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NDSU is the Bison
North Dakota Fighting Hawks in Grand Forks compete in the NCAA's Division I.
Teams compete in the Summit League, except men's hockey, which is in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, and the football team, which is in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (within the FCS subdivision).
The men's ice hockey team has won eight national championships, has been runner-up five times and play in the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The football team won the Division II national championship in 2001 and was the runner-up in 2003
they were the Fighting Sioux, but in compliance with the NCAA's policy against the use of Native American nicknames. On November 18, 2015, it was announced the new nickname would be "Fighting Hawks", effective immediately.
A notable UND athletic alumnus is National Basketball Association (NBA) coach and former player Phil Jackson