northern state university men’s Basketball quick facts Location........................................................Aberdeen, S.D. 2018-19 Schedule & Results Founded ....................................................................... 1901 Overall: 26-7 | NSIC: 18-4 | Top-25: 1-1 Enrollment ................................................................... 3,622 Home: 11-3 | Away: 9-1 | Neutral: 6-3 Mascot ........................................Wolves (Thunder the Wolf) Colors ...........................................................Maroon & Gold 10/23 Waldorf [ex] W 103-68 Facility 11/3 #5 Northwest Missouri L 72-70 .............................................................Wachs Arena 11/3 #7 Queens W 87-74 Capacity....................................................................... 8,000 11/16 Black Hills State W 82-50 Affiliation ....................................................NCAA Division II 11/17 South Dakota Mines W 76-67 Conference ..........................................Northern Sun (NSIC) 11/23 Truman State L 61-59 President ................................................Dr. Timothy Downs 11/24 Chadron State W 66-62 Director of Athletics 12/1 MSU Moorhead* W 70-54 ...........................................Josh Moon 12/7 Bemidji State* W 84-73 12/8 Minnesota Crookston* W 88-75 Head Coach .......................................................Saul Phillips 12/14 UMary* W 76-59 NSU Record.....................................................................0-0 12/15 Minot State* W 85-72 Career Record ...................................215-161 (12 seasons) 12/19 MSU Moorhead* L 71-69 Assistant Coaches 1/4 Upper Iowa* W 102-73 ..................................... Jared Swanson 1/5 Winona State* W 79-68 .........................................................................Taylor Tucker 1/11 Minnesota Crookston* W 72-70 ............Kyle Ewer & Colton McClemans (student managers) 1/12 Bemidji State* W 73-53 1/18 Augustana* W 97-66 First Year of Men’s Basketball ...................................1902 1/19 Wayne State* L 84-81 All-Time Record 1/25 St. Cloud State* W 77-73 ......................................... 1682-942 (.641) 1/26 Minnesota Duluth* L 76-70 Number of Years in NCAA Playoffs ...............................12 2/1 Concordia-St. Paul* W 90-79 Last Playoff Appearance .......................................2018-19 2/2 Minnesota State* W 88-80 Result.......................... Loss to SEOK, 115-103 (1st Round) 2/8 Sioux Falls* W 90-84 2/9 Southwest Minn. St.* W 91-81 2018-19 Record 2/15 Minnesota Duluth* W 72-70 .............................................................26-7 2/16 St. Cloud State* L 65-62 2018-19 NSIC Record (Finish) .............................18-4 (1st) 2/22 UMary* W 69-64 Starters Returning ............................................................. 2 2/23 Minot State* W 80-63 .........................................................................Kallman, King 2/27 Concordia-St. Paul# W 88-65 Starters Lost ...................................................................... 3 3/3 Sioux Falls# W 79-76 ...............................................................Decker, Smith, Fries 3/4 Winona State# W 77-76 3/5 Southwest Minn. St.# W 72-68 Lettermen Returning ....................................................... 10 3/16 Southeastern Oklahoma$ L 115-103 ...............Stark, Kallman, Dominovic, Reede, Kranhold, King .........................................................Belka, Fox, Jordre, Dahl * NSIC Game HOME GAMES in GOLD Newcomers ........................................................................ 4 # NSIC Tournament % NCAA Central Region ........................................Robinson, Chatman, Graham, Holt MBB Media Contact ........................................Ashley Gauer returning stat leaders Office Phone ..................................................605-626-7748 Pts. Pts/G Reb. Reb./G FT% Fax King 381 11.5 134 4.1 88.7 ..................................................................605-626-2238 Fox 345 10.5 176 5.3 58.8 Email ........................................Ashley.Gauer@northern.edu Kallman 272 8.2 63 1.9 80.6 Website ................................................www.nsuwolves.com Stark 246 7.9 71 2.3 80.7 Twitter ...................................................... @WolvesAthletics FG% 3FG% A Blk Stl MBB Twitter.............................................@nsuwolves_mbb King 50.6 43.2 56 14 10 Facebook Page ..................................... /nsuwolvesathletics Fox 57.4 -- 21 47 12 Instagram Account ..........................................