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Jabril Cox Playing Beyond his Years as Championship Game Approaches

The redshirt freshman leads the Bison in tackles

We all know the last time NDSU and James Madison met up, it didn’t go well for the Herd. Two key defensive pieces were absent down the stretch in 2016, Nick DeLuca and Nate Tanguay. Their presence this season makes a big difference. But there is another Code Green standout who didn’t play a factor in last year’s playoffs, redshirt…

NDSU MBB Ready for Conference Opener in Competitive Summit League

The Bison host South Dakota State on Wednesday

FARGO, N.D. — The Bison men’s basketball team begins conference play on Wednesday with South Dakota State in town. The Jackrabbits have one of the most productive scorers in Division I, Mike Daum. NDSU coach Dave Richman says he knows shutting Daum down completely is not really an option. He just wants his team to minimize Daum’s impact, to give his…

NDSU Not Embracing underdog role as Two-Seed against Defending Champs

The Bison leave for Frisco on Wednesday morning

FARGO, N.D. — On Wednesday morning, NDSU football catches a flight south for the winter for the annual pilgrimage to Frisco, Texas. The Bison did take a year off last season, failing to make the FCS Final for the first time since 2010. Now, they have to get past the same James Madison team that eliminated them in Fargo last…

NDSU Football Gear up for Tough James Madison Matchup

Bison going for sixth title in seven years.

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State has plenty on the line coming up on Saturday. The Bison will be going for their sixth national title in the last seven years. In order to do that they will have to take down the defending champs and the team that ended their campaign last season in James Madison. No team has beaten the…

NDSU Rolls over Jamestown in Final Tune-Up Before Conference Play

The Bison win 99-50

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) — Ten Bison scored six or more points as the North Dakota State men’s basketball team rolled to a 99-50 victory over NAIA Jamestown on Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center. NDSU improved to 8-6 with the win. The Bison host South Dakota State on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. to open Summit League play. Senior…

Coach of the Week: UND Hockey’s Brad Berry

UND is Ranked No. 6 at the halfway point of the season in Berry's third season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — At the halfway point in the season, North Dakota men’s hockey is ranked No. 6 in the USCHO Poll. Brad Berry is in his third season as head coach of the Fighting Hawks as they sit second in the NCHC standings. UND has emphasized spreading the puck out through a variety of scorers, and six different…

Riewer Hitting Strides With MSUM Coaching Staff

As a dragon, Riewer led the nation in free-throw percentage at 94.9 percent

MOORHEAD, Minn — Basketball has taken former MSUM guard Jordan Riewer to many different places in the world, including the Czech Republic, Germany and all over Europe. It is also the same sport that brought him back to Moorhead as an assistant coach with MSUM. “We had an opening on our staff and it was a no-brainer,” Chad Walthall, the…

Roundtable: UND Hockey First Half Assessment

The Fighting Hawks sit at 10-5-5 heading into the second half

FARGO, N.D. — UND Hockey wrapped up the first half of its regular season sitting at 10-5-5 and ranked sixth in the USCHO polls. Watch the KVRR Round table to see what led to UND’s first half success. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Fighting Hawks, Fighting Sioux, UND Hockey

Bison’s Dempsey, Kuhnert Named to AFCA FCS All-American First Team

This marks Dempsey's second straight AFCA All-America award

FARGO, N.D. — (NDSU Athletics) North Dakota State right guard Austin Kuhnert and free safety Tre Dempsey were named to the American Football Coaches Association FCS All-America first team Wednesday, Dec. 20.  It is Dempsey’s second straight AFCA All-America award. Kuhnert, a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., has started 50 games and played 54 of 59 possible contests in four years…

NDSU Football Welcomes 24 New Bison to the Program On National Signing Day

The 2018 recruiting class includes 19 National Letter of Intent signees and five recruited walk-ons

FARGO, N.D. — (NDSU ATHLETICS) North Dakota State head football coach Chris Klieman announced the addition of 24 student-athletes to the Bison program including 19 National Letter of Intent signees and five recruited walk-ons on Wednesday, Dec. 20, the first day of a new three-day early signing period in Division I football. The recruiting class includes players from high schools in eight…