Northeastern State University Athletics

WON NCAA DIVISION II MEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OVER KENTUCKY WESLEYAN, 75-64, IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA … COMPLETED THE YEAR WITH SCHOOL RECORD 32 WINS AND ONLY 3 LOSSES … FIRST-EVER NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY … BEAT TARLETON STATE IN REGIONAL TITLE GAME TO ADVANCE TO ELITE 8 FOR FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY … DARNELL HINSON NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER … HEAD COACH LARRY GIPSON WAS MOLTEN/NABC COACH OF THE YEAR … JON SHEPHERD NABC ALL-AMERICAN.