Men’s Basketball
Four Coyotes land on Preseason All-Summit
On Oct. 11 the Summit League released the basketball preseason standings along with the players included in the first and second teams. This was voted on by the league’s coaches, sports information directors and select media members. For Coyote men’s basketball, redshirt sophomore guard A.J. Plitzuweit, senior guard Mason Archambault and junior guard Kruz Perrott-Hunt […]
New additions are made to the Coyote basketball teams
On April 12, the men’s basketball team announced that Brandon Ubel would be joining Eric Peterson’s coaching staff next season. Ubel hails from Overland Park, Kansas and has spent much of his life on the basketball court. He played collegiate basketball at Nebraska and then continued post-college playing professionally overseas in Belgium and France. During […]
Former Dakota Valley star is coming home
After a strong high school career at Dakota Valley High School in North Sioux City, the 2021-22 Summit League Freshman of the Year, Paul Bruns is coming back to South Dakota. “I looked at a lot of different schools and USD stood out to me the most,” Bruns said. “The coaches, the culture they have […]
Coyotes hire former assistant coach Eric Peterson as new head coach
Men’s basketball head coach Eric Peterson was recently hired from the University of Utah. Peterson was the assistant coach at USD from 2014-2018, the assistant coach at Utah State from 2018-2021 and then was the assistant coach at Utah from 2021-2022. During his time at USD, Peterson said he wants to work on being in […]
Transfer portal, extra year changing landscape of college basketball
The NCAA transfer portal made players eligible to transfer with immediate eligibility in recent years and an extra year of eligibility granted to players due to COVID-19 has given players a chance at improving their standing in the college sports world. New South Dakota Coyote men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson is all too familiar with […]
Coyote men fall to Jackrabbits in semifinals
The USD men fell to South Dakota State (SDSU) in the semifinal round of the Summit League Tournament last night, 83-60. By the end of the first half, the Jackrabbits had created a 25-point lead over the Coyotes. SDSU shot 20-for-29 from field goal range and five-for-eight from 3-point range, compared to USD’s 12-for-28 from […]
Over 7,000 fans watch as the Coyote men secure their spot in the Summit League semifinals
The Coyote men took down the Kansas City Roos in front of 7,364 fans during the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament tonight, 74-61. The contest began with the sophomore forward Tasos Kamateros winning the tip. The Roos held a lead early in the game but were only able to maintain it for five minutes. […]
Undefeated Jackrabbits head into post-season tournament as No. 1
The Summit League men’s basketball regular season has come to an end. The next goal for eight of the teams will be winning the Summit League Tournament at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Fall, SD. No. 1 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (27-4 overall, 18-0 conference) vs. No. 8 Omaha Mavericks (5-24 overall, 4-14 […]
Men’s basketball secures two home wins
The men’s basketball team came out with two wins on the week after battling St. Thomas and Western Illinois in front of the home crowd. The Coyotes took on St. Thomas Feb. 17 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC). They went into the game 8-6 in Summit League play and added another win to […]
JUCO transfer shines in second year as Coyote
There are two USD men’s basketball players who graduated from a South Dakota high school on the roster this season, and one of them is Rapid City’s Mason Archambault, who was USD’s January Student Athlete of the Month. Archambault was not originally recruited to USD out of high school, but after two years at the […]