After a 72-62 win at North Dakota State last night, South Dakota State is in the driver's seat of the Summit League regular season and No. 1 seed in the tournament, even though they aren't in first place and there are eight games remaining on the conference slate. Why? John Gaskins explains how SDSU is now the team to beat.

Then — another glaring example of USD's attendance issues for the major sports, and why the most fault lies on the fans.

For the final 55 minutes, a fun Friday happy hour chat with self-admitted curmudgeon (but mellowing with age) and 17-year University of Sioux Falls men's basketball coach Chris Johnson, who talks about why he absolutley loves this season's team and all the ebbs, flows, and evolutions in college hoops and the game of basketball, in general, since he came to Sioux Falls from Div. I University of North Dakota, where he was the head assistant.

Johnson describes the unique relationship he has with USF women's coach Travis Traphagen, describes the adjustments he has had to make in his coaching style and approach to players, and why local high school product and freshman Taylen Ashley has him excited for the next four years.