Gophers NCAA tournament game history
All-time: 13-13
2017: Lost to Middle Tennessee in first round
2013: Beat UCLA in first round; lost to Florida in second round
2010: Lost to Xavier in first round
2009: Lost to Texas in first round
2005: Lost to Iowa State in first round
1999: Lost to Gonzaga in first round**
1997: Beat Southwest Texas State in first round; beat Temple in second round; beat Clemson in overtime in regional semifinal; beat UCLA in regional final; lost to Kentucky in national semfinal**
1995: Lost to St. Louis in overtime in first round**
1994: Beat Southern Illinois in first round; lost to Louisville in second round**
1990: Beat UTEP in OT in first round; beat Northern Iowa in second round; beat Syracuse in regional semifinal; lost to Georgia Tech in regional final
1989: Beat Kansas State in first round; beat Siena in second round; lost to Duke in regional semifinal
1982: Lost to Louisville in regional semifinal
1972: Lost to Florida State in regional semifinal; beat Marquette in third-place game **
** Games vacated
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Minnesota, which earned the No. 12 seed, faces 13th-seeded Northwestern on Wednesday in the Big Ten men's basketball tournament opener.