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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.

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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.

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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

  • 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
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Postseason

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NCAA Division I tournament results

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

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Summit League tournament results

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

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NCAA Division II tournament results

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

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NAIA tournament results

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

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CIT results

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

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List of head coaches

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Arenas

NBA draft picks

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

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The following players were drafted into the NBA G League

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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)
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Great West awards

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

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

First Team All-Summit League

Second Team All-Summit League

Honorable Mention All-Summit League

  • Mier Panoam (2025)

All-Defensive team

  • Eli King (2024–25)

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)
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All-time statistical leaders

Single-game leaders

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)
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