It is the offseason (duh) which is time for two things. High expectations for the upcoming season and lists. People are quite excited about the upcoming Minnesota basketball season. Virtually the entire roster returns from a team that finished a trip to the NCAA Tournament after finishing higher in the Big Ten than we have seen in a very long time. There’s a reason people have high expectations.
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#1 - 96/97 Final Four Team
This one is easy. For Gopher fans old enough to remember (and perhaps young enough that they don’t have the memory of any of the Musselman teams from the 70s), this is clearly the best team we have seen play at the Barn.