BROOKINGS – Three home games to end the regular season highlights South Dakota State’s 2018-19 men’s basketball Summit League schedule, made public last week by the league’s office.
With the addition of North Dakota, the three-time defending Summit League Tournament Jackrabbits’ league slate returns to eight home-and-away contests, with all home league bouts falling either on a Thursday (three dates) or Saturday (five games) at Frost Arena.
South Dakota State’s complete schedule is expected to be released in August.
“We are excited for another year of Summit League basketball,” head coach T.J. Otzelberger said. “The league is filled with high-quality teams, coaches and players, and we’re looking forward to great competition every time we take the court.”
SDSU, the 2017-18 regular season Summit League champion, opens its Summit League schedule with three consecutive road games, traveling to Western Illinois (Dec. 28), Purdue Fort Wayne (Jan. 3) and in-state rival South Dakota (Jan. 6). The home league opener is set for Jan. 10 against Denver, and Oral Roberts comes to town that same weekend (Jan. 12) before the Jacks head out on the road for a game at newcomer UND on Jan. 16.
From there, South Dakota State turns its attention to North Dakota State and Omaha at home, Jan. 24 and 26, respectively. The second pass through the league begins with a Jan. 31 affair in Tulsa, Oklahoma at ORU and a trip West to pit SDSU against Denver on Feb. 3.
State returns to Frost Arena for a single-game Feb. 9 against North Dakota and hits the road for its final two regular season games away from Brookings, taking on Omaha in a Valentine’s Day matchup Feb. 14 before traveling to NDSU on Feb. 16.
The Jackrabbits, who own the nation’s longest active home-winning streak (20 games), will wrap up Summit League play with three consecutive games at Frost Arena, taking on Purdue Fort Wayne Feb. 21, South Dakota Feb. 23 and Western Illinois March 2.
This marks just the third time in SDSU’s 11-year Summit League stint that the Jacks will close with three straight home games. It last happened in 2011-12.
The 2019 Summit League Championship will be held March 9-12, at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.
Season tickets for SDSU’s 2018-19 campaign are on sale at the Jackrabbit Ticket Office. Season tickets at multiple pricing levels cover all home games on the men’s and women’s regular season-schedules.
Tickets are available online at JackrabbitTickets.com, over the phone by calling (605) 688-5422, or in person at the Jackrabbit Ticket Office weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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