Jackrabbit and Coyote Women Go Dancing

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was awarded the No. 6 seed in the Portland Regional of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship and will face No. 11 seed Quinnipiac Saturday, announced Monday night on the ESPN Selection Show. The Jackrabbits and the Bobcats tip at 10 a.m. Central time and the game will be played in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The game, which will be televised on ESPN2, will be the first meeting between the two schools. The advancing team will play the winner of the No. 3 seed Syracuse/No. 14 Fordham contest March 25.
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VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota’s women’s basketball team earned a No. 8 seed and will play Clemson Friday at 6 p.m. central time in Starkville, Miss., in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Coyotes, 28-5 overall, are the first Summit League program to receive an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the league is now known. Northern Illinois made the field as an at large team in 1994 when the league was known as the Mid-Continent Conference. It is the second NCAA Division I tournament appearance for South Dakota, which first appeared as a No. 15 seed back in 2014. The Coyotes qualified for eight NCAA tournaments at the Division II level, including a national runner-up finish in 2008 – the year before the program began its transition to Division I. USD is 8-9 all-time in NCAA tournament play. Friday’s matchup will be the first between South Dakota and Clemson.