North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball
2024–25 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team
University	University of North Dakota
First season	1904-1905
All-time record	359–311 (.536)[1]
Athletic director	Bill Chavez
Head coach	Paul Sather (6th 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[2]
Uniforms
Home Away 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

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)

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)

First Team All-Big Sky

• Troy Huff (2013–14)
• Quinton Hooker (2016–17)

Second Team All-Big Sky

• Aaron Anderson (2013)
• Geno Crandall (2017–18)

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)

First Team All-Summit League

• Marlon Stewart (2020)
• B.J. Omot (2024)

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

• Marlon Stewart (2020)

Freshman of the Year

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

Sixth Man of the Year

• Matt Norman (2023)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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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