October 16, 2026
MADISON, S.D.  – Dakota State (S.D.) talked about their upcoming 2026-27 season earlier this week on the Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Media Day, presented by IMA Financial.  Second-year head coach Kevin Williamson along with returners Brayden Pankonen, Aiden Jensen, and Lukas Morgan talked with Frontier Conference's commissioner Dr. Scott Crawford and emcee Rocky Erickson.

Dakota State finished 18-10 overall record and 13-9 conference record in the first year of the Frontier Conference.  DSU's 18 victories is the most since the 2015-16 season, tying for sixth most single season victories in the men's basketball school record book with the 2011-12 squad.    

The Trojans set a single season school record of conference victories last season, breaking the previous record of 12 conference wins in 2004-05.

DSU also finished their home schedule with a 10-4 record, the first time since the 2017-18 season when the Trojans produced double digit home wins.

Dakota State fell to Carroll (Mont.) 87-81 in the quarterfinals round of the Frontier Conference tournament. 

DSU opens their season in the Education Kickoff Classic on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Madison High School.  The Trojans welcome Trinity Bible (N.D.) with a tip-off at 1 p.m.  Dakota State then heads to Bellevue (Neb.) for the two-day Chick-fil-A-Classic on Nov. 6-7 before playing Dordt (Iowa) in the annual contest at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Trojans open their 22-game Frontier Conference schedule on Nov. 21 versus Bellevue at DSU Fieldhouse.