North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball

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North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
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UniversityUniversity of North Dakota
First season1904-1905
All-time record371–332 (.528) [1]
Head coach Paul Sather (6th season)
Conference Summit League
Location Grand Forks, North Dakota
Arena Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
(capacity: 3,300)
Nickname Fighting Hawks
ColorsKelly green and white [2]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
1965*, 1966*, 1990*
Other NCAA tournament results
Elite Eight1965*, 1966*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*
Sweet Sixteen1965*, 1966*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*, 1993*
Appearances1965*, 1966*, 1967*, 1974*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*, 1992*, 1993*, 1994*, 1995*, 2000*, 2003*, 2017
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 2011, 2012, 2017
Conference regular-season champions
1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2017

* at Division II level

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team represents the University of North Dakota NCAA Division I men's basketball. The Fighting Hawks are members of the Summit League. Prior to membership in the Summit, they were members of Division II's North Central Conference and Division I's Great West Conference and Big Sky Conference. The current head coach is Paul Sather. The Fighting Hawks made their only appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2017.

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On July 1, 2018, the school officially joined the Summit League in all sports except for football, in which it remained a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. [3]

The team was known as the Flickertails until 1929, when it was renamed the Fighting Sioux. It dropped that name in 2011 and went without a nickname until 2015, when it became the Fighting Hawks.

History

The North Dakota Men's basketball team is the fourth winningest program in the history of NCAA's Division II basketball.

Championships

North Dakota has a total of 19 regular-season championships and six conference tournament championships.

North Central Conference

Great West Conference

Big Sky Conference

NCAA Division II Regionals

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

North Dakota has appeared in one NCAA Division I tournament. Their record is 0–1.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2017 #15First round Arizona L 82–100

Summit League tournament results

North Dakota has appeared in six Summit League tournaments. Their combined record is 4–6.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2019 6Quarterfinals Omaha L 76–81
2020 6Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
South Dakota
Purdue Fort Wayne
North Dakota State
W 74–71
W 73–56
L 53–89
2021 5Quarterfinals Oral Roberts L 65–76
2023 9First Round
Quarterfinals
Denver
Oral Roberts
W 83–68
L 80–96
2024 3Quarterfinals Omaha L 72–73
2025 6Quarterfinals
Semifinals
South Dakota State
St. Thomas
W 85–69
L 69–85

NCAA Division II tournament results

North Dakota has appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament 19 times. Their combined record is 29–22.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1965 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Minnesota–Duluth
Minnesota State–Moorhead
Seattle Pacific
Southern Illinois
Saint Michael's
W 67–57
W 82–57
W 97–83
L 64–97
W 94–86
1966 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Northern Colorado
Valparaiso
Abilene Christian
Southern Illinois
Akron
W 84–71
W 112–82
W 63–62
L 61–69
L 71–76
1967 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
Louisiana Tech
Parsons
L 77–86
W 107–56
1974 Regional Quarterfinals
Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
Monmouth (IL)
Southwest Missouri State
Saint Cloud State
W 73–67
L 63–71
W 75–71
1975 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Missouri–Rolla
Nebraska–Omaha
Old Dominion
W 72–61
W 84–71
L 62–78
1976 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Nebraska–Omaha
Green Bay
Puget Sound
W 86–74 OT
W 65–61
L 77–80
1977 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Augustana (SD)
Green Bay
Chattanooga
W 71–64
W 45–43
L 52–76
1979 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
Green Bay
Nebraska–Omaha
L 48–63
L 75–86
1980 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
Western Illinois
Stonehill
L 79–102
L 57–70
1981 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Central Missouri State
Green Bay
W 87–80
L 60–72
1982 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Eastern Montana
Nebraska–Omaha
Cal State Bakersfield
W 59–54
W 83–75
L 65–67
1990 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Alaska–Anchorage
Metro State
Jacksonville State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Morehouse
W 78–71
W 85–80
W 89–64
L 92–101
W 98–77
1991 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Elite Eight
Kearney State
South Dakota State
Virginia Union
W 90–60
W 54–51
L 63–64
1992 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
Denver
Saint Cloud State
L 68–73
W 80–60
1993 Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
Western State
South Dakota
W 80–61
L 64–66 OT
1994 Regional semifinals
Regional 3rd-place game
South Dakota
Mesa State
L 76–94
W 97–88
1995 Regional QuarterfinalsMorningsideL 86–92
2000 Regional Quarterfinals
Regional semifinals
South Dakota State
Metro State
W 73–67
L 58–82
2003 Regional QuarterfinalsSaint Cloud StateL 69–74

NAIA tournament results

North Dakota has appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record is 1–3.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1949 First round
Second Round
Hawaiʻi
Texas Tech
W 70–53
L 57–62
1953 First roundSaint Benedict'sL 66–69
1954 First roundSaint AmbroseL 70–77

CIT results

North Dakota has appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) five times. Their combined record is 0–5.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2011 First round Air Force L 67–77
2012 First round Drake L 64–70
2013 First round Northern Iowa L 66–77
2014 First round Nebraska–Omaha L 75–91
2016 First round UC Irvine L 86–89OT

List of head coaches

NumberNameTenure
1 George Sweetland 1904–1907
2David Dunlap1909–1911
3Charles Armstrong1912
4Fred Archer1913
5Thomas Gill1914–1917
6Harry Caldwell1918
7 Paul J. Davis 1919–1923
8Edgar "Dutch" Houser1924
9Clement W. Letich1925–1943
10Jack West1944
11Red Jarrett1945
12 Harold "Cookie" Cunningham 1946–1948
13Red Jarrett1949–1950
14Louis D. Bogan1951–1961
15 Bill Fitch 1962–1966
16 Jimmy Rodgers 1967–1969
17 Dave Gunther 1970–1987
18 Rich Glas 1988–2006
19 Brian Jones 2007–2019
20 Paul Sather 2019–present

Arenas

NBA draft picks

North Dakota has had four of its players selected in the NBA draft.

RoundNameYear
8Jon Haaven1957
2 Phil Jackson 1967
10Chris Fahrbach1979
2 Jerome Beasley 2003

The following players were drafted into the NBA G League

RoundNameYear
1 Marlon Stewart 2021

NCC awards

All-NCC

NCC MVPs

Defensive Player of the Year

Newcomer of the Year

Freshman of the Year

NCC All-Freshman Team

Academic All-NCC

Great West awards

First Team All-Great West

Second Team All-Great West

All-Tournament team

* = Tournament MVP

Academic All-Great West

Big Sky awards

First Team All-Big Sky

Second Team All-Big Sky

All-Tournament team

** = Tournament MVP

Reserve of the Year

Academic All-Big Sky

Summit League awards

First Team All-Summit League

Second Team All-Summit League

Honorable Mention All-Summit League

All-Defensive team

All-Newcomer team

All-Tournament team

Freshman of the Year

Sixth Man of the Year

All-time statistical leaders

Single-game leaders

Single-season leaders

Career leaders

References

  1. "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Men's Basketball Index".
  2. UND Athletics Brand 22 Media (PDF). April 10, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  3. "UND officially makes the move to the Summit League, Missouri..." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-16.