Head coach: Ben Johnson (first season)
2020-21 record: 14-15 (6-14)
Season finish: No postseason
What comes back
For Minnesota, what comes back is pretty simple. Almost nothing. The Gophers only return two players from last season team, forwards Isaiah Ihnen and Eric Curry, and even that’s a bit of a stretch. Ihnen suffered a knee injury in July and will miss the season and Curry was originally going to join the coaching staff for the Gophers, but decided over the summer that he would exercise his extra year of COVID eligibility and return for one more season on the floor.