The 2020–21 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Gophers were led by eighth-year head coach Richard Pitino and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference.

[1] On March 23, 2021, the school named Minnesota alum and former Minnesota assistant coach Ben Johnson the new head coach.

The Gophers defeated Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament[3] before the tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

[5][6] Sources: Sources: Roster *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.