Men’s Basketball
Former SDSU player and coach Hansen joins Smith with Coyotes
Former South Dakota State player and coach Austin Hansen will be joining University of South Dakota head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith as one of three assistants for the upcoming season. Hansen was a four-year letter winner and two-time captain at SDSU from 1998-2003. He remains the second-leading three-point shooter and third-leading scorer in program […]
Smith ready to turn around men’s basketball team
In a span of less than 72 hours, Craig Smith went from being called upon to coach against Baylor in the NCAA Tournament to taking over the South Dakota Coyotes men’s basketball program. Smith, a Stephen, Minn., native and North Dakota alumnus, said he can hardly wait to take over a team that has failed […]
Men’s basketball says goodbye to James, starts search for new head coach
It has now been 15 days since reports came out that Joey James would not be returning as the head coach of the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team. James was promoted as interim head coach Sept. 6 shortly after long-time coach Dave Boots announced he was retiring. He was hoping the interim tag […]
Interim coach James not hired on as head coach, USD to conduct national search
Interim head coach Joey James will not be hired on as head coach of the USD men’s basketball team next season as the university will undergo a national search, according to a press release by USD athletics. “As we stated in October, the men’s basketball coaching position at the University of South Dakota is one […]
UPDATED: USD men’s basketball Summit League run ends against Denver, 71-55
The University of South Dakota men’s basketball team didn’t look like the January version of themselves Sunday night when they were handed defeat by the Denver Pioneers, 71-55. PHOTO GALLERY For the second consecutive season, the Coyotes were dropped from the Summit League Tournament in the first round. This time, the result came at the […]
Reaching for the top of the Summit, Coyote men shoot for victory against No. 4 Denver Pioneers
There’s no denying that the University of South Dakota men’s basketball stumbled to the finish line of the regular season. They lost their final two games of the season by a walloping 42 points and don’t have momentum on their side. By closing out the season with a 75-61 loss to South Dakota State, the […]
Interim coach overcomes difficult season
Let’s make this clear: I want Joey James back as the head coach of the USD men’s basketball team. James is nearing the end of his “prove-it” season as interim coach of the Coyotes, and athletic director David Herbster will be deciding his fate in the not-too-distant future. Picking a head coach for a college […]
Coyotes hope to break road-game losing streak
The road hasn’t been kind to the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team this year. With the team’s 75-67 loss to Denver last Saturday, the team fell to 1-10 away from the DakotaDome and interim head coach Joey James had to go back to the drawing board once again. “We just have to be […]
Coyotes break slump
A one-game break from Summit League play helped the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team overcome its four-game losing streak Tuesday night. The Coyotes took care of business and dismantled an inferior Peru State team 80-40. Interim head coach Joey James said his team looked at this game against the 9-12 NAIA school out […]
‘Yotes lose late lead against Jackrabbits, SDSU wins 70-68
As an assistant coach, USD men’s basketball interim head coach Joey James saw for the past three years how tough the competition in the Summit League is. As a first year head coach, he can now say he went through the “meat grinder” of that competition. After seeing his team blow a late lead against […]