2023–24 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team

2023–24 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball
2023–24 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball
Conference	Summit League
Record	15–17 (8–8 Summit)
Head coach	David Richman (10th season);
Associate head coach	Joshua Jones
Assistant coaches	Josh Sash; Spencer Wilker;
Home arena	Scheels Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Summit League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Dakota State †	12	–	4	.750	22	–	13	.629
Kansas City	10	–	6	.625	16	–	16	.500
North Dakota	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
St. Thomas*	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
North Dakota State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	17	.469
Omaha	7	–	9	.438	15	–	18	.455
Denver	6	–	10	.375	17	–	17	.500
Oral Roberts	5	–	11	.313	12	–	19	.387
South Dakota	5	–	11	.313	12	–	20	.375
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III

† 2024 Summit League tournament winner

The 2023–24 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by tenth year head coach David Richman, played their home games at the Scheels Center, as members of the Summit League.
NDSU made the Summit League tournament as the 5 seed. They lost to 4th seeded St. Thomas in the quarterfinals to be eliminated from postseason contention.^[1]

Previous Season

The Bison finished the 2022-23 season 16–17, 11–7 in Summit League play to finish in third place. In the Summit League tournament, they defeated South Dakota in the quarterfinals,^[2] South Dakota State in the semifinals,^[3] before losing to Oral Roberts in the finals.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Dezmond McKinney	0	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Raytown, Missouri	Transferred to Bellarmine^[5]
Grant Nelson	4	F	6'11"	235	Junior	Devils Lake, North Dakota	Transferred to Alabama^[6]
Luke Yoder	5	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Normal, Illinois	Transferred to Illinois Wesleyan University^[7]

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jeremiah Burke	5	F	6'7"	210	Junior	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Iowa Lakes Community College (NJCAA)

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Eli Bradley G	Las Vegas, Nevada	Bishop Gorman High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Nov 9, 2022
Eli Bradley G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Darik Dissette G	Minot, North Dakota	Minot High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 17, 2022
Darik Dissette G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Mark Nikolich-Wilson F	Arlington Heights, Illinois	Rolling Meadows High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	280 lb (130 kg)
Mark Nikolich-Wilson F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Eli Bradley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Bishop Gorman High School	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Tajavis Miller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Frenship High School	Lubbock, TX
F	5	Jeremiah Burke	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Iowa Lakes Community College	Milwaukee, WI
G	10	Damari Wheeler-Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Larkin High School	Elgin, IL
G	11	Jacari White	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	State College of Florida	Orlando, FL
G	12	Lance Waddles	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Evangel Christian Academy	Shreveport, LA
G	13	Darik Dissette	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Minot High School	Minot, ND
G	14	Boden Skunberg	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Jamestown High School	Jamestown, ND
F	22	Joshua Streit	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Eden Valley-Watkins High School	Watkins, MN
F	23	Andrew Morgan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Waseca High School	Waseca, MN
G	24	Ryan Sletten	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Larimore High School	Larimore, ND
F	33	Sam Hastreiter	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Pius X Catholic High School	Lincoln, NE
F	34	Noah Feddersen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS Fr	Menomonie High School	Menomonie, WI
F	40	Mark Nikolich-Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Fr	Rolling Meadows High School	Arlington Heights, IL

Head coach

David Richman (North Dakota State)

Assistant coach(es)

