South Dakota State will provide a first-round challenge for Terps

South Dakota State’s Mike Daum, left, is ‘the best shooting big man we’ve ever had,’ Coach Scott Nagy said. (Elisha Page/The Argus Leader via AP)In looking at the top candidates to be this year’s NCAA tournament darling, the Post’s Adam Kilgore identified five possibilities: Stony Brook, Little Rock, Florida-Gulf Coast, Stephen F. Austin and … South Dakota State, Maryland’s first-round opponent Friday in Spokane. To read about the other four potential upstarts, click here. To find out more about what awaits the Terrapins on Friday, read on:

For his first nine years at South Dakota State, Scott Nagy coached a powerhouse. The Jackrabbits won 80 percent of their games and became a mainstay in…