South Dakota men’s basketball coach Todd Lee has announced that the Coyotes will play the Kansas Jayhawks inside Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 18 in Lawrence, Kansas.
It will be the first meeting between the programs.
Kansas, fresh off a trip to the 2018 Final Four, has won five NCAA Championships and a record 14-straight Big 12 Conference titles. The Jayhawks tallied a 31-8 record in 2017-18 and ended the season ranked No. 3 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Allen Fieldhouse has been the home of the Jayhawks for 63 years with a capacity of 16,300. Kansas has sold out 275 consecutive games, dating back to the 2001-02 season.
The Coyotes are coming off a Division I era record 26 wins and were ranked as high as No. 3 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25. The 26 wins ranked No. 25 in the nation for total wins while nine road victories ranked No. 18 in the nation.
