Attendance for today's Women's NIT Championship game at South Dakota State = 5,263     This must have been a difficult environment for the Pirates.  They averaged 655 for regular season home contests and they had a bit over 500 for their 3 home WNIT games.  The 6300 against UConn was a big loss ear...

That was one great display of basketball in Brookings tonight from both teams.  Credit the Midco production crew for a job well done.    This was a very physical game.  The calls for "casual" contact were minimal.  I will need to watch replay to verify the idea of non-calls.  It was nearl...

Dawn Plitzuweit appears to be headed to West Virginia as head coach of WBB. https://twitter.com/mikecasazza/status/1509552648567021570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1509552648567021570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fusdcoyotesports.proboards.com%2Fthread%2F3...

The D1 for women has had some crowds from 2007 forward.  The bigger crowds were D2 old days.  The next remodel will cap at about 5500.  As Seal indicated, the D2 days had more interest. Men's Basketball 1.9,456AugustanaFeb. 11, 1989 2.9,339*Cal State-HaywardMar. 16, 1985 3.9,157South DakotaJan. 26, ...

The Jackrabbit WBB plays Alabama in Brookings.  The game is Sunday at 5pm.   Is there a team left that can outbid them?  Probably not.     Alabama had 739 attend the Houston game.  The pregame show for the Alabama coach was inviting everyone to attend as admission was $5.  SDSU vs Drake attendance ...

The Jackrabbit WBB plays Alabama in Brookings.  The game is Sunday at 5pm.

Todd Lee has been fired.

So if they dont make this game up and both SD teams win their final two games, they would each have one loss (to each other), but the Jacks would have 1 more win.  Do they declare both teams as regular season co-champions?  Does it matter?   Tournament winner is the real champion IMHO. Not sure exa...

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The funding seems to be in order for the remodel.  The work may start after the basketball season.  
 

The Summit League alters COVID-19 No Contest policy for league games. The Summit League’s Joint Council voted unanimously to change its COVID-19 No Contest policy for the remainder of the 2021-22 men’s and women’s basketball league season on Tuesday. Originally, teams that were unable to play a sch...