North Dakota State Bison women's basketball

North Dakota State Bison women's basketball
North Dakota State Bison women's basketball
	2024–25 North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team
University	North Dakota State University
Head coach	Jory Collins (6th season)
Conference	Summit League
Location	Fargo, North Dakota
Arena	Scheels Center ; (capacity: 5,460)
Nickname	Bison
Colors	Green and yellow;
NCAA tournament champions
	Division II ; 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Runner-up	Division II ; 1986, 1992, 2000
Other NCAA tournament results
Runner-up	Division II ; 1986, 1992, 2000
Final Four	Division II ; 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
Elite Eight	Division II ; 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
Sweet Sixteen	Division II ; 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
Appearances	Division II ; 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
AIAW tournament Final Four
	Division II: 1982
Appearances	Division II: 1979, 1982
Other AIAW tournament results
Appearances	Division II: 1979, 1982
Conference regular-season champions
	1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997

Last updated May 27, 2025

The North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team is part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. They are members of NCAA Division I and the Summit League. The Bison head coach is Jory Collins in his 5th season.^[2]

NCAA Division II Championships

Association	Division	Sport	Year	Score	Opponent
NCAA	Division II	Basketball	1991	81–74	Southeast Missouri State
NCAA	Division II	Basketball	1993	95–63	Delta State
NCAA	Division II	Basketball	1994	89–56	Cal State San Bernardino
NCAA	Division II	Basketball	1995	98–85	Portland State
NCAA	Division II	Basketball	1996	104–78	Shippensburg

NCAA Division II runner-up teams:

1986
1992
2000

Postseason

WNIT

The Bison have made three appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). Their record is 3–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	First round	at Oregon	L 57–96
2024	Second round	Montana	W 72–63
2024	Super 16	at Minnesota	L 65–69
2025	Second round	New Mexico State	W 68–65
	Super 16	Washington State	W 59–51
	Great 8	Troy	L 97–88^OT

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Bison made eighteen appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 47–13.^[3]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Bryant Mankato State Central Missouri State Philadelphia Textile Cal Poly Pomona	W, 81–63 W, 67–62 W, 77–60 W, 77–61 L, 63–70
1987	Regional Finals Elite Eight	St. Cloud State Cal Poly Pomona	W, 67–65 L, 67–77
1988	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four	St. Cloud State South Dakota State St. Joseph's (IN) Hampton	W, 77–57 W, 91–77 W, 87–74 L, 63–72
1989	First round Regional Finals	South Dakota St. Cloud State	W, 72–71 (OT) L, 80–87
1990	First round Regional Finals	St. Cloud State North Dakota	W, 91–74 L, 58–90
1991	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Augustana (SD) North Dakota Bellarmine Bentley Southeast Missouri State	W, 90–89 W, 81–59 W, 87–64 W, 83–76 W, 81–74
1992	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	South Dakota State Augustana (SD) Washburn Portland State Delta State	W, 92–58 W, 104–69 W, 79–51 W, 93–59 L, 63–65
1993	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Denver Augustana (SD) Cal Poly Pomona Bentley Delta State	W, 92–77 W, 91–82 W, 91–55 W, 79–57 W, 95–63
1994	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Augustana (SD) South Dakota State Missouri Western State North Alabama Cal State San Bernardino	W, 82–59 W, 82–52 W, 91–74 W, 123–56 W, 89–56
1995	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Minnesota–Duluth South Dakota State Oakland Missouri Western State Portland State	W, 98–61 W, 82–68 W, 87–61 W, 74–67 W, 98–85
1996	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Minnesota–Duluth North Dakota Portland State Delta State Shippensburg	W, 72–52 W, 89–77 W, 91–65 W, 93–72 W, 104–78
1997	Regional semifinals Regional Finals	Nebraska–Kearney North Dakota	W, 76–65 L, 66–73
1998	First round	Northern State	L, 73–76
1999	Regional semifinals Regional Finals	Minnesota–Duluth North Dakota	W, 61–50 L, 60–83
2000	Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Minnesota–Duluth North Dakota Delta State Columbus State Northern Kentucky	W, 77–72 W, 92–72 W, 71–64 W, 72–56 L, 62–71 (OT)
2001	First round	Minnesota–Duluth	L, 73–81
2003	First round Second Round	Nebraska–Kearney South Dakota	W, 76–69 L, 61–84
2004	First round Second Round	South Dakota North Dakota	W, 70–63 L, 65–66

AIAW College Division/Division II

The Bison made two appearances in the AIAW National Division II basketball tournament, with a combined record of 2–2–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1979	First round	High Point	L, 40–93
1982	First round Second Round Semifinals Third-place game	Centenary Biola College of Charleston William Penn	W, w/o W, 87–71 L, 73–88 T, 76–76

