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Division I · The Summit League

University of North Dakota Men's Basketball

Grand Forks, ND · the Fighting Hawks · University of North Dakota overview
15
Roster
at the D-I cap of 15
$2.4M
Team budget
32nd percentile in Division I
$160,395
Per roster spot
median $196,319
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
964
APR
95% of players retained
77%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

University of North Dakota fields a men's basketball team in the The Summit League (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $2,405,937, below the median of $3M — $160,395 per roster spot, lower half of Division I men's basketball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 964, about the median of 967, with 95% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,051,530 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $11,827 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 362 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$2.4M
Spend per player$160,395
Roster size15
Coaching staff4
APR964

Team budgets across the division

$620k$32M
this programevery Division I men's basketball program

Roster sizes (cap 15)

1232
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster15 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$2,405,937 for the year
  • Operating expenses$525,477 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$160,395 division median $196,319
  • Academic Progress Rate964 multi-year; 980 latest
  • Players retained95% year to year
  • Eligible96% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$3,051,530 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$11,827 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$440,575 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Paul Sather head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots5,786 362 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 93 1.1% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
10,216undergraduates · 14,172 students in all
Women 50% Men 50%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
77%admitted · of 7,437 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
63%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
15on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1515
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate964
95% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$2,405,937 $160,396 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$3,051,530
Recruiting spend, men's
$440,575
$18,227net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,243
Sticker, out-of-state$30,862
Average net price$18,227
Net price by family income
$0–30k$13,914
$30–48k$13,615
$48–75k$18,625
$75–110k$19,282
$110k and up$20,640
Tuition & fees
$10,951 in-state · $15,570 out

Campus safety

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0.78violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.78
Property0.55
In residence halls
12 burglaries · 28 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
4 over 2022–2024
21%of bachelor's degrees in transportation · 25 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Transportation381 · 21%
Business247 · 13%
Health professions & nursing233 · 13%
Engineering193 · 11%
Psychology108 · 6%

Research University of North Dakota

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

University of North DakotaUniversity of Minnesota, Crookston · 23 miNorth Dakota State University · 72 miMinnesota State University Moorhead · 74 miConcordia College, Moorhead · 75 miUniversity of Jamestown · 103 miBemidji State University · 107 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Minnesota, Crookston Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference2316$692k—58%
North Dakota State University Division I · The Summit League7215$2M98596%
Minnesota State University Moorhead Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference7415$599k—53%
Concordia College, Moorhead Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference7517$210k—63%
University of Jamestown Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference10332$555k—94%
Bemidji State University Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference10719$633k—71%

Other men's basketball programs in the The Summit League

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Nebraska at Omaha 1 over cap16$3.6M$223,358979vs
Oral Roberts University 3 over cap18$3M$165,190964vs
South Dakota State University at cap15$2.6M$174,839975vs
University of Missouri-Kansas City 1 over cap16$2.6M$161,923957vs
University of North Dakota at cap15$2.4M$160,395964vs
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) 1 over cap16$2.4M$150,104—vs
North Dakota State University at cap15$2M$131,400985vs
University of South Dakota 1 over cap16$1.9M$120,366961vs

Every The Summit League men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked