The 16-seed Jackrabbits’ first round opponent is 1-seed Gonzaga, which the team faces Thursday at 11 a.m. PST, and the question was presented like this:
“Gonzaga has made 19 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. They’ve raised the profile of mid-major basketball. Do you feel SDSU aspires to be like Gonzaga in that regard?”
Easy question for junior guard Reed Tellinghuisen.
“They're good, year and year again, they're a great mid-major, top 25 mid-major each year,” he said. “We would eventually like to get to be that way. And hopefully someday South Dakota State can be that program.