North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball

North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
	2019–20 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team
University	University of North Dakota
Head coach	Paul Sather (1st 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[1];
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 will remain a Big Sky member before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.[2]

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 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

Division I postseason results

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

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 Parson	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

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

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 86–89^OT

List of head coaches

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

Budge Hall 1904–1905
YMCA 1906
Armory-Gym 1907–1918
New Armory 1919–1950
Hyslop Sports Center 1951–2003
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 2004–present

NBA Draft Picks

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

References

"UND Colors". University of North Dakota Campus Services. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
"UND officially makes the move to the Summit League, Missouri..." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

External links

Official website

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[1] "UND Colors". University of North Dakota Campus Services. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

[2] "UND officially makes the move to the Summit League, Missouri..." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
Venues	Budge Hall (1904–1905) Grand Forks YMCA (1906) Armory–Gym (1907–1918) New Armory (1919–1950) Hyslop Sports Center (1951–2004) Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2004–present)
Culture & lore	History "Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U"
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 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

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Academics	School of Aerospace Sciences School of Law School of Medicine
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's hockey Women's hockey Soccer Volleyball Softball Nickname controversy
Campus	Alerus Center Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Chester Fritz Auditorium Chester Fritz Library Energy and Environmental Research Center Memorial Stadium National Center for Hydrogen Technology North Dakota Museum of Art Ralph Engelstad Arena (old) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new) University Village
Media	North Dakota Quarterly Dakota Student KUND KFJM UND Sports Network
School songs	"UND Alma Mater" "It's For You, North Dakota U" "Fight On Sioux" "Stand Up and Cheer"

Big Sky Conference men's basketball
Teams	Eastern Washington Eagles Idaho Vandals Idaho State Bengals Montana Grizzlies Montana State Bobcats Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Southern Utah Thunderbirds Weber State Wildcats
Championships & awards	Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 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

Summit League men's basketball
Teams	Denver Pioneers North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (leaving in 2020) South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits Western Illinois Leathernecks
Future teams	Kansas City Roos (joining in 2020)
Championships & awards	Conference Tournament Player of the Year