Gophers vs. NCAA Qualifiers (since Jan. 1, 2000)

Hadn't really noticed this. The Gophers have lost all three of their NCAA Tournament games (circa 2000) by double digits, with a high of only 62 points (vs. Texas in 2009). Not exactly lighting it up on the occasions we make the NCAAs.

2000 (1-11, .0833)
@ Ohio State (L, 63-71)
@ Indiana (L, 61-86)
Purdue (L, 69-74)
@ Wisconsin (L, 53-85)
@ Illinois (L, 59-73)
Wisconsin (L, 64-66)
Indiana (W, 77-75)
Illinois (L, 80-89)
@ Purdue (L, 61-97)
vs. Seton Hall (L, 61-64)
@ Michigan State (L, 43-79)
Ohio State (L, 72-82)

2000-01 (4-11, .2666)
NC-Greensboro (W, 81-61)
Georgia (W, 77-74)
vs. Georgetown (L, 60-76)
@ Illinois (L, 64-80)
Wisconsin (W, 54-49)
@ Ohio State (L, 72-75)
Indiana (W, 78-74)
Iowa (L, 74-87)
@ Iowa (L, 55-64)
Ohio State (L, 66-73)
Michigan State (L, 83-94)
Penn State (L, 62-82)
@ Wisconsin (L, 54-64)
@ Indiana (L, 53-89)
Illinois (L, 59-67)

2001-02 (4-10, .2857)
@ Wake Forest (L, 79-85)
NC-Wilmington (L, 50-58)
@ Georgia (L, 55-77)
Oregon (W, 75-72)
@ Texas Tech (L, 60-80)
@ Illinois (L, 53-76)
Michigan State (W, 70-67)
@ Wisconsin (L, 64-73)
Ohio State (W, 89-71)
Indiana (W, 88-74)
Wisconsin (L, 62-67)
@ Michigan State (L, 55-74)
Illinois (L, 66-67)
vs. Illinois (L, 76-92)

2002-03 (3-7, .3000)
NC-Asheville (W, 87-81)
@ Oregon (L, 81-90)
Illinois (L, 70-76)
@ Wisconsin (L, 50-66)
Michigan State (W, 77-69)
Purdue (W, 90-68)
@ Michigan State (L, 61-71)
Wisconsin (L, 61-69)
@ Indiana (L, 70-74)
@ Illinois (L, 60-84)

2003-04 (1-7, .1250)
@ Utah (L, 54-66)
@ Texas Tech (L, 73-90)
Princeton (W, 57-53)
Michigan State (L, 78-79)
@ Wisconsin (L, 66-80)
Illinois (L, 69-79)
@ Michigan State (L, 58-69)
vs. Wisconsin (L, 52-66)

2004-05 (2-8, .2000)
vs. Alabama (L, 72-78)
vs. Oklahoma (L, 54-67)
@ Iowa (L, 60-66)
Michigan State (L, 55-69)
@ Illinois (L, 66-89)
Wisconsin (W, 60-50)
@ Michigan State (L, 62-81)
Iowa (W, 65-57)
vs. Illinois (L, 56-64)
vs. Iowa State (L, 53-64) – NCAA Tournament

2005-06 (5-7, .4166)
UAB (W, 69-68)
Oral Roberts (W, 67-54)
Wisconsin (L, 62-64)
@ Iowa (L, 72-76)
@ Illinois (L, 53-77)
Indiana (W, 61-42)
@ Ohio State (L, 53-67)
Michigan State (W, 69-55)
Iowa (W, 74-61)
@ Wisconsin (L, 74-80)
Illinois (L, 65-71)
vs. Iowa (L, 57-67)

2006-07 (1-10, .0909)
vs. Southern Illinois (L, 53-69)
@ UNLV (L, 58-62)
Purdue (W, 65-59)
@ Wisconsin (L, 45-68)
Illinois (L, 52-64)
@ Michigan State (L, 46-70)
@ Illinois (L, 49-59)
Wisconsin (L, 62-75)
Ohio State (L, 67-85)
@ Indiana (L, 59-71)
@ Purdue (L, 47-66)

2007-08 (1-8, .1111)
@ UNLV (L, 64-81)
@ Michigan State (L, 59-65)
Indiana (L, 60-65)
Michigan State (L, 73-78)
Wisconsin (L, 47-63)
@ Wisconsin (L, 56-65)
@ Purdue (L, 53-65)
@ Indiana (L, 55-69)
vs. Indiana (W, 59-58)

2008-09 (7-9, .4375)
North Dakota State (W, 90-76)
Cornell (W, 71-54)
vs. Louisville (W, 70-64)
Michigan State (L, 58-70)
Ohio State (W, 68-59)
@ Wisconsin (W, 78-74)
Purdue (L, 62-70)
Illinois (W, 59-36)
@ Michigan State (L, 47-76)
@ Ohio State (L, 58-64)
@ Michigan (L, 62-74)
@ Illinois (L, 41-52)
Wisconsin (W, 51-46)
Michigan (L, 64-67)
vs. Michigan State (L, 56-64)
vs. Texas (L, 62-76) – NCAA Tournament

2009-10 (6-8, .4285)
vs. Butler (W, 82-73)
vs. Texas A&M (L, 65-66)
Morgan State (W, 94-64)
@ Purdue (L, 60-79)
Ohio State (W, 73-62)
@ Michigan State (L, 53-60)
Michigan State (L, 64-65)
@ Ohio State (L, 63-85)
Wisconsin (W, 68-52)
Purdue (L, 58-59)
vs. Michigan State (W, 72-67)
vs. Purdue (W, 69-42)
vs. Ohio State (L, 61-90)
vs. Xavier (L, 54-65) – NCAA Tournament

Totals
Overall Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 35-96 (.2671)
Tubby Smith vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 14-25 (.3589)
Dan Monson vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 21-71 (.2282)

Overall Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Home: 29-30 (.4915)
Tubby Smith vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Home: 8-8 (.5000)
Dan Monson vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Home: 21-22 (.4883)

Overall Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road: 1-51 (.0192)
Tubby Smith vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road: 1-12 (.0769)
Dan Monson vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road: 0-39 (.0000)

Overall Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Neutral: 5-15 (.2500)
Tubby Smith vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Neutral: 5-5 (.5000)
Dan Monson vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Neutral: 0-10 (.0000)

Overall Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road & Neutral Combined: 6-66 (.0833)
Tubby Smith vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road & Neutral Combined: 6-17 (.2608)
Dan Monson vs. NCAA Qualifiers/Road & Neutral Combined: 0-49 (.0000)

Best Season vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 2008-09 (7-9, .4375)
Worst (Full) Season vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 2006-07 (1-10, .0909)

Why does it start in January?

My starting point for these stats was the "2000s".

For the record, Gophers were 1-1 in November-December of that season vs. NCAA qualifiers. Beat Valpo, lost to Oregon.

SelectionSunday said:

2006-07 (1-10, .0909)
vs. Southern Illinois (L, 53-69)
@ UNLV (L, 58-62)
Purdue (W, 65-59)
@ Wisconsin (L, 45-68)
Illinois (L, 52-64)
@ Michigan State (L, 46-70)
@ Illinois (L, 49-59)
Wisconsin (L, 62-75)
Ohio State (L, 67-85)
@ Indiana (L, 59-71)
@ Purdue (L, 47-66)

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I'm still amazed that in a year that was probably the worst in decades, we still managed to beat one qualifier.