2016 – 17 Minnesota Golden Gophers men 's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Gophers , led by fourth-year head coach Richard Pitino , were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis , Minnesota . They finished the season 24 – 10 , 11 – 7 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place . In the Big Ten Tournament , they beat Michigan State in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan in the semifinals . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed . The bid marked their first trip to the Tournament since 2013 . In the First Round , they lost to No. 12-seeded Middle Tennessee
Big Ten Tournament
2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team