University of South Dakota Coyotes NCAA Basketball News

South Dakota's Tyler Cain is the Great West Conference men's basketball player of the week.

The 12th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats will take on the South Dakota Coyotes in what appears to be a non-conference mismatch.

The University of South Dakota could have picked a better time to play Kansas State in men's basketball.

After winning last Wednesday against Cal State Fullerton, Morehead State men's basketball rolled back in to the west Monday to face the University of South Dakota.

The University of South Dakota men's basketball team missed a shot at the buzzer as Morehead State hung on to beat the Coyotes 66-64 on Monday night in Vermillion.

For the first time since the NCAA transition process began, the University of South Dakota men's basketball team will be bringing a full-fledged Division I program to the DakotaDome tonight.

Kendall Cutler was finishing an interview last week when his teammate Mitchell Bouie, listening nearby, gave him an approving nod.

Afam Muojeke scored 19 points and Wyoming beat South Dakota 86-74 on Sunday night.

Jake Thomas scored 18 points to lead five South Dakota players in double figures Sunday as the Coyotes defeated Binghamton, 89-77, at the Drake Invitational.

Ben Simons added 20 for the Bulldogs , who shot 53.8 percent from long distance .

VERMILLION, S.D., Nov. 11 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news release: Head Coach Dave Boots begins his 22nd season at the helm for the South Dakota men's basketball team as the Coyotes open the 2009-10 campaign with high expectations in their second year of transition to NCAA Division I. USD, who finished 2008-09 with a ...

The Drake Invitational field this weekend figured to include one men's basketball team struggling to make the adjustment to Division I play and another with a promising future.

Senior Roman Gentry tries to steal the ball from the Dakota State player as sophomore Louie Krogman looks on as the Coyotes beat the Trojans 111-59 last Wednesday at the DakotaDome.

The date and opponent may have changed, but the initial start was the same. In the Nov.

With winning a foregone conclusion, the University of South Dakota men got the opportunity to get the second team extensive minutes Wednesday night at the DakotaDome.

University of South Dakota freshman Jake Thomas approached assistant coach Joey James after Saturday's 100-65 win over Dana College and told him he would break the school's single-game 3-point record the next day.

Jake Thomas made a school-record nine 3-pointers and scored a season-high 31 points in South Dakota's 104-71 win over Midland Lutheran on Sunday.

Coyote guard Louie Krogman drives for the basket past Mayville Statea s Micah Berge early in the second half of South Dakotaa s home opener on Friday night.

MILWAUKEE - Playing well means you're playing about even against the Big East schools, the University of South Dakota men's basketball team is discovering.

The win moved the Golden Eagles to 4-0 on the season and dropped the Coyotes to 2-3. Senior forward Tyler Cain led South Dakota with 19 points by connecting on 7-of-10 shots and collected five rebounds, while freshman guard Jake Thomas, playing just 30 miles from his hometown of Racine, Wis., added 12 points on four three-pointers and seven ...