The Golden Gophers, led by fourth-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Golden Gophers are currently 14-17 and 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place.

As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Northwestern in the second round.

They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament, but were chosen as an at-large team for the WNIT.

As the ninth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Nebraska in the second round.