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Minnesota Golden Gophers

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Minnesota Golden Gophers
Program History

2026 Team Stats (31 games)

74.0
PPG
59.7
Opp
+14.3
Margin
44.5%
FG%
35.5%
3P%
75.1%
FT%
38.8
RPG
16.1
APG
11.4
TO
81.3
Pace
78.4
AdjO
49.0
AdjD
#16
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1226 (#50) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1327 (#18) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +113 elo More → 1117 (#48) HCA +113 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.3 More → +30.1 (#17) HCA +2.3
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More → +39.1 (#19) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.934 (#16) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +28.1 More → 0.970 (#14) NetEff +28.1
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +44.2 More → 0.994 (#13) AdjNet +44.2
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +45.5 More → 0.995 (#13) AdjNet +45.5
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 78.4 | AdjD 49.0 More → 0.935 (#16) AdjO 78.4 | AdjD 49.0
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 71.6 | AdjD 55.2 More → 0.816 (#22) AdjO 71.6 | AdjD 55.2
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.978 (#17) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.967 (#18) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 106 | GP 31 More → 1330 (#15) RD 106 | GP 31

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-04 vs North Dakota Fighting Hawks W 91 - 47
2025-11-07 vs Manhattan Jaspers W 99 - 36
2025-11-11 vs Marquette Golden Eagles W 90 - 47
2025-11-14 vs NJIT Highlanders W 88 - 39
2025-11-19 @ Kansas Jayhawks L 57 - 63
2025-11-24 vs South Florida Bulls W 57 - 45
2025-11-26 vs Alabama Crimson Tide L 58 - 63
2025-12-01 vs Samford Bulldogs W 77 - 40
2025-12-07 vs Maryland Terrapins L 99 - 100
2025-12-14 vs Wyoming Cowgirls W 80 - 34
2025-12-29 @ Indiana Hoosiers W 71 - 48
2026-01-05 @ Michigan Wolverines L 60 - 70
2026-01-08 vs Northwestern Wildcats W 79 - 47
2026-01-11 vs USC Trojans W 63 - 62
2026-01-14 vs UCLA Bruins L 58 - 76
2026-01-18 @ Washington Huskies L 54 - 67
2026-01-21 @ Oregon Ducks W 65 - 60
2026-01-25 vs Wisconsin Badgers W 88 - 53
2026-01-28 @ Penn State Lady Lions W 87 - 66
2026-02-01 vs Purdue Boilermakers W 88 - 55
2026-02-05 @ Iowa Hawkeyes W 91 - 85
2026-02-08 @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights W 63 - 52
2026-02-12 vs Nebraska Cornhuskers W 84 - 67
2026-02-15 @ Wisconsin Badgers W 83 - 60
2026-02-18 vs Ohio State Buckeyes W 74 - 61
2026-02-22 vs Michigan State Spartans L 61 - 75
2026-03-01 @ Illinois Fighting Illini W 78 - 73
2026-03-06 vs Ohio State Buckeyes L 55 - 60
2026-03-20 vs Green Bay Phoenix W 75 - 58
2026-03-22 vs Ole Miss Rebels W 65 - 63
2026-03-27 @ UCLA Bruins L 56 - 80

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
T. McKinney T. McKinney G 27 27.8 13.0 3.0 2.6 2.0 0.6 1.2 9.9 10.1 195 9.8 14.0 46.8 35.2 82.4 5.33 57.7 52.6
G. Grocholski G. Grocholski G 31 33.6 12.0 5.0 2.8 1.1 0.2 1.5 9.7 9.7 201 8.4 10.8 46.0 42.1 70.3 2.76 58.3 57.1
M. Braun M. Braun G 31 34.0 11.7 4.3 2.5 1.3 0.6 1.8 10.4 8.2 181 7.5 9.5 39.3 35.4 89.8 0.06 52.2 48.1
A. Battle A. Battle G 31 31.2 11.4 7.6 3.6 1.2 0.3 2.3 11.3 10.4 177 7.4 10.2 38.2 31.6 84.7 4.77 45.3 39.9
S. Hart S. Hart C 31 23.8 11.4 6.4 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.4 8.9 9.6 117 4.9 8.8 55.3 0 64.5 0.27 57.2 55.3
B. Glenn B. Glenn G 31 22.4 6.3 2.6 1.8 1.2 0.2 1.0 6.5 4.6 101 4.2 9.6 39.8 26.2 64.1 -0.63 44.9 42.5
F. Tonga F. Tonga F 31 12.4 4.4 3.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.0 3.0 4.9 53 2.2 10.1 62.8 0 65.5 0.45 64.2 62.8
M. Christian M. Christian G 27 10.3 3.4 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 2.7 2.3 - - - 37.8 32.8 72.7 - 54.4 50.7
T. Bershers T. Bershers F 2 7.5 2.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.5 7 3.5 56.0 33.3 0.0 0 -0.81 33.3 33.3
K. Klick K. Klick G 17 5.7 1.5 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.6 62 5.2 72.1 50.0 66.7 62.5 -2.5 58.1 55.6
N. Holloway N. Holloway F 25 5.5 1.4 1.7 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 12 0.6 5.9 37.8 0.0 61.5 -1.78 42.1 37.8
T. Woodson T. Woodson F 2 11.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.5 -1 -0.5 -4.7 20.0 0.0 0.0 -1.02 17.0 20.0
B. Senden B. Senden G 14 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 17 1.9 36.2 40.0 33.3 50.0 -1.2 52.4 50.0
Z. Bershers Z. Bershers C 10 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.8 - - - 33.3 33.3 0 - 50.0 50.0
M. Heyer M. Heyer F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG