81–68 14,625 15–5 (4–3) Jan 26 5:00 pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 78–82 15,945 15–6 (4–4) Feb 1 1:00 pm Northwestern Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 54–55 12,744 15–7 (4–5) Feb 5 7:30 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 74–77 3OT 12,818 15–8 (4–6) Feb 8 7:15 pm Indiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 66–60 14,625 16–8 (5–6) Feb 13 8:00 pm yes Wisconsin 21 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 70–78 17,249 16–9 (5–7) Feb 16 5:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 54–48 6,719 17–9 (6–7) Feb 19 8:00 pm Illinois Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 49–62 12,221 17–10 (6–8) Feb 22 5:00 pm yes Ohio State 24 Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 46–64 18,809 17–11 (6–9) Feb 25 6:00 pm Iowa 20 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 95–89 14,625 18–11 (7–9) Mar 1 5:00 pm yes Michigan 16 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 56–66 12,707 18–12 (7–10) Mar 9 4:15 pm Penn State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 81–63 12,775 19–12 (8–10) |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten tournament Mar 13 5:30 pm yes 7 Penn State 10 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First round ESPN2 63–56 N/A 20–12 Mar 14 5:30 pm yes 7 Wisconsin 12 2 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals BTN 57–83 N/A 20–13 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|National Invitation Tournament Mar 18 7:15 pm yes 1 High Point 8 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN First round ESPN3 88–81 3,493 21–13 Mar 23 2:00 pm yes 1 Saint Mary's 4 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Second round ESPN2 63–55 5,489 22–13 Mar 25 8:00 pm yes 1 Southern Miss 3 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Quarterfinals ESPN 81–73 5,444 23–13 Apr 1 8:00 pm yes yes 1 Florida State 1 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Semifinals ESPN2 67–64 OT 7,193 24–13 Apr 3 6:00 pm yes yes 1 SMU 1 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Championship ESPN 65–63 5,268 25–13 Central Time AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region References Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball seasons Minnesota Minnesota Category:National Invitation Tournament championship seasons Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team