South Dakota State

Official Name: 
South Dakota State University
Nickname: 
Jackrabbits
Mailing Address: 

Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center
SDSU Box 2820
11th Street and 16th Avenue
Brookings, SD 57007-1497

Telephone: 
(605) 688-5625
Fax: 
(605) 688-5999
Enrollment: 
11,020
Arena: 

Frost Arena
Capacity: 9,000
Year Opened: 1973

School Colors: 
Yellow and Blue
Conference: 
Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(7) 1963, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1998, and 2004

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

None

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(24) 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004
36-23 record (.610)
Won 1963 title and finished runner-up in 1985

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1943, 1948, 1951, and 1956
0-4 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Scott Nagy (15 years from 1996-2010, 270-176 record, .605)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Mark Tetzlaff (1,931 points from 1982-85 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Mark Tetzlaff (1,132 from 1982-85 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Matt Cadwell (34 points as freshman at Middle Tennessee State in overtime on 2/13/06)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Matt Cadwell* (34 at Middle Tennessee State in OT)
February 13, 2006 (freshman/15.6 ppg)
*Division I school record. All-time South Dakota State mark set by Dave Thomas (44 vs. Coe, Iowa, in 1973).

1

2

OT

Total

South Dakota State

35

36

11

82

Middle Tennessee State

26

45

18

89

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Heien

4-9

1-6

0-0

9

Kleinjan

1-5

0-0

0-0

2

Cadwell

10-17

0-0

8-9

34

Beran

8-18

0-0

2-3

19

Loney

3-6

0-0

3-4

10

Casey

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Frias

2-4

0-0

1-2

5

Steffen

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Wagner

1-2

0-0

1-2

3

Totals

29-62

9-24

15-20

82

Percentages

.468

.375

.750

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Cuyler

4-10

3-7

1-2

12

O'Neil

0-8

0-3

0-0

0

Kanaskie

5-8

2-3

0-0

12

Blue

6-12

0-0

8-9

20

Hudson

1-2

0-0

0-0

2

Howard

1-4

0-0

0-0

2

Vogelsberg

4-9

4-9

13-14

25

Morrison

1-10

0-2

2-2

4

Young

5-7

0-0

2-5

12

Totals

27-70

9-24

26-32

89

Percentages

.386

.375

.813

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

William Juneau

2

1906-07

6-3

.667

1906

1-0

J.M. Saunderson

3

1908-10

11-7

.611

1908

4-1

Frederick Johnson

1

1911

2-4

.333

1911

2-4

Harry W. Ewing

4

1913-17

14-20-1

.414

1916

5-5

Alec Culhane

1

1918

6-1

.857

1918

6-1

Charles A. "Jack" West

7

1920-26

70-59

.543

1922

25-3

Noble Redmen

1

1927

2-9

.182

1927

2-9

George Edmonds

3

1928-30

29-14

.674

1929

12-2

R.H. "Red" Threlfall

4

1931-33, 1937

25-32

.439

1931, 1933

.500

Lemme S. Herting

3

1934-36

20-31

.392

1935

10-9

James Baker

3

1938-40

31-19

.620

1938

11-5

Thurlo McCrady

7

1941-47

70-70

.500

1943

15-6

Reuben B. "Jack" Frost

7

1948-54

86-79

.521

1948

19-6

Russell "Sox" Walseth

2

1955-56

31-18

.633

1956

17-7

Jim Iverson

9

1957-65

142-65

.686

1957

19-3

Jim Marking

10

1965-74

148-80

.649

1970

22-4

Gene Zulk

11

1975-85

176-129

.577

1985

26-7

Jim Thorson

8

1986-93

137-100

.578

1992

25-8

Brad Soderberg

2

1994-95

37-18

.673

1994

19-8

Scott Nagy

16

1996-2011

289-188

.606

1998

26-3

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,331-948 (.584) from 1906 through 2011.
  • NOTES: South Dakota State moved up to major-college status in 2006
  • Iverson compiled a 7-10 record in 1964-65 when he was replaced by Marking (3-3).