KANSAS CITY, Mo. – South Dakota men's basketball has earned the 2022-23 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award.
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men's basketball programs that completed the 2022-23 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Coyotes put together a 3.1 grade-point average for the 2022-23 school year.
 
Four Coyotes were also named to the NABC Honors Court, which includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2022-23 year with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 or higher. Damani Hayes, Kruz Perrott-Hunt, Max Burchill, and Tasos Kamateros join the list of over 1,800 players who earned a spot on the honor court.