Mar 07 2025 29 mins 2
A hounding, dizzying full-court press. A topsy-turvy season full of shootouts, blowouts, euphoria and heartbreak.
South Dakota's men appear to be the most fascinating, exciting team in the Summit League men's basketball tournament — a talented and impressively conditioned crew with wild style of play that could make them a wonderful wild card pick to win it all and go to the school's first Div. I NCAA Tournament.
But Craig Smith disciple Eric Peterson's third team (by far his best) could as easily bow out in a Friday night quarterfinal against a North Dakota State squad that beat USD in both regular season showdowns, including nine days ago in Fargo, 82-78.
The radio Voice of the Coyotes John Thayer walks us through the seismic shift of Peterson's basketball ideology, the players he found to fit into it, and how USD eventually made it work well enough to be a contender.
But how can things change against the Bison, and what kind of steam could propel them to beat regular season champion Omaha in Saturday's semifinals should the Yotes come out on top on Friday?
