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 the NCAA Division II tournament. In his 10th season, South Dakota State moved to Division I and “just kind of limped into it,” Nagy said.