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Listening to the sports talk radio and reading the stories in the newspaper, it was plane to see that the Sioux Falls media was very excited about the Hoffman twins picking D-I Texas State. This is good news for us for as they did their research for their stories I can't help but think it may have opened some eyes as to where we are heading. The interesting thing is that SDSU would beat Texas State any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Not saying that Texas State is bad, ok they had a rough season last year, I'm just saying that the Jackrabbits are better, RIGHT NOW before we are offically D-I!
Here is a link to, and excerpts from the Argus Leader:
http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Th...article1.shtml
Mitchell standouts taking games to Division I
Chris Solari
csolari@argusleader.com
published: 4/15/2004
Hoffman twins sign to play basketball at Texas State-San Marcos
The courtship of the Hoffman twins from Mitchell ended Wednesday with one big question across the state.
Where in the world is Texas State-San Marcos?
They even asked it themselves at first, but they now know. The town of 30,000, nestled between Austin and San Antonio, will be the college basketball home for sisters Jeana and Jenna. The two signed their National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play for the Bobcats this fall.
"I had personally never heard of this school or knew much about it or their conference," Jeana said. "But their coaching staff told us a lot about it and what it was like.
"It's been a big relief for us to have signed and have all that done. It was a hard decision for us, but we both feel really good about it."
Wednesday was the first day of the spring that high schoolers could officially commit to colleges. While most of the area's top players committed to schools in the fall signing period, the Hoffmans waited until after their senior season.
Their final choice was between Division I schools Texas State and Idaho, and the University of South Dakota in Division II.
The decision for 5-foot-9 Jenna and 5-8 Jeana came down to two things - getting a chance to stick together and an opportunity to play right away. The Bobcats lost four perimeter players to graduation this spring. . . .
Formerly Southwest Texas State, the 25,000-student school is a member of the Southland Conference. The Bobcats went 8-19 this season, but made the 2003 NCAA Women's Tournament with an 18-14 record (they lost 86-50 to LSU, which went to the Final Four this season). . . .
The twins were not a fit for the Jacks and eveyone conceded that the Jacks were never really interested. So it is outstanding that the twins chose a school like Texas St. It will only further the understanding of what it is to be D-I (The Southland Conference and Texas St. play I-AA in football and are D-I in everything else, just like the Jacks).
Here is a link to Texas State's Women's basketball web site:
http://www.athletics.txstate.edu/spo...4-schedule.htm
As you can see many of the names look familiar: Montana St., UMKC, Oral Roberts, Northwest State, Nicholls St. With a few big time names thrown in: Texas A&M, Arizona, TCU, Texas. Our schedule will look very much like this soon. The big difference between Texas State and South Dakota State, again as I see it, is that the Jackrabbits would take apart the Bobcats!
Good Luck to the Hoffman twins and Go Jackrabbits!
Go State!
P.S. please also note that the twins would rather play for a Bad D-I team, then play for what has been a very good D-II team, (that was hard to type) the past few season's (with the help of some Jackrabbit defectors), in the form of the USD Coyotes.
Here is a link to, and excerpts from the Argus Leader:
http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Th...article1.shtml
Mitchell standouts taking games to Division I
Chris Solari
csolari@argusleader.com
published: 4/15/2004
Hoffman twins sign to play basketball at Texas State-San Marcos
The courtship of the Hoffman twins from Mitchell ended Wednesday with one big question across the state.
Where in the world is Texas State-San Marcos?
They even asked it themselves at first, but they now know. The town of 30,000, nestled between Austin and San Antonio, will be the college basketball home for sisters Jeana and Jenna. The two signed their National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play for the Bobcats this fall.
"I had personally never heard of this school or knew much about it or their conference," Jeana said. "But their coaching staff told us a lot about it and what it was like.
"It's been a big relief for us to have signed and have all that done. It was a hard decision for us, but we both feel really good about it."
Wednesday was the first day of the spring that high schoolers could officially commit to colleges. While most of the area's top players committed to schools in the fall signing period, the Hoffmans waited until after their senior season.
Their final choice was between Division I schools Texas State and Idaho, and the University of South Dakota in Division II.
The decision for 5-foot-9 Jenna and 5-8 Jeana came down to two things - getting a chance to stick together and an opportunity to play right away. The Bobcats lost four perimeter players to graduation this spring. . . .
Formerly Southwest Texas State, the 25,000-student school is a member of the Southland Conference. The Bobcats went 8-19 this season, but made the 2003 NCAA Women's Tournament with an 18-14 record (they lost 86-50 to LSU, which went to the Final Four this season). . . .
The twins were not a fit for the Jacks and eveyone conceded that the Jacks were never really interested. So it is outstanding that the twins chose a school like Texas St. It will only further the understanding of what it is to be D-I (The Southland Conference and Texas St. play I-AA in football and are D-I in everything else, just like the Jacks).
Here is a link to Texas State's Women's basketball web site:
http://www.athletics.txstate.edu/spo...4-schedule.htm
As you can see many of the names look familiar: Montana St., UMKC, Oral Roberts, Northwest State, Nicholls St. With a few big time names thrown in: Texas A&M, Arizona, TCU, Texas. Our schedule will look very much like this soon. The big difference between Texas State and South Dakota State, again as I see it, is that the Jackrabbits would take apart the Bobcats!
Good Luck to the Hoffman twins and Go Jackrabbits!
Go State!
P.S. please also note that the twins would rather play for a Bad D-I team, then play for what has been a very good D-II team, (that was hard to type) the past few season's (with the help of some Jackrabbit defectors), in the form of the USD Coyotes.
Looks to me like we will be giving South Dakota kids the option to play D-I closer to home! ;D
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