Vinnie Shahid

Vinnie Shahid’s Return To Fargo Marked By Impact On Basketball Community

The former Bison teamed up with the Fargo Basketball Academy for three days of clinics

FARGO, ND (KVRR) – The Fargo Basketball Academy was busy this weekend. About 20 kids each day taking the court and learning all parts of the game from someone who has shined at the SHAC. For the first time since COVID-19, former Bison Vinnie Shahid was in FM area to reunite with the game. But this time, so he could…

Former Bison Shahid Returning to Fargo to Host Summer Basketball Camps

Held at Fargo Basketball Academy

FARGO, N.D. — Former North Dakota State guard and one thousand point scorer, Vinnie Shahid is coming back to place he called home for two seasons and hosting a basketball camp at the end of July through the Fargo Basketball academy. When the opportunity was provided to Shahid, it was all about giving back to the community that embraced him….

Former Bison PG Shahid Signs Professional Contract

Signed with AB Contern in Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG — Former North Dakota State point guard Vinnie Shahid is a professional baller. Shahid has signed a contract with AB Contern of the Total League in Luxembourg. Making it official on his social media. Contern has won the league-four times most recently in the 2007-2008 season. For the Bison, Shahid led the team in scoring the previous two…

Shahid Uses Self-Isolation To Pass Along Training

Former Bison Vinnie Shahid 20' finds a clever way to hone his own skills while helping others improve there own

FARGO, ND – You know him as a face of Bison Basketball these last two years. A 2x summit league tournament M.V.P., the team leader in several stat categories, and only the 2nd ever to eclipse 1,000 points in just two seasons. But the Summit League title game wasn’t Vinnie Shahid’s last encounter with a ball and hoop. The Minnesota…

No. 1 Seed Requires Certain Approach for NDSU Men’s Basketball at Summit League

Bison won final two games to get top seed in tournament

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State men’s basketball leaves for Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the Summit League Tournament on Friday as the number one overall seed. After winning the tournament last season as the four seed, NDSU knows any outcome is possible. There’s a ton of pressure that comes with being the top seed especially with what happened last…

North Dakota State Men’s Basketball and the Legacy of the 2020 Senior Class

Four Seniors to be honored before Saturday's regular season finale against Omaha

FARGO, N.D. — Saturday not only marks the end of the regular season and a chance at a share of the Summit League regular season title, its a day to honor North Dakota State men’s basketball’s four seniors. Of the four, three have spent their entire four years in a Bison uniform. That’s guards Chris Quayle, Tyson Ward and Jared…

NDSU Men’s Basketball Looking to “Close Out” Game Better Against South Dakota State Thursday

Bison and Jackrabbits are one and two in the conference

FARGO, N.D. — After losing at the buzzer to rival North Dakota, North Dakota State men’s basketball turns its attention to the match up just two days away when the number one team in the Summit League, South Dakota State, comes to the SHAC to face the Bison, who are just a game back of the Jackrabbits in the standings….

NDSU Men’s Basketball Extends Win Streak to Six With Win Over IPFW

Bison beat the Mastadons, 80-70

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State Men’s Basketball extends their win streak to six, the longest win streak in program history since 2013-14 season, with a 80-7o win at the SHAC Friday night. Tyson Ward finished with 22 points. Vinnie Shahid put up 19 points. The Bison go on the road to South Dakota on Wednesday.   Categories: College, Top…

Shahid Nets Career High 31 In NDSU Win

North Dakota State avenged a previous loss to Oral Roberts last month

FARGO, N.D. – Vinnie Shahid scored a career-high 31 points to lead the North Dakota State men’s basketball team to an 83-76 victory over Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon inside the Scheels Center. The Bison extended their win streak to five games. Shahid, a senior guard from Minneapolis, finished 8-of-14 shooting and a perfect 9-of-9 at the free throw line. He hit…

NDSU men’s basketball gets healthy ahead of final stretch

Jared Samuelson, Sam Griesel return to the court for the Bison in January after sitting out with injuries for over a month

FARGO, N.D. –NDSU men’s basketball is off to an 8-2 start in the summit league, the best start to conference play since the 2014-15 season. What might make that hard to believe is that the team has not been fully healthy while doing so. Two key players spent over a month off the court to deal with injuries; senior Jared…