Joshua Jones (Eastern Kentucky)
Luke Strege (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Spencer Wilker (North Dakota State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2023* 7:00 pm		St. Olaf	W 93–50	–	19 – Miller	8 – Feddersen	3 – Waddles	Scheels Center (1,007) Fargo, ND
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Michigan	W 80–76 ^OT	1–0	25 – Skunberg	13 – Morgan	6 – Wheeler-Thomas	University Arena (1,364) Kalamazoo, MI
November 8, 2023* 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/Summit League Network		Mount Marty	W 93–66	2–0	17 – Skunberg	10 – Miller	4 – White	Scheels Center (1,032) Fargo, ND
November 11, 2023* 1:00 pm, FS2		at No. 8 Creighton	L 60–89	2–1	15 – Wheeler-Thomas	6 – Skunberg	3 – Wheeler-Thomas	CHI Health Center Omaha (16,911) Omaha, NE
November 14, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. UC Davis Basketball Travelers Mike Montgomery Classic	L 53–68	2–2	12 – Skunberg	8 – Skunberg	3 – Tied	Dahlberg Arena (71) Missoula, MT
November 16, 2023* 9:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana Basketball Travelers Mike Montgomery Classic	W 78–69	3–2	22 – Wheeler-Thomas	7 – Miller	4 – Skunberg	Dahlberg Arena (2,653) Missoula, MT
November 20, 2023* 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Wisconsin-Stout	W 101–72	4–2	26 – Waddles	10 – Miller	5 – Wheeler-Thomas	Scheels Center (1,018) Fargo, ND
November 25, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Grand Canyon	L 71–86	4–3	25 – Skunberg	8 – Skunberg	3 – Wheeler-Thomas	GCU Arena (7,208) Phoenix, AZ
November 27, 2023* 10:00 pm		at San Jose State	L 65–78	4–4	18 – Wheeler-Thomas	6 – Morgan	3 – Wheeler-Thomas	Provident Credit Union Event Center (1,322) San Jose, CA
December 4, 2023* 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		San Jose State	W 83–78 ^OT	5–4	17 – Fedderson	9 – Miller	5 – Miller	Scheels Center (1,946) Fargo, ND
December 7, 2023* 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Portland	W 78–67	6–4	16 – Morgan	6 – Morgan	6 – Skunberg	Scheels Center (1,234) Fargo, ND
December 10, 2023* 1:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Oak Hills Christian	W 108–14	7–4	19 – Waddles	8 – Tied	5 – Waddles	Scheels Center (1,016) Fargo, ND
December 17, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State	L 65–75	7–5	18 – Miller	7 – Tied	3 – Wheeler-Thomas	CEFCU Arena (2,953) Normal, IL
December 19, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Illinois	L 63–76	7–6	19 – Skunberg	5 – Wheeler-Thomas	3 – Wheeler-Thomas	Banterra Center (3,932) Carbondale, IL
December 29, 2023 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		South Dakota	L 66–75	7–7 (0–1)	19 – Morgan	7 – Skunberg	4 – Wheeler-Thomas	Scheels Center (2,674) Fargo, ND
January 3, 2024* 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Montana Big Sky–Summit Challenge	L 86–96	7–8	19 – Miller	8 – Feddersen	4 – White	Scheels Center (1,592) Fargo, ND
January 6, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington Big Sky–Summit Challenge	L 83–91	7–9	23 – Tied	6 – Morgan	2 – Tied	Reese Court (1,192) Cheney, WA
January 11, 2024 7:00 pm, SLN		at Kansas City	W 92–91 ^2OT	8–9 (1–1)	23 – Skunberg	6 – Skunberg	5 – Tied	Swinney Recreation Center (818) Kansas City, MO
January 13, 2024 7:00 pm, SLN		at Omaha	L 92–96 ^OT	8–10 (1–2)	30 – Wheeler-Thomas	7 – Morgan	6 – White	Baxter Arena (1,047) Omaha, NE
January 18, 2024 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Denver	L 70–78	8–11 (1–3)	15 – Skunberg	6 – Skunberg	4 – Wheeler-Thomas	Scheels Center (1,527) Fargo, ND
January 20, 2024 1:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Oral Roberts	W 72–67	9–11 (2–3)	20 – Skunberg	13 – Morgan	4 – Morgan	Scheels Center (2,017) Fargo, ND
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, SLN		at St. Thomas	L 66–79	9–12 (2–4)	20 – Feddersen	7 – Skunberg	4 – Feddersen	Shoenecker Arena (1,614) St. Paul, MN
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/SLN		at South Dakota State	W 74–73 ^OT	10–12 (3–4)	14 – Skunberg	10 – Skunberg	3 – Morgan	Frost Arena (3,418) Brookings, SD
February 3, 2024 3:30 pm, MidcoSN/SLN		at North Dakota	L 58–60	10–13 (3–5)	14 – Morgan	10 – Miller	2 – Tied	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (3,065) Grand Forks, ND
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Kansas City	W 82–78 ^OT	11–13 (4–5)	31 – Morgan	7 – Skunberg	4 – Skunberg	Scheels Center (1,289) Fargo, ND
February 10, 2024 1:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		Omaha	W 81–79	12–13 (5–5)	18 – Morgan	8 – Feddersen	5 – Feddersen	Scheels Center (2,204) Fargo, ND
February 15, 2024 7:00 pm, SLN		at Oral Roberts	W 73–60	13–13 (6–5)	18 – Tied	10 – Feddersen	3 – Waddles	Mabee Center (3,975) Tulsa, OK
February 17, 2024 3:00 pm, SLN		at Denver	L 71–77	13–14 (6–6)	21 – Miller	8 – White	5 – White	Hamilton Gymnasium (1,038) Denver, CO
February 22, 2024 7:00 pm, WDAY/SLN		St. Thomas	W 64–50	14–14 (7–6)	17 – Morgan	10 – White	2 – Tied	Scheels Center (1,579) Fargo, ND
February 24, 2024 1:00 pm, CBSSN		North Dakota	W 73–68	15–14 (8–6)	27 – Morgan	8 – Feddersen	3 – White	Scheels Center (5,058) Fargo, ND
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, SLN		at South Dakota	L 68–88	15–15 (8–7)	16 – Tied	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,717) Vermillion, SD
March 2, 2024 1:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/SLN		South Dakota State	L 61–78	15–16 (8–8)	16 – White	6 – Morgan	3 – Morgan	Scheels Center (2,917) Fargo, ND
Summit League tournament
March 10, 2024 6:00 pm, SLN	(5)	vs. (4) St. Thomas Quarterfinals	L 58–68	15–17	16 – White	8 – Skunberg	4 – Skunberg	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

