Men's Basketball

Northern State University

1200 South Jay Street - Aberdeen, SD - 57401
Team Office: Tel: (605) 626-7730 Fax: (605) 626-2431
Team website: www.northern.edu/athletics/

Northern State University was founded in 1901 -- initially as a teacher's college. NSU offers nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs and 12 Master's. Most coursework is in counseling or education. Other majors offered include Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, International Business, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Ecology. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Northern State #48 among midwestern universities offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in the northeast part of the state in the town of Aberdeen (pop.25k), about 100 miles north of the state capital, Pierre.

School website
www.northern.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

3,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$10,000
Out-of-State: ~$11,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Sociology

Misc. Information

Head coach Don Meyer completed his 9th season at Northern State in 2007-08. Prior to Northern State, Meyer coached at Lipscomb (NAIA) for 24 seasons. There he reached the 700 win plateau faster than any other coach in the history of college basketball. Inheriting a program in 1999-00 that had produced seven consecutive 20+ winning seasons, Meyer struggled his first two seasons but has since captured seven consecutive 20+ winning seasons. A former player at the University of Northern Colorado, Meyer began his coaching career at Western State as an assistant. His first head coaching job was at Hamline University (D3). With 35 years of coaching behind him, Meyer possess a .749 wininng percentage, placing him 5th among active D2 coaches. In 2007-08, Northern finished the season with an overall record of 29-4 and advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to Winona State.

Team Name	Wolves
Colors	Maroon and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	1351-728 (.650)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	29-4	21-8	27-6	99-47 (.678)
Conference	16-2	13-5	11-3	61-23 (.700)
Conf. Finish	2	3	2	3, 2, 1, 1, 5
Post Appear.	Swt 16	n/a	Swt 16	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#5	NR	#14	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Don Meyer
	Birthday: 1944-12-16
Started at Northern State	1999-00
Contract Expires	Year-to-Year
Record as Head Coach	915-306 (.749)
Record at Northern State	213-86 (.712)
Coaching Awards	NAIA Hall of Fame, NAIA COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Brad Christenson, Randy Baruth

Recruiting Coordinator

Don Meyer, (605) 626-7730, meyerd@northern.edu

Conference and Schedule

Northern State plays in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (www.northernsun.org) which is comprised of ten teams from Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Northern State will play each team twice, home and away. The 18 game conference schedule usually starts in December. League games on typically Fridays and Saturdays and often piggybacked with the women. The farthest conference away game is at Winona State some 475 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Northern Sun tourney which includes all eight teams with the winner receiving a berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Southwest Minnesota State, Minnesota St-Moorhead, U. Minnesota-Crookson, Bemidji St, Wayne St, Concordia-St. Paul, U. of Mary, Upper Iowa, and Winona State.

Facilities

Wachs Arena
Capacity: 8,000, Average Attendance:

Style/Stats

Meyer is noted for his high octane offense. The team has ranked in the top 25 in attendance over the last 10 years.