2008–09 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach was Tubby Smith. This was Smith's second year as Minnesota's head coach. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Big Ten Network included the team in a two-and-a-half-hour special that featured Midnight Madness events from several Big Ten campuses on October 17, 2008; the Minnesota event to kick off the season was called "Tubby's Tipoff". The Gophers started the season on a twelve-game winning streak for the first time since the 1948–49 season. The team became ranked on December 22, the first time the team had been ranked since the 2002–03 season.

2008–09 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record22–11 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tubby Smith
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Jirsa
  • Saul Smith
  • Vince Taylor
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Michigan State153 .833317  .816
No. 17 Purdue117 .6112710  .730
Illinois117 .6112410  .706
Penn State108 .5562711  .711
Ohio State108 .5562211  .667
Wisconsin108 .5562013  .606
Minnesota99 .5002211  .667
Michigan99 .5002114  .600
Northwestern810 .4441714  .548
Iowa513 .2781517  .469
Indiana117 .056625  .194
2009 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Recruit Royce White signed with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but did not play due to shoplifting and trespassing charges. He transferred to Iowa State in July 2010.

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