Awards and accolades

Summit League Player of the Week

Week^[10]	Player(s) of the Week	School
Feb. 12	Andrew Morgan	North Dakota State

References

^ "Flat first half dooms Bison men in quarterfinal Summit loss". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
^ "Bison edge past Coyotes into semifinals". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 5, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "Bison blitz Jackrabbits to make fifth straight championship game". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 6, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "McFeely:ORU too good to allow Bison a near-miracle comeback this time". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 8, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "Bison men lose reserve point guard to NCAA transfer portal". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "North Dakota State Transfer Grant Nelson Officially Commits to Alabama Basketball". si.com. Sports Illustrated. June 28, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "Luke Yoder returning to Illinois Wesleyan basketball team". pantagraph.com. The Pantagraph. May 9, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "2023-24 North Dakota State Bison schedule". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^ "2023-24 TicketSmarter Men's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[1] "Flat first half dooms Bison men in quarterfinal Summit loss". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.

[2] "Bison edge past Coyotes into semifinals". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 5, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[3] "Bison blitz Jackrabbits to make fifth straight championship game". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 6, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[4] "McFeely:ORU too good to allow Bison a near-miracle comeback this time". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 8, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[5] "Bison men lose reserve point guard to NCAA transfer portal". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[6] "North Dakota State Transfer Grant Nelson Officially Commits to Alabama Basketball". si.com. Sports Illustrated. June 28, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[7] "Luke Yoder returning to Illinois Wesleyan basketball team". pantagraph.com. The Pantagraph. May 9, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[8] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[9] "2023-24 North Dakota State Bison schedule". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

[10] "2023-24 TicketSmarter Men's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

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