2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball | |
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The Summit League regular-season championship | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Summit League |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 25 |
Record | 21–4 (14–0 The Summit) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Frost Arena |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 South Dakota State | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | – | 4 | .840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota† | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 10 | – | 12 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 7 | – | 16 | .304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Omaha | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 6 | – | 15 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 2 | – | 19 | .095 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 Summit League tournament winner As of December 2, 2021 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represented South Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by twenty-first year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League. They played their home games at Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.
Previous season
The Jackrabbits went 23–10 overall and 13–3 in conference play, finishing second.
South Dakota State played North Dakota in the quarterfinals, winning 72–43 and then followed it up two days later with a win in the semifinals against North Dakota State 76–56. The Jackrabbits made an appearance in the championship game against 17th-ranked South Dakota, falling short 58–63.
The postseason was put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak and hopes for a possible NCAA at-large bid or automatic WNIT birth were dashed.
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Rylie Cascio Jensen | 2 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Fremont, NE | Graduated |
Tagyn Larson | 24 | F | 6'2" | RS-Senior | Sioux Falls, SD | Graduated |
Megan Bultsma | 50 | C | 6'3" | Senior | Plankinton, SD | Graduated |
Additions
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Haley Greer | 11 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Winnetka, IL | Graduate transfer from Colgate[1] |
Madysen Vlastuin | 22 | F | 6'1" | Freshman | Lennox, SD | Signed for the 2020–21 season[2] |
Emily Herzberg | 4 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Melrose, WI | Signed for the 2020–21 season[2] |
Mesa Byom | 24 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Melrose, WI | Signed for the 2020–21 season[2] |
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 28, 2020* 2:00 p.m., MidcoSN/ESPN3 | No. 15 Iowa State | W 76–69 | 1–0 | Frost Arena (678) Brookings, SD | |||||||
November 30, 2020* 6:00 p.m., MidcoSN/ESPN3 | Creighton | W 66–47 | 2–0 | Frost Arena Brookings, SD | |||||||
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | No. 18 Gonzaga | W 75–72 OT | 3–0 | Frost Arena (583) Brookings, SD | |||||||
December 10, 2020* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 22 | at Kansas State | L 53–62 | 3–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (437) Manhattan, KS | ||||||
December 12, 2020* 3:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 22 | at Northern Iowa | L 48–65 | 3–2 | McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA | ||||||
December 15, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Drake | W 87–73 | 4–2 | Frost Arena Brookings, SD | |||||||
December 19, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at No. 20 Missouri State | W 60–52 | 5–2 | JQH Arena Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 21, 2020* 1:00 p.m. | at Montana State | W 82–67 | 6–2 | Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT | |||||||
December 23, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Northern Iowa | W 74–63 | 7–2 | Frost Arena Brookings, SD | |||||||
Summit League regular season | |||||||||||
January 8, 2021 5:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | W 71-61 | 8-2 (1-0) | Frost Arena (504) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 9, 2021 5:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | W 87-66 | 9-2 (2-0) | Frost Arena (553) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 15, 2021 3:00 p.m. | at Omaha | W 62-50 | 10-2 (3-0) | Baxter Arena (169) Omaha, NE | |||||||
January 16, 2021 3:00 p.m. | at Omaha | W 64-54 | 11-2 (4-0) | Baxter Arena (207) Omaha, NE | |||||||
January 22, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | North Dakota | W 81-52 | 12-2 (5-0) | Frost Arena (594) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 23, 2021 5:00 p.m. | North Dakota | W 66-44 | 13-2 (6-0) | Frost Arena (558) Brookings, SD | |||||||
January 29, 2021 5:00 p.m. | No. 25 | at Denver | Hamilton Gymnasium Denver, CO | ||||||||
January 30, 2021 5:00 p.m. | No. 25 | at Denver | Hamilton Gymnasium Denver, CO | ||||||||
February 5, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 23 | South Dakota | W 64–45 | 14–2 (7–0) | Frost Arena (808) Brookings, SD | ||||||
February 6, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 23 | South Dakota | W 80–75 | 15–2 (8–0) | Frost Arena (835) Brookings, SD | ||||||
February 13, 2021 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 | at Oral Roberts | W 82–60 | 16–2 (9–0) | Mabee Center (1013) Tulsa, OK | ||||||
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 | at Oral Roberts | W 73–61 | 17–2 (10–0) | Mabee Center (0) Tulsa, OK | ||||||
February 19, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 23 | at North Dakota State | W 86–78 | 18–2 (11–0) | Scheels Center (1005) Fargo, ND | ||||||
February 20, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 23 | at North Dakota State | W 69–60 | 19–2 (12–0) | Scheels Center (1955) Fargo, ND | ||||||
February 26, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 22 | Kansas City | W 73–53 | 20–2 (13–0) | Frost Arena (640) Brookings, SD | ||||||
February 27, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 22 | Kansas City | W 72–66 | 21–2 (14–0) | Frost Arena (629) Brookings, SD | ||||||
Summit League women's tournament | |||||||||||
March 6, 2021 11:45 a.m., ESPN+/MidcoSN | (1) No. 22 | vs. (8) Omaha Quarterfinals | L 40–52 | 21–3 | Denny Sanford Premier Center (200) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
NCAA women's tournament | |||||||||||
March 21, 2021* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (9 R) No. 25 | vs. (8 R) Syracause First round | L 55–72 | 21–4 | Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX | ||||||
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Rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 25 |
Coaches | RV | * | 21 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 22 | 25 | RV |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received votes | |
(NR) | Not ranked |
References
- ^ "Women's basketball adds Haley Greer". South Dakota State University Athletics. April 15, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Women's basketball announces three signees". South Dakota State University Athletics. November 13, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". South Dakota State University Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2021.