The Northern State Wolves men's basketball team represents

Northern State University Northern State University (NSU) is a public university in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 45 bachelor's degrees, 53 minors, six associate degrees, 16 pre-professional prog ...

as members of the

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Nine of ...

at the

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...

level. The

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play their home games at Wachs Arena in

Aberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen () is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,495. making it the third-most populous city in the state. Aberdeen is home of Northern State University. ...

. Their current head coach is Matt Wilber.

Championships

Northern State has won 39 Regular Season Championships, 6 Conference Tournament Championships, and 2 Central Region Tournament Championships South Dakota State Conference *Regular Season Championships (5 times): 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1916–17

South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form ...

*Regular Season Championships (17 times): 1923–24, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71 (Unknown Conference) *Regular Season Championships (3 times): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78

*Regular Season Champions (13 times): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23 *North Division Titles (5 times): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 *Conference Tournament Champions (6 times): 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 NCAA Central Region *Central Region Tournament Championships (2 times): 1998, 2018

Coaches

Current Coaching Staff

List of head coaches

Arenas

* Wachs Arena 1986–present

All–Americans

* Harry Marske (1959) * Mel Klein (1961) * Jim Schlekeway (1968) * Gary Evjen (1971) * Bill Christensen (1975) * Scott Bosanko (1981) * Kevin King (1984) * Scott Deadrick (1985) * Kevin Burckhard (1993–94) * Chad Hauger (1993) * Eric Kline (1993–95) * Lance Luitjens (1995) * Jeremy Vliem (1995) * Ryan Miller (1998) * Brad Hansen (2002) * Kevin Ratzsch (2009) * Parker Fox (2021) * Sam Masten (2023)

NSIC awards

All-NSIC * Scott Bosanko (1980–81) * Scott Kusler (1981–82) * Kevin King (1982–84) * Scott Deadrick (1983–85) * Gene Lorenz (1985) * Todd Jordre (1985) * James Griffin (1986–87) * Jeff Turner (1987) * Shane Warwick (1988) * Keith Moore (1989–90) * Jason Boike (1990) * Sarge Grimes (1991) * Bob Upgren (1991) * Donny Godel (1992) * Doug Vieto (1992) * Eric Kline (1993–95) * Kevin Burckhard (1993–94) * Lance Luitjens (1995–96) * Scott Boekelheide (1995) * Jeremy Vliem (1996–97) * Ryan Miller (1997–98) * Ross Pankratz (1998) * Mark Rich (1999) * Scott Hanson (2000) * Brad Hansen (2002) * Sundance Wicks (2002–03) * Jerod Obering (2003) * Adam Grant (2004) * Matt Hammer (2004–06) *

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(2004) * Aaron Busack (2005–06) * Craig Nelson (2006–08) * Kevin Ratzsch (2007–09) * Levi Hamilton (2007–08) * Luke Wicks (2008) * Mitch Boeck (2010) * Collin Pryor (2011 and 2013) * Dustin Tetzlaff (2012–13) * Seth Bachand (2015) * Tydan Storrusten (2015) * Skye Warwick (2016) * Darin Peterka (2016 and 2018) * Logan Doyle (2017–18) * Ian Smith (2017–19) * Mack Arvidson (2017) * DJ Pollard (2018) * Justin Decker (2019) * Gabe King (2019–20) * Parker Fox (2020–21) * Mason Stark (2020–21) * Andrew Kallman (2021) * Tommy Chatman (2021) * Jordan Belka (2022–23) * Sam Masten (2022–23) * Jacksen Moni (2023–24) * Josh Dilling (2024) Coach of the Year * Bob Wachs (1985) * Bob Olson (1991, 1993, 1995–96, 1998) *

Don Meyer Donald Wayne Meyer (December 16, 1944 – May 18, 2014) was an American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University. He was once head coach at Hamline University and Lipsc ...

(2002–03) *

Paul Sather Paul Robert Sather (born August 28, 1971) is an American college basketball coach, currently head men's basketball coach at the University of North Dakota. Early life Sather, from Princeton, Minnesota, played college basketball for Northern Sta ...

(2018–19) * Saul Phillips (2021, 2023)

References

External links

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