Sanford Pentagon

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Sanford Pentagon
"The Pentagon"
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The Pentagon during the St. John's–Wisconsin game, November 2013
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Sanford Pentagon
Location within South Dakota
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Sanford Pentagon
Location within the United States
Address2210 W. Pentagon Place
Location Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Owner Sanford Health
Operator Sanford Health
Capacity 3,250 [1]
Construction
Broke groundMay 15, 2012
OpenedSeptember 2013
Construction cost $19 million [1]
Architect JLG Architects [2]
Tenants
Sioux Falls Skyforce (NBAGL) (2013–present) Augustana Vikings (NSIC) (2019-present)

The Sanford Pentagon (colloquially known as The Pentagon) is an indoor arena located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Pentagon opened in September 2013 and has a seating capacity of 3,250 spectators. It hosts the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. The facility is known for hosting a wide range of sporting events including: regional youth basketball tournaments, NCAA Division I basketball games, NCAA Division II basketball games and tournaments, mixed martial arts events, and occasional concerts.

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Major events

2013

The Pentagon's first major event was hosted on October 10, 2013. The Minnesota Timberwolves played the Milwaukee Bucks in the main court as a preseason exhibition game, and television coverage was provided by Fox Sports North. The Wolves defeated the Bucks by a score of 98–89 in front of an announced crowd of 3,250. [3]

On November 8, 2013, the Pentagon hosted its first NCAA Division I men's basketball game between the then 20th ranked Wisconsin Badgers and the St. John's Red Storm. The game was televised on the Big Ten Network. Wisconsin won the game 86–75 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,523. [4]

2014

On November 18, 2014, the Pentagon hosted an early season non-conference NCAA Division I basketball game between the then 11th ranked Wichita State Shockers and the Memphis Tigers. The game was televised by ESPN as part of their Tip-Off Marathon programming. The Shockers won that game 71–56 in front of a sellout crowd. [5]

On November 30, 2014, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits took on the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, winning 71–58. The announced attendance was 3,250 and coverage was provided by Fox Sports North. [6]

For the third and final NCAA Division I basketball game of the 2014–15 season at the Sanford Pentagon, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels played the South Dakota Coyotes on December 13, 2014. UNLV won the game 75-61 and the game was televised by Midco Sports Network and ESPN3. [7]

2015

On March 16, 2015, it was announced that the Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team would play the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team on November 13, 2015, in an early season non-conference match-up. [8]

2020

An early-season Division I basketball tournament—the Crossover Classic—was announced for the Pentagon in 2020. It served as a de facto replacement for the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Nassau, Bahamas, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the teams that were invited to said tournament were invited to the Crossover Classic, but only two would partake in the event. [9] [10]

The site was also home to the Dakota Showcase, which hosted all four Division I teams from the Dakotas. This included North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and South Dakota.

2024

On June 20, 2024, it was announced that the Pentagon would host an early-season showcase on November 4, 2024 (the opening day of the 2024–25 college basketball season), known as The Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase; presented by the podcast network The Field of 68, the event will feature a tripleheader of men's basketball games involving teams from mid-major conferences, including College of Charleston and Southern Illinois, McNeese State and South Dakota State, and Saint Louis and Santa Clara. [11]

The Pentagon will also host pairs of games involving the Iowa Hawkeyes' and Nebraska Cornhuskers' men's and women's basketball teams; the Cornhuskers will play South Dakota and Saint Mary's women's and men's teams on November 16 and 17 respectively, the women's Hawkeyes will play Kansas on November 20, and the men's Hawkeyes will play Utah on December 21. [11]

Annual/Recurring

On December 11, 2013, it was announced that the Sanford Pentagon would be home to multiple NCAA Division II championships. These include the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championships, the 2015, 2016, and 2018 NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championships (except for the championship final in 2016, which will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis [12] ), and the 2016 and 2020 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship. [13] Beginning in 2018, it will also be the home to the NAIA Division II men's basketball championship. [14]

Beginning in 2014, it is also home to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference conference basketball tournament. [1] The NSIC is an NCAA Division II conference with schools located mainly in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

List of NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Games at Sanford Pentagon

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamEvent/Tournament
Nov. 8, 2013 Wisconsin 86 St. John's 75
Nov. 18, 2014#11 Wichita State 71 Memphis 56
Nov. 30, 2014 Florida Gulf Coast 71 South Dakota State 58
Dec. 13, 2014 UNLV 75 South Dakota 61
Nov. 13, 2015#7 Iowa State 68 Colorado 62
Dec. 12, 2015 Oklahoma State 62 Minnesota 60
Dec. 27, 2015South Dakota State 65 Middle Tennessee 61
Dec. 28, 2015South Dakota 89Florida Gulf Coast 81
Nov. 25, 2016 East Tennessee State 86 Milwaukee 62
Nov. 25, 2016 UC Irvine 63South Dakota State 52
Nov. 26, 2016Milwaukee 54UC Irvine 37
Nov 26, 2016East Tennessee State 71South Dakota State 59
Nov. 27, 2016East Tennessee State 72UC Irvine 66
Nov. 27, 2016South Dakota State 81Milwaukee 58
Dec. 3, 2016Minnesota 56 Vanderbilt 52
Nov. 24, 2017 Northern Colorado 80 Youngstown State 67
Nov. 24, 2017South Dakota 84 Southern Mississippi 71
Nov. 25, 2017Southern Mississippi 71Youngstown State 64
Nov. 25, 2017Northern Colorado 63South Dakota 62
Nov. 26, 2017Northern Colorado 77Southern Mississippi 63
Nov. 26, 2017South Dakota 81Youngstown State 53
Dec. 2, 2017 Missouri State 73South Dakota State 53
Dec. 22, 2017 Iowa 80Colorado 73
Dec. 16, 2018#25 Nebraska 79Oklahoma State 56
Feb. 7, 2019 Omaha 107*South Dakota 102*
Nov. 5, 2019#20 St. Mary's 65*Wisconsin 63*
Nov. 9, 2019 Oklahoma 71Minnesota 62
Dec. 20, 2019Northern Colorado 87South Dakota 68
Nov. 25, 2020Memphis 73Saint. Mary's 56 Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 25, 2020 Western Kentucky 93 Northern Iowa 87Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 25, 2020#15 West Virginia 79South Dakota State 71Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 25, 2020 VCU 85 Utah State 69Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 26, 2020Western Kentucky 93Memphis 69Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 26, 2020#15 West Virginia 78VCU 66Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 26, 2020Saint Mary's 66Northern Iowa 64Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 26, 2020South Dakota State 65Utah State 44Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 27, 2020#15 West Virginia 70Western Kentucky 64Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 27, 2020Saint Mary's 72South Dakota State 59Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 27, 2020Utah State 82Northern Iowa 71Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Nov. 27, 2020VCU 70Memphis 59Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic
Dec. 10, 2020 North Dakota 75South Dakota 71 Dakota Showcase
Dec. 10, 2020South Dakota State 77 North Dakota State 75Dakota Showcase
Dec. 11, 2020South Dakota State 74North Dakota 62Dakota Showcase
Dec. 11, 2020North Dakota State 74South Dakota 67Dakota Showcase
Dec. 12, 2020North