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The Tournament:  The No. 1-seeded NDSU men's basketball team (22-8 overall, 13-3 Summit League) will play No. 8 seed Denver in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Saturday, March 7, at 6 p.m. inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The winner will play the winner of No. 4 seed Oral Roberts and No. 5 seed Omaha in the first semifinal on Monday night.
                    Mar. 7           vs. (8) Denver        6 p.m.     MidcoSN / ESPN+
                    Mar. 9           Semifinals               6 p.m.     MidcoSN / ESPN+
                    Mar. 10         Championship       8 p.m.     ESPN2
 
What's at Stake: The winner of the Summit League Championship receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. NDSU is looking for its fourth league tournament title in seven years and its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.
 
Where to Watch: All quarterfinal and semifinal games of the Summit League Tournament will be broadcast on Midco Sports Network and be available on ESPN+. Tuesday's championship game will be on ESPN2.
 
Radio: Each NDSU game will be broadcast on 107.9 The Fox and Bison1660, as well as being streamed on the 107.9 The Fox app, the Bison1660 app, and on GoBison.com/allaccess. Jeff Culhane and Jeremy Jorgenson will call the action.
 
Bison in Sioux Falls: NDSU is 16-7 all-time in Sioux Falls at the Summit League Tournament. The Bison are 9-3 at the Summit League Tournament in the Dave Richman era.
 
Title Talk: NDSU has won four Summit League Tournament crowns in 11 seasons as a full member of the league -- 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2019.
 
20 Wins: NDSU has achieved its seventh 20-win season in the Division I era. This is the third 20-win season under head coach David Richman, tying Saul Phillips (2007-14) for the second-most by a head coach in NDSU history. Richman also owns a pair of 19-win seasons.
 
Good Company: NDSU's recent seven-game win streak was the longest streak for the Bison since winning 10 in a row at the end of the 2013-14 season, when NDSU won the final seven regular season games, two in the Summit League Tournament, and defeated No. 5 seed Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament.
 
1,000 in Two Seasons: Vinnie Shahid reached the 1,000-point mark for his NDSU career on Senior Day vs. Omaha, becoming just the second Bison to ever score 1,000 points with only two seasons in Fargo. Former NBA draft pick Lance Berwald scored 1,134 points from 1982-84 after transferring to NDSU from Nebraska.
          Shahid is the 36th member of the 1,000-Point Club at NDSU, with Tyson Ward joining most recently on Nov. 7 of this season against Mayville State.
 
All-Around Player: NDSU's Tyson Ward was one of only two players in The Summit League who ranked Top 10 in points, rebounds and assists in league play. He is the only player in NDSU history with more than 1400 points, 700 rebounds and 250 assists in his career.
 
Kickstart: The Bison are 17-4 since defeating East Tennessee State on Dec. 7 in Fargo. The Buccaneers are now 27-4 and ranked 2nd in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.
 
Dynamic Duo: Vinnie Shahid (18.1 ppg) and Tyson Ward (16.5 ppg) are on pace to become the first NDSU duo since Ben Woodside and Brett Winkelman in 2008-09 to average over 15 points per game for the season. Woodside averaged 23.2 points, and Winkelman averaged 18.6 for the first Bison team to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
 
At The Line: NDSU is No. 2 in the nation in free throw percentage, making 79.7 percent for the season -- which would surpass the school-record mark of 77.7 percent set last year. The Bison shot 250-of-301 (83.1 percent) at the charity stripe in Summit League play.
 
Ball Security: The Bison rank 8th in the country for fewest turnovers per game at 10.4.
 
500 in a Season: Vinnie Shahid is the 18th Bison player to score 500 points in a season. Tyson Ward needs five points to reach 500 this season.
          Shahid also joined Ben Woodside (2007-08, 2008-09), Taylor Braun (2013-14) and Paul Miller (2017-18) as Bison to record 500 points and 75 assists in a Division I season.
 
Winning The Arc: NDSU is 33rd in the nation (and first in The Summit League) with 9.1 three-pointers made per game. The Bison also allowed the fewest three-pointers per game in the conference at 5.9 per game in league play.
 
Hot February: Tyson Ward averaged 20.0 points and 6.9 rebounds in the month of February. In NDSU's eight games in February, he shot 60 percent overall and 50 percent from beyond the arc.
 
Road Dubs: The Bison have eight road wins this season -- tied for the 25th-most in Division I.  The 2013-14 Bison squad was the best of the last decade on the road, winning 10 times.
 
Few Freebies: The Bison foul the least often of any team in The Summit League, committing just 16.1 fouls per game in conference play.
 
Mr. Reliable: Vinnie Shahid scored at least 19 points in 12 of 16 conference games.
 
Defense First: The Bison lead The Summit League in scoring defense, allowing just 66.4 points per game.
 
Top 25 Talent: Tyson Ward ranks among NDSU's all-time Top 25 in career points (14th), rebounds (7th), and assists (16th).
 
Automatic: Senior Vinnie Shahid is No. 2 on the NDSU career list in free throw shooting, making 86.9 percent of his attempts. Ben Nemmers (2000-04) is the NDSU career recordholder at 89.7 percent.
 
Florida Heat: Tyler Witz (Clearwater, Fla.) leads the Bison in field goal percentage this season at 63.5 percent (40-for-63).
 
Long Distance: Jared Samuelson ranks fifth on the NDSU career three-point percentage list at 43.0 percent.
 
Top 10 Shooter: Senior Jared Samuelson has made 172 three-pointers in his career, entering NDSU's all-time career Top 10 vs. Omaha on Feb. 5.