@nsuwolves Kallman 44.2 39.4 89 4 18 YouTube .............................................. NSUWolvesAthletics Stark 48.0 46.7 41 7 14 1 nsuwolves.com • @Wolvesathletics • @nsuwolves_mbb • #gowolves northern state university head coach • Saul Phillips • 1st season • record: 215-161 Saul Phillips was announced as the 22nd head men’s basketball coach in program history on June 11, 2019. Phillips comes to Northern State after Division I head coaching stops at North Dakota State University and Ohio University. He is just the sixth head coach for the Wolves since 1946. Phillips takes the helm of the Northern State program after spending the past five seasons at Ohio University, and previous seven at North Dakota State. He went 81-77 overall leading the Bobcats and 134-84 with the Bison. Phillips will look to continue the strong tradition of Northern State basketball, as the Wolves have won back-to- back NSIC Conference Championships and are the NCAA Division II National Attendance leaders for the last 11 seasons, averaging well over 3,000 fans per game. Phillips led the Ohio University Bobcats to the CBI semifinal round in his tenure with the program. OU saw 11 all-conference performances in five seasons under Phillips including one MAC Player of the Year honor (Antonio Campbell) and one MAC Freshman of the Year award (Jordan Dartis). Jaaron Simmons broke the single season Ohio University and MAC assist records in 2015-16, dishing out 275 on the year. Campbell was an Associated The Phillips File Press All-America selection following a stellar 2015-16 campaign, where the Bobcats tallied their best season under • 22nd Head Coach in Phillips going 23-12 overall. Northern State history In his seven seasons at North Dakota State, Phillips led the Bison to two Summit League Championships, two Summit League Tournament Championships, and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament. A total of 14 Bison • Head coaching stops earned all-conference accolades in his seven seasons, while four were named to the NABC All-District team and at NDSU and Ohio two tallied All-American accolades. • 2-time Summit Phillips directed NDSU to their first Summit League crown and NCAA Division I Championship appearance in League Coach of the 2009; he was named the Summit League Coach of the Year and was one of ten finalists for the Hugh Durham Year Mid-Major Coach of the Year award. Senior Ben Woodside received Summit League Player of the Year honors that season, the first in NDSU program history. The 2013-14 campaign brought similar honors for the program winning their second Summit League Championship and a berth to the NCAA Tournament. In addition to being named the • 25 All-Conference league coach of the year, senior Taylor Braun earned the league player of the year award. Performers The Bison advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in his final season with the program, posting a • 4 Conference 26-7 record overall, and 12-2 mark in Summit League action. The No. 12-seeded Bison knocked off No. 5-seeded Players of the Year Oklahoma in overtime, 80-75 in the Second Round. He left his legacy on the program as the fourth winningest coach in school history. • 3 NABC All- Americans Phillips began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at NSIC counterpart Wayne State College as a member of Greg McDermott’s staff. From there he made assistant coaching stops at Lake Superior and Milwaukee, before taking the Director of Basketball Operations post at Wisconsin. With the Badgers, Phillips handled the day-to-day scheduling, coordinated travel, budgeting and on-campus recruiting for Bo Ryan’s staff. Phillips then joined former Northern State assistant, Tim Miles as an assistant at NDSU. He spent three years on Miles’ staff before being elevated into his first head-coaching role in 2007. A native of Reedsburg, Wis., Phillips graduated from Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in business and psychology in 1996. He played basketball for four seasons at UWP under Bo Ryan and was captain of the Pioneers’ undefeated national championship team in 1995. Phillips and his wife, Nicole, have one daughter, Jordan, and two sons, Charlie and Benjamin. OVERALL NSIC Year School W L Pct. W L Pct. Place 2007-14 North Dakota State 134 84 .615 2014-19 Ohio University 81 77 .513 2019-20 Northern State - - - - - - - TOTAL 215 161 .572 2 nsuwolves.com • @Wolvesathletics • @nsuwolves_mbb • #gowolves northern state university assistant coach Jared Swanson • 1st season Jared Swanson begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Wolves in 2019-20. Swanson is no stranger to the Phillips system as a member of his staffs at both North Dakota State and Ohio. In ten years at the Division I level, Swanson has mentored/developed 21 All-Conference award-winning student-athletes, including five all-first team honorees, three freshman of the year, and one conference player of the year. Swanson most recently spent that last five seasons