2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers

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2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
15 Kadyn Betts Fr F 6-8 215 - Pueblo (CO) United States Central High School
4 Braeden Carrington So SF 6-4 195 - Brooklyn Park (MN) United States Park Center Senior High School
24 Cameron Christie Fr SG 6-6 190 Jul 24, 2005 Rolling Meadows (IL) United States Rolling Meadows High School
23 Parker Fox Sr F 6-8 210 - Mahtomedi (MN) United States Mahtomedi High School
3 Dawson Garcia Sr SF 6-11 230 Sep 20, 2001 Prior Lake (MN) United States Prior Lake High School
0 Elijah Hawkins Jr PG 5-11 160 Jul 9, 2002 Crisfield (MD) United States DeMatha Catholic High School
5 Isaiah Ihnen Sr GF 6-10 220 Oct 15, 2000 Boblingen Germany N/A
8 Kris Keinys Fr F 6-8 195 Feb 21, 2004 Klaipeda Lithuania N/A
2 Mike Mitchell Jr G 6-2 190 - San Jose (CA) United States Archbishop Mitty High School
1 Joshua Ola-Joseph So F 6-7 215 - Osseo (MN) United States AZ Compass Prep
21 Pharrel Payne So C 6-9 255 Aug 22, 2004 Cottage Grove (MN) United States Park High School
11 Jackson Purcell So G 6-5 195 - Apple Valley (MN) United States Eastview High School
25 Will Ramberg Sr G 6-5 205 - Grand Marais (MN) United States Cook County High School
12 Erick Reader Fr F 6-8 200 - Bloomington (MN) United States New Life Academy
33 Jack Wilson Sr C 6-11 290 Oct 22, 1999 San Mateo (CA) United States Junipero Serra High School

Recent Minnesota Golden Gophers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 19-15 (9-11) 9th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 9-22 (2-17) 14th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 13-17 (4-16) 13th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 14-15 (6-14) 13th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 15-16 (8-12) 12th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 22-14 (9-11) 7th (Big Ten) 4th Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 15-17 (4-14) 11th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 24-10 (11-7) 4th (Big Ten) 4th Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2015-2016 8-23 (2-16) 13th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 18-15 (6-12) 10th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 25-13 (8-10) 7th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT Champion
2012-2013 21-13 (8-10) 7th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 23-15 (6-12) 9th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT Runner Up
2010-2011 18-14 (6-12) 9th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 21-14 (9-9) 6th (Big Ten) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 22-11 (9-9) 7th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008 20-14 (8-10) 6th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2006-2007 9-22 (3-13) 9th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-15 (5-11) 10th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2004-2005 21-11 (10-6) 4th (Big Ten) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 12-18 (3-13) 10th (Big Ten) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 19-14 (8-8) 6th (Big Ten) 1st Rnd NIT 4th Rnd

2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Dawson Garcia NABC All-District (7) Second Team
Dawson Garcia All-Big Ten Third Team (Coaches)
Elijah Hawkins All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
Dawson Garcia All-Big Ten Second Team (Media)
Elijah Hawkins All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
Cameron Christie All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Dawson Garcia Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov 13, 2023)
Cameron Christie Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Mar 4, 2024)
Cameron Christie Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb 5, 2024)

2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Hawkins M. Mitchell C. Christie D. Garcia P. Payne
Rotation     B. Carrington P. Fox  
Lim PT   W. Ramberg E. Reader I. Ihnen J. Wilson
Lim PT   J. Purcell   J. Ola-Joseph  
Lim PT       K. Betts  
Lim PT       K. Keinys  

2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dawson Garcia 31 31.9 17.6 6.7 1.6 0.8 1.0 2.0
Cameron Christie 33 30.1 11.3 3.6 2.2 0.6 0.3 1.2
Mike Mitchell 34 29.6 10.2 2.7 2.6 1.5 0.1 1.8
Pharrel Payne 32 23.3 10.0 6.1 1.2 0.3 1.4 1.6
Elijah Hawkins 33 33.2 9.5 3.6 7.5 1.6 0.2 2.7
Joshua Ola-Joseph 29 15.8 7.5 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.7
Parker Fox 34 14.1 5.1 2.9 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5
Braeden Carrington 29 20.9 4.6 3.2 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.8
Isaiah Ihnen 28 11.4 3.4 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
Erick Reader 2 3.5 2.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Jack Wilson 7 4.1 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.7
Kris Keinys 5 4.0 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
Kadyn Betts 8 7.0 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2
Will Ramberg 2 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jackson Purcell 3 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

2023-2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Ben Johnson Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Xavier, 2018 to 2021)
Dave Thorson Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Colorado State, 2018 to 2021)
Jason Kemp Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (William & Mary, 2019 to 2021)
Marcus Jenkins Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Associate Head Coach (Richmond, 2018 to 2021)
Kelsey Steinhagen Quality Control Coach 2022-2023 N/A
Josh Adel Video Coordinator 2019-2020 Assistant to the Head Coach (Minnesota, 2013 to 2019)
Mark Coyle Athletic Director 2016-2017 Athletic Director (Syracuse, 2015 to 2016)
Ryan Livingston Director of Basketball Operations, Assistant Athletic Director 2015-2016 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Villanova, 2012 to 2015)
Jeffrey Winslow Head Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 N/A
Steve Felde Strength and Conditioning Coach 2018-2019 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Miami (FL), 2013 to 2018)
Ryan Dotson Athletic Trainer 2022-2023 N/A
Michelle Traversie Director of Communications 2021-2022 Associate Director of Communications (Minnesota, 2017 to 2021)