Season–by–season results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colette Folstad (No Conference)(1966–1970)
1966–67	Colette Folstad	3–3	—	—
1967–68	Colette Folstad	8–2	—	—
1968–69	Colette Folstad	5–4	—	—
1969–70	Colette Folstad	9–1	—	—
Colette Folstad:		25–10 (.714)	–
Carol Mondor (No Conference)(1970–1971)
1970–71	Carol Mondor	3–8	—	—
Carol Mondor:		3–8 (.273)	–
Sue Feeney (No Conference)(1971–1972)
1971–72	Sue Feeney	7–4	—	—
Sue Feeney:		7–4 (.636)	–
Sharon Anderson (Minn–Kota Conference)(1972–1973)
1972–73	Sharon Anderson	6–10	1—2	—
Sharon Anderson:		6–10 (.375)	1–2 (.333)
Pat Halvorson (Minn–Kota Conference)(1973–1975)
1973–74	Pat Halvorson	10–4	5—2	—
1974–75	Pat Halvorson	6–10	2—5	—	AIAW Playoffs
Pat Halvorson:		16–14 (.533)	7–7 (.500)
Judy Strachen (Minn–Kota Conference)(1975–1977)
1975–76	Judy Strachen	4–14	2—5	—
1976–77	Judy Strachen	3–22	—	—	AIAW Playoffs
Judy Strachen:		7–36 (.163)	2–5 (.286)
Paul McKinnon (Minn–Kota Conference)(1977–1979)
1977–78	Paul McKinnon	12–21	—	—	AIAW Playoffs
1978–79	Paul McKinnon	13–19	—	—	AIAW Nationals
Paul McKinnon:		25–40 (.385)	–
Amy Ruley (North Central Conference)(1979–2004)
1979–80	Amy Ruley	14–15	—	4th
1980–81	Amy Ruley	19–12	—	5th
1981–82	Amy Ruley	22–10	—	2nd	AIAW Fourth Place
1982–83	Amy Ruley	16–10	5—5	3rd
1983–84	Amy Ruley	15–12	5—7	4th
1984–85	Amy Ruley	19–8	8—6	4th
1985–86	Amy Ruley	24–9	10—4	2nd	NCAA Division II Runner-up
1986–87	Amy Ruley	26–4	12—2	1st	NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
1987–88	Amy Ruley	28–3	13—1	1st	NCAA Division II Semifinals
1988–89	Amy Ruley	23–7	11—3	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
1989–90	Amy Ruley	25–5	15—3	2nd	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
1990–91	Amy Ruley	31–2	16—2	2nd	NCAA Division II Champions
1991–92	Amy Ruley	29–4	16—2	1st	NCAA Division II Runner-up
1992–93	Amy Ruley	30–2	16—2	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1993–94	Amy Ruley	27–5	15—3	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1994–95	Amy Ruley	32–0	18—0	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1995–96	Amy Ruley	30–2	17—1	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1996–97	Amy Ruley	28–1	18—0	1st	NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
1997–98	Amy Ruley	22–6	14—4	2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
1998–99	Amy Ruley	24–5	14—4	2nd	NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
1999–00	Amy Ruley	28–4	14—4	1st	NCAA Division II Runner-up
2000–01	Amy Ruley	25–8	13—5	2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
2001–02	Amy Ruley	18–10	10—8	T—3rd
2002–03	Amy Ruley	26–7	12—4	T—3rd
2003–04	Amy Ruley	24–7	11—3	T—1st
Amy Ruley (Independent)(2004–2007)
2004–05	Amy Ruley	26–1
2005–06	Amy Ruley	9–17
2006–07	Amy Ruley	14–11
Amy Ruley (Summit League)(2007–2008)
2007–08	Amy Ruley	17–11	12—6	T—2nd
Amy Ruley:		671–198 (.772)
Carolyn DeHoff (Summit League)(2008–2014)
2008–09	Carolyn DeHoff	16–13	12—6	3rd
2009–10	Carolyn DeHoff	16–13	11—7	5th
2010–11	Carolyn DeHoff	13–16	9—9	T–6th
2011–12	Carolyn DeHoff	11–20	8—10	5th
2012–2013	Carolyn DeHoff	10–19	6—10	7th
2013–14	Carolyn DeHoff	6–24	2—12	8th
Carolyn DeHoff:		72–105 (.407)	48–54 (.471)
Maren Walseth (Summit League)(2014–2019)
2014–15	Maren Walseth	11–18	7—9	6th
2015–16	Maren Walseth	7–22	2—14	9th
2016–17	Maren Walseth	6–24	4—12	7th
2017–18	Maren Walseth	9–20	2—12	8th
2018–19	Maren Walseth	7–22	4—12	7th
Maren Walseth:		40–106 (.274)	19–59 (.244)
Jory Collins (Summit League)(2019–present)
2019–20	Jory Collins	11–19	7—9	6th
2020–21	Jory Collins	15–9	9—7	3rd
2021–22	Jory Collins	11–18	7—11	6th
2022–23	Jory Collins	18–12	12—6	2nd	WNIT First Round
2023–24	Jory Collins	22–12	13–3	2nd	WNIT Super 16
Jory Collins:		77–70 (.524)	48–36 (.571)
Total:		948–600 (.612)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Arenas

Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse 1966–1970
Bison Sports Arena 1970–2016
Scheels Center 2016–present

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Record
1	Collette Folstad	1966–1969	22–9
2	Carol Mondor	1970	3–8
3	Sue Feeney	1971	7–4
4	Sharon Anderson	1972	6–10
5	Pat Halvorson	1973–75	16–14
6	Judy Stachen	1976-77	7–36
7	Paul McKinnon	1977–78	25–40
8	Amy Ruley	1979–2008	671–198
9	Carolyn DeHoff	2008–2014	74–105
10	Maren Walseth	2014–2019	40–106
11	Jory Collins	2019–present	77–70

References

↑ NDSU Bison Graphic Standards (PDF). May 23, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
↑ "Maren Walseth, North Dakota State Mutually Agree to Part Ways". NDSU. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
↑ "NDSU WBB Record Book (PDF) - NDSU" (PDF). www.gobison.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.

External links

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[1] NDSU Bison Graphic Standards (PDF). May 23, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2016.

[2] "Maren Walseth, North Dakota State Mutually Agree to Part Ways". NDSU. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

[3] "NDSU WBB Record Book (PDF) - NDSU" (PDF). www.gobison.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.

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Venues	Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (1966–1970; 2014–2016) Bison Sports Arena / Scheels Center (1970–2014; 2016–present)
Culture & lore	"On Bison" Pep band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Summit League women's basketball
Teams	Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Championships	Conference tournament
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25