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North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball

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North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
2024–25 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of North Dakota
First season1904-1905
All-time record359–311 (.536)[1]
Athletic directorBill Chavez
Head coachPaul Sather (6th season)
ConferenceSummit League
LocationGrand Forks, North Dakota
ArenaBetty Engelstad Sioux Center
(capacity: 3,300)
NicknameFighting Hawks
ColorsKelly green and white[2]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
1965*, 1966*, 1990*
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1965*, 1966*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1965*, 1966*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*, 1993*
NCAA tournament round of 32
1965*, 1966*, 1974*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*, 1993*, 2000*
NCAA tournament appearances
1965*, 1966*, 1967*, 1974*, 1975*, 1976*, 1977*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981*, 1982*, 1990*, 1991*, 1992*, 1993*, 1994*, 1995*, 2000*, 2003*, 2017
*at Division II level
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994 (North Central)
2011, 2012 (Great West)
2017 (Big Sky)
Conference regular season champions
1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1995 (North Central)
2017 (Big Sky)

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.

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

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

Championships

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North Dakota has a total of 19 regular season championships and 6 Conference tournament championships.

North Central Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (18 times): 1927–28, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95
  • Conference tournament champion (3 times): 1992, 1993, 1994

Great West Conference

  • Conference tournament champion (2 times): 2011, 2012

Big Sky Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (1 time): 2016–17
  • Conference tournament champion (1 time): 2017

NCAA Division II Regionals

  • Elite Eight Appearances (8 times): 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991
  • Final Four Appearances (3 times): 1965, 1966, 1990

Postseason

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Summit League Tournament results

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North Dakota has appeared in 5 Summit League Tournaments, and their record is 3–5.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
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

Division I postseason results

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

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2017 #15 First round Arizona L 82–100

NCAA Division II Tournament results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
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

NAIA tournament results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
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

CIT results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
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

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Number Name Tenure
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

Arenas

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NBA Draft picks

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

Round Name Year
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
1 Marlon Stewart 2021

NCC Awards

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All-NCC

NCC MVPs

  • Chuck Wolfe (1953)
  • Jon Haaven (1954)
  • Don Augustin (1955)
  • Phil Jackson (1966–67)
  • Al Jenkins (1969)
  • Dan Clausen (1982)
  • Dave Vonesh (1990–91)
  • Scott Guldseth (1993)
  • Kyle Behrens (2001)
  • Jerome Beasley (2002–03)

Defensive Player of the Year

  • Rico Burkett (1991)
  • Frank Iverson (1996)
  • Harry Boyce (2007)

Newcomer of the Year

  • Broderick Powell (1992)
  • Jerome Beasley (2002)

Freshman of the Year

  • Jeff Brandt (2001)

NCC All-Freshman Team

  • Chris Gardner (1991)
  • Todd Johnson (1992)
  • Travis Tuttle (1993)
  • Brian Ehrp (1994)
  • Dale Aue (1995)

Academic All-NCC

  • Fred Lukens (1975–77)
  • Doug Moe (1979–81)
  • Todd Bakken (1979–81)
  • Jon Sonat (1982)
  • Mark Basco (1986)
  • Pete Stewart (1987)
  • Scott Guldseth (1992–93)
  • Ben Jacobson (1993)
  • Travis Tuttle (1997)
  • Blaine Ristvedt (2000)
  • Kyle Behrens (2001)
  • Steve Bradley (2005)
  • Todd Rypkema (2005)
  • Josh Doyle (2006–08)
  • Jimmy Hoy (2006 and 2008)
  • Derek Benter (2008)
  • Tyler Koenig (2008)

Great West Awards

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First Team All-Great West

  • Travis Bledsoe (2010)

Second Team All-Great West

  • Troy Huff (2011–12)
  • Patrick Mitchell (2012)

All-Tournament team

  • Patrick Mitchell (2011**)
  • Troy Huff (2011–12)
  • Jamal Webb (2012**)

* = Tournament MVP

Academic All-Great West

  • Derek Benter (2009)
  • Daniel Haskins (2009)
  • Dustin Monsebroten (2009)

Big Sky Awards

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First Team All-Big Sky

Second Team All-Big Sky

All-Tournament team

  • Troy Huff (2013–14)
  • Quinton Hooker (2016–17**)
  • Corey Baldwin (2017)

** = Tournament MVP

Reserve of the Year

  • Jamal Webb (2014)
  • Cortez Seales (2017)

Academic All-Big Sky

  • Chad Calcaterra (2014)
  • Dustin Hobaugh (2015–16)
  • Conner Avants (2016 and 2018)
  • Dale Jones (2018)

Summit League Awards

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First Team All-Summit League

Second Team All-Summit League

  • Filip Rebraca (2020–21)
  • Tyree Ihenacho (2024)

All-Defensive team

  • Eli King (2024)

All-Newcomer team

  • Amar Kuljuhovic (2024)

All-Tournament team

Freshman of the Year

  • Tyree Ihenacho (2021)
  • Paul Bruns (2022)

Sixth Man of the Year

  • Matt Norman (2023)

All Time Statistical Leaders

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Single-game leaders

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  • Points: Henry (Doc) O'Keefe (56, 1908)
  • Assists: Doug Moe (14, 1979)
  • Rebounds: Don Augustin (32, 1955)
  • Steals: Dave Vonesh (9, 1990)
  • 3 point FG made: Travis Tuttle (10, 1994), Patrick Mitchell (10, 2010)
  • Free Throws made: Phil Jackson (23, 1967)

Single-season leaders

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  • Points: Dave Vonesh (788, 1989–90)
  • Assists: Rico Burkett (232, 1989–90)
  • Rebounds: Dave Vonesh (410, 1989–90)
  • Steals: Troy Huff (79, 2013–14)
  • Blocks: Chris Gardner (93, 1991–93)
  • FG made: Dave Vonesh (303, 1989–90)
  • 3 point FG made: Travis Tuttle (102, 1994–95)
  • Free Throws Made: Phil Jackson (208)

Career leaders

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  • Points: Scott Guldseth (2190, 1989–93)
  • Assists: Burke Barlow (595, 1993–95)
  • Rebounds: Dave Vonesh (1207, 1987–91)
  • Steals: Jamal Webb (240, 2010–14)
  • Blocks: Chris Gardner (313, 1990–94)
  • FG made: Scott Guldseth (806, 1989–93)
  • 3 point FG made: Travis Tuttle (350, 1993–97)
  • Free Throws made: Dave Vonesh (507, 1987–91)
  • Games Played: Brady Danielson (150, 2019–24)

References

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  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.
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