Men’s Basketball

A 5-9 record through the first 14 games wasn’t the record men’s basketball interim head coach Joey James had envisioned for non-conference play to begin the season. One way to ease the pain of a tough non-conference record is to start conference play on the right note, and that’s just what the Coyotes have done. […]

The Coyotes are limping into Saturday’s match-up with Green Bay after three consecutive losses, and Green Bay is no easy feat. Green Bay is coming into the DakotaDome at 5-3, fresh off a victory over the University of Virginia Saturday. The Phoenix are ranked No. 12 in the College Insider’s Mid-Major’s Top 25, and head […]

0-2. That’s the record of the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team heading into its next game Friday at Wyoming. Two losses – the first a 68-46 blowout at the hands of St. Bonaventure University Nov. 9, the other a 71-66 slip up to Canisius College Nov. 11 – were not an ideal start […]

After two full weeks of practice, the Coyote men’s basketball team is beginning to answer some of the preseason questions. The biggest of which is the team’s starting lineup. There are a few position locks, but for the most part, head coach Joey James says it is an open competition. “Generally there are two or […]

With four practices under its belt, the 2013 men’s basketball team is still searching for its identity. “Defensively we’re trying to build an identity of a tougher basketball team that defends and rebounds better than what we have been in the past,” interim head coach Joey James said. “Once we do that I think this […]

One era over, another just beginning. Twenty-five years is a long time for anything. When you coach at one university for that long it can be considered an era. It’s been a week since former head basketball coach Dave Boots announced his resignation and eventual retirement from the University of South Dakota. With that decision […]

Three days after longtime University of South Dakota men’s basketball coach Dave Boots announced his retirement, USD athletic director David Herbster named assistant coach Joey James interim head coach Friday. In a statement released Friday, Herbster said James will take over as head coach effective immediately, and a national search will be conducted at the […]

After 503 wins and 25 years with the University of South Dakota, men’s basketball head coach Dave Boots called it quits, announcing his retirement Tuesday afternoon. Senior center Trevor Gruis said he was blindsided by the news of Boots’ departure. “It was extremely shocking and I am sure we will be in shock for a […]

University of South Dakota men’s basketball coach Dave Boots announced his retirement Tuesday afternoon, ending a 25-year tenure with the Coyotes. In a released statement, Boots said he enjoyed his time at USD but felt it was time to move on. “For the past 25 years, I have enjoyed leading the Coyote basketball program. The […]