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56 The North Central Conference has prided itself on the success of its student-athletes on and off the field of play. In the 50-plus years since the NCC joined the NCAA, league schools have brought home 42 NCAA Division II national team championships and 268 individual national titles. NCC student-athletes have also earned more than 270 CoSIDA GTE and Verizon Academic All-America honors and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. The NCC, comprised of seven institutions in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, recently had seven national team champions in a span of just three years. The tradition of success is especially strong in women’s basketball, where NCC schools have claimed eight of the last 13 national crowns and reached the national championship game 11 straight seasons All-Time NCC Champions (Note: Figure after champion is UND Finish) 1922-23—Creighton (4th) 1923-24—Creighton (4th) 1924-25—Creighton (7th) 1925-26—Morningside (2nd) 1926-27—Creighton (2nd) 1927-28—North Dakota (Champion) 1928-29—South Dakota State (T-2nd) 1929-30—South Dakota (2nd) 1930-31—South Dakota (2nd) 1931-32—North Dakota State (2nd) 1932-33—North Dakota State (2nd) 1933-34—North Dakota (Champion) 1934-35—North Dakota (Champion) 1935-36—North Dakota (Champion) 1936-37—North Dakota (Champion) 1937-38—Morningside (T-2nd) 1938-39—South Dakota (T-2nd) 1939-40—SDSU & NDSU (T-5th) 1940-41—North Dakota State (5th) 1941-42—North Dakota State (4th) 1942-43—South Dakota State (4th) 1943-44—No Conference Play 1944-45—No Conference Play 1945-46—No Conference Play 1946-47—Morningside (2nd) 1947-48—Northern Iowa (5th) 1948-49—Northern Iowa (3rd) 1949-50—Northern Iowa (2nd) 1950-51—UNI & Morningside (T-3rd) 1951-52—North Dakota State (T-3rd) 1952-53—Northern Iowa (2nd) 1953-54—North Dakota & NDSU 1954-55—North Dakota (Champion) 1955-56—South Dakota State (4th) 1956-57—SDSU & South Dakota (7th) 1957-58—South Dakota (T-4th) 1958-59—South Dakota State (T-5th) 1959-60—South Dakota State (7th) 1960-61—South Dakota State (T-5th) 1961-62—N. Iowa & Augustana (T-4th) 1962-63—South Dakota State (3rd) The North Central Confrence between 1991 and 2001. The conference was formed at a meeting in the fall of 1921 and the first conference championship was the track and field championship held in Brookings, S.D., in the spring of 1922. The charter members of the conference were Creighton, Drake, Morningside, Nebraska Wesleyan, North Dakota, North Dakota State, St. Thomas, South Dakota, and South Dakota State. Several institutions have been members of the NCC over the last 80 years, but the conference membership has been among the most stable in college athletics. 1963-64—Northern Iowa (T-3rd) 1964-65—North Dakota (Champion) 1965-66—North Dakota (Champion) 1966-67—North Dakota (Champion) 1967-68—South Dakota State (T-2nd) 1968-69—SDSU & Northern Iowa (T-3rd) 1969-70—South Dakota State (T-5th) 1970-71—North Dakota State (4th) 1971-72—South Dakota (T-2nd) 1972-73—South Dakota State (4th) 1973-74—North Dakota (Champion) 1974-75—North Dakota (Champion) 1975-76—North Dakota & Mankato State 1976-77—North Dakota (Champion) 1977-78—Augustana (T-3rd) 1978-79—Nebraska-Omaha (T-2nd) 1979-80—South Dakota State (3rd) 1980-81—North Dakota State (2nd) 1981-82—North Dakota (Champion) 1982-83—Morningside (6th) 1983-84—Nebraska-Omaha (T-4th) 1984-85—South Dakota State (T-2nd) 1985-86—St. Cloud State (8th) 1986-87—St. Cloud State (T-2nd) 1987-88—St. Cloud State (T-6th) 1988-89—N. Colorado & Augustana (10th) 1989-90—North Dakota (Champion) 1990-91—North Dakota (Champion) 1991-92—South Dakota State (4th) 1992-93—South Dakota (2nd) 1993-94—South Dakota (T-3rd) 1994-95—North Dakota & NDSU 1995-96—South Dakota State (6th) 1996-97—South Dakota State (9th) 1997-98—South Dakota State (T-7th) 1998-99—South Dakota (3rd) 1999-00—South Dakota (3rd) 2000-01—South Dakota (T-5th) 2001-02—South Dakota State (T-3rd) 2002-03—St. Cloud State (3rd) 2003-04—Nebraska-Omaha (7th) The current seven members of the league are Augustana, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, Mankato, Nebraska- Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State, South Dakota and South Dakota State. The North Central Conference awards championships in 20 sports. The 10 men’s league sports are: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, swimming and diving, tennis and wrestling. The 10 women’s championship sports are: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball. Melanie Heitman-Nelson is the Interim Commissioner; Jon Martin is the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Media Relations. NCC Championship Team Summary (79 Seasons--none awarded during war years of 1944, 1945 or 1946) Titles Won Summary Team Won Outright Shared UND Finish South Dakota State # 20 17 3 1st-18 times North Dakota 18 15 3 2nd-19 times South Dakota 11 10 1 3rd-15 times North Dakota State # 10 7 3 4th-9 times Northern Iowa # 8 5 3 5th-6 times Morningside # 5 4 1 6th-4 times Creighton # 4 4 0 7th-5 times St. Cloud State 4 4 0 8th- 1 time Augustana 3 1 2 9th- 1 time Nebraska-Omaha 3 3 0 10th-1 time Minnesota State 1 0 1 Northern Colorado # 1 0 1 #—No longer a member of the North Central Conference NCC Teams In NCAA Tournaments Reg. National Team (Appearances) W L Pct. Champ. Finals South Dakota State (23) 35 22 .614 7 2 North Dakota (19) 30 22 .577 8 0 South Dakota (9) 15 8 .652 0 1 North Dakota State (8) 8 8 .500 0 — Nebraska-Omaha (9) 6 11 .353 0 — St. Cloud State (8) 7 10 .412 1 — Augustana (6) 3 9 .250 0 — Northern Colorado (4) 1 6 .167 0 — Morningside (3) 8 3 .727 2 1 Northern Iowa# (3) 5 4 .555 1 1 Minnesota State (2) 2 2 .500 0 — NCC Totals 119 105 .531 Fighting Sioux Men’s Basketball 2004-05

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