To follow a season where South Dakota’s performance during its nonconference slate earned the Coyotes an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament, USD head coach Dawn Plitzuweit and her staff look to recreate the magic with another challenging lineup.
Highlighting the schedule is a game against the 2017 NCAA Champions, South Carolina in Columbia. The Gamecocks are one of nine teams scheduled that finished in the top-101 of the RPI a year ago.
South Dakota is set to face foes out of the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12, Big East, Missouri Valley and Horizon League.
Returning foes from last year’s slate include Green Bay (Nov. 9), Drake (Nov. 13), Missouri (Nov. 21), Missouri State (Nov. 25), Creighton (Dec. 4) and Montana (Dec. 15). Five of those six, with the exclusion of Green Bay, will make trips to the Sanford Coyote Sports Center this season.
South Dakota’s nonconference schedule includes seven home games with three foes who made the 2019 NCAA Tournament, including a Sweet 16 team in Missouri State.
The Coyotes will face Ohio State (Nov. 29) and Northern Illinois (Nov. 30) at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas.
Outside of South Carolina and Green Bay, road trips include the program’s second-ever meeting with the Pac-12’s Utah (Nov. 16) in Salt Lake City and a visit to Northeastern (Nov. 5) in Boston for the season opener.
