The team's head coach, Dan Monson, began his eighth season with the Gophers only to resign after a 2 win, 5 loss start.

Assistant coach Jim Molinari took over for the remainder of the season on an interim basis.

The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Coming off of a short NIT run at the end of the previous season, the Gophers, with no seniors on the roster, began 2006 in a slump.

After losing 4 straight games, the final 3 at the inaugural Old Spice Classic in Orlando to take last place, the Gophers were beaten badly at home by Clemson on November 29.