North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball | |||||||||
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University | University of North Dakota | ||||||||
First season | 1904-1905 | ||||||||
All-time record | 371–332 (.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 | ||||||||
Colors | Kelly green and white [2] | ||||||||
Uniforms | |||||||||
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NCAA tournament Final Four | |||||||||
1965*, 1966*, 1990* | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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.
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.
The North Dakota Men's basketball team is the fourth winningest program in the history of NCAA's Division II basketball.
North Dakota has a total of 19 regular-season championships and six conference tournament championships.
NCAA Division II Regionals
North Dakota has appeared in one NCAA Division I tournament. Their record is 0–1.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2017 | #15 | First round | Arizona | L 82–100 |
North Dakota has appeared in six Summit League tournaments. Their combined record is 4–6.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2019 | 6 | Quarterfinals | Omaha | L 76–81 |
2020 | 6 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship | South Dakota Purdue Fort Wayne North Dakota State | W 74–71 W 73–56 L 53–89 |
2021 | 5 | Quarterfinals | Oral Roberts | L 65–76 |
2023 | 9 | First Round Quarterfinals | Denver Oral Roberts | W 83–68 L 80–96 |
2024 | 3 | Quarterfinals | Omaha | L 72–73 |
2025 | 6 | Quarterfinals Semifinals | South Dakota State St. Thomas | W 85–69 L 69–85 |
North Dakota has appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament 19 times. Their combined record is 29–22.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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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 Quarterfinals | Morningside | L 86–92 |
2000 | Regional Quarterfinals Regional semifinals | South Dakota State Metro State | W 73–67 L 58–82 |
2003 | Regional Quarterfinals | Saint Cloud State | L 69–74 |
North Dakota has appeared in the NAIA tournament three times. Their combined record is 1–3.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1949 | First round Second Round | Hawaiʻi Texas Tech | W 70–53 L 57–62 |
1953 | First round | Saint Benedict's | L 66–69 |
1954 | First round | Saint Ambrose | L 70–77 |
North Dakota has appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) five times. Their combined record is 0–5.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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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 |
Number | Name | Tenure |
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1 | George Sweetland | 1904–1907 |
2 | David Dunlap | 1909–1911 |
3 | Charles Armstrong | 1912 |
4 | Fred Archer | 1913 |
5 | Thomas Gill | 1914–1917 |
6 | Harry Caldwell | 1918 |
7 | Paul J. Davis | 1919–1923 |
8 | Edgar "Dutch" Houser | 1924 |
9 | Clement W. Letich | 1925–1943 |
10 | Jack West | 1944 |
11 | Red Jarrett | 1945 |
12 | Harold "Cookie" Cunningham | 1946–1948 |
13 | Red Jarrett | 1949–1950 |
14 | Louis D. Bogan | 1951–1961 |
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 |
North Dakota has had four of its players selected in the NBA draft.
Round | Name | Year |
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8 | Jon Haaven | 1957 |
2 | Phil Jackson | 1967 |
10 | Chris Fahrbach | 1979 |
2 | Jerome Beasley | 2003 |
The following players were drafted into the NBA G League
Round | Name | Year |
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1 | Marlon Stewart | 2021 |
All-NCC
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NCC MVPs
Defensive Player of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
Freshman of the Year
NCC All-Freshman Team
Academic All-NCC
First Team All-Great West
Second Team All-Great West
All-Tournament team
* = Tournament MVP
Academic All-Great West
First Team All-Big Sky
Second Team All-Big Sky
All-Tournament team
** = Tournament MVP
Reserve of the Year
Academic All-Big Sky
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