Entries from January 2008

January 31, 2008

Big weekend for USD basketball team

The USD men’s and women’s basketball teams have two North Central Conference home games this weekend, starting with tonight’s women’s game at 6 p.m. in the DakotaDome against Minnesota-Duluth.
The Bulldogs, who look to be underdogs on both the men’s (8-12, 1-4 NCC) side and women’s (4-15, 1-4 NCC) side, most league games are never a [...]

January 30, 2008

USD women first in region

Thanks to a 15-game win streak, the USD women’s basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the North Central Region, according to the first rankings of the season released Wednesday.
The Coyote women (17-1, 3-0 NCC) rise to the top thanks to a win over North Dakota two weeks ago and a loss by Concordia-St. Paul [...]

January 26, 2008

USD women: fifteen and counting…

After taking down the then number one team in the nation in North Dakota last weekend, the USD women’s basketball team responded with a wire-to-wire 78-57 win over the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in the DakotaDome on Thursday night.
 
The victory extends the sixth-ranked Coyotes’ winning streak to 15 games.
 
USD owned a 44-24 lead early in the second half [...]

January 25, 2008

Report: Hoffner hired as MSU coach

The Mankato Free Press is reporting on its Web site that University of South Dakota offensive coordinator Todd Hoffner has been hired as the new head coach at MSU-Mankato. Check out the update here.
He will be announced at a 5:15 p.m. press conference today.
Hoffner was one of four candidates to replace Jeff Jamrog, who resigned [...]

January 25, 2008

Little returns, Coyote men win

The Coyote men’s basketball team returned home to play in front of a fairly large student body crowd last night, defeating Nebraska-Omaha 81-70.
The sixth-ranked Coyotes connected on 11-of-12 free throws in the final two and a half minutes to hold off a Mavericks squad that had already knocked off two top 10 teams this season.
“We [...]

January 22, 2008

2008 Football Schedule Update

Came across this little nugget earlier today:
Culver-Stockton College, a private university in Canton, Mo., has released its 2008 football schedule. Check it out here.
And who do we see in Week Three (Sept. 20)?
The University of South Dakota.
Culver-Stockton is an NAIA school that competes in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Wildcats went 1-10 last [...]

January 21, 2008

(Jeana) Hoffman earns NCC honor

And again, the USD Coyotes sweep the NCC weekly awards.
Jeana Hoffman of the USD women’s basketball team was named NCC Player of the Week in the latest conference release.
Hoffman, a senior guard from Mitchell, S.D., scored 20 points and added three rebounds, two assists and a steal to push South Dakota to an upset over [...]

January 21, 2008

Cain earns NCC honor

For the third time this season, Tyler Cain of the USD men’s basketball team has been honored as the North Central Conference Player of the Week.
In the latest conference release, Cain shares the weekly honor with Jadee Jones of MSU-Mankato.
Cain, a sophomore from Rochester, Minn., finished the week shooting 10-of-11 from the field in two [...]

January 20, 2008

This one is over; USD wins 88-65

The Coyotes are going to come away with an 88-65 win. USD gets into the win column in the NCC.Becker leads the way with 25 points as five other Coyotes reached double-figures. Now it’s time to go get the interviews. - - Vance Janak  

January 20, 2008

3:08 remaining, ice cold car awaits

Although all time has not run out, this one is pretty much over with the Coyotes lead by 22, 81-59 with 3:08 remaining. The temp. today when I got to Grand Forks was a cozy -10. Now, four hours or so later, it will be probably -15 to -20, no joke.Becker adds two more points, 83-55, [...]