Northern State Wolves men's basketball

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First season1902-03
Northern State Wolves men's basketball
UniversityNorthern State University
First season1902-03
Athletic directorNate Davis
Head coachMatt Wilber (1st season)
LocationAberdeen, South Dakota
ArenaWachs Arena
(capacity: 8,057)
ConferenceNSIC
NicknameWolves
ColorsMaroon and gold[1]
   
All-time record1448–765
NCAA Division I tournament runner-up
2018*
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Final Four2018*
Elite Eight1998*, 2018*
Sweet Sixteen1998*, 2006*, 2008*, 2018*, 2021*
Appearances1996*, 1997*, 1998*, 2004*, 2005*, 2006*, 2008*, 2009*, 2015*, 2018*, 2019*, 2020*, 2021*, 2023*
NAIA tournament runner-up
1993, 1994
Other NAIA tournament results
Appearances1939, 1940, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
Conference tournament champions
2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Conference regular-season champions
1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1917, 1924, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
Conference division champions
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

* at Division II level

The Northern State Wolves men's basketball team represents Northern State University as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference at the NCAA Division II level.[2] The Wolves play their home games at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen, South Dakota.[3] Their current head coach is Matt Wilber.[4]

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

  • 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

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

  • 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

[5]

Coaches

Current Coaching Staff

Position Name Alma mater
Head Coach Matt Wilber Augustana
Assistant Coach Jack Nelson Winona State
Assistant Coach Wes Smith Missouri Western

[6]

List of head coaches

Number Name Tenure
1Fred W. Smith1902–1909
2Paul M. Young1909–1910
3Raymond L. Quigley1910–1913
4Frank L. Sieh1913–1914
5Clyde Fullerton1914–1915
6Lloyd R. Brown1915–1916
7Arthur L. Strum1916–1917
8William Wallace1917–1918
9Coach Gillis1918–1919
10Verne Collinge1919–1920
11Jacob Speelman1920–1926
12Joe Swetland1926–1927
13Telfer L. Mead1927–1929
14Robert Campbell1929–1934
15William L. Carberry1934–1938
16Harley L. Robertson1938–1942
17William L. Carberry1942–1946
18Clark Swisher1946–1955
19Bob Wachs1955–1985
20Bob Olson1985–1999
21Don Meyer1999–2010
22Paul Sather2010–2019
23Saul Phillips2019–2025
24Matt Wilber2025–present

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Arenas

[3]

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)

[5]

NSIC awards

References

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