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• Smith said his players at South Dakota will be academically strong and socially responsible.
• "Nobody is going to give you that degree," he said. "You're going to earn your degree."
• South Dakota women's team earned its first trip to the NCAA tournament this year after capturing the Summit League title, but lost 81-62 to Stanford in the opening round.
• School President Jim Abbott called Smith's hiring another example of momentum building at the university.
• "I want to win," Abbott said. "That's all there is to it."
• Trey Norris, a sophomore point guard from Dallas, said he looks forward to the challenge.
• "Him coming from the NCAA tournament gives our team a lot of excitement," Norris said. "It's a new era -- new expectations in the classroom and on the court. He's going to expect a lot more from us."
• Nebraska's season ended Friday with a 74-60 loss to Baylor in the team's opening game in the NCAA tournament.
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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Law enforcement authorities in North Dakota will extradite a man to South Dakota where he is wanted in connection with an attempted homicide.
• Stark County Judge Dann Greenwood on Monday authorized the extradition.
• The South Dakota Attorney General's office says the 38-year-old Sisseton man was arrested Sunday afternoon in the southwestern North Dakota town of Beach.
• South Dakota authorities are expected to pick up the man from a jail in Dickinson within 10 days.
• The attorney general's office did not immediately release details about the attempted homicide in Sisseton on March 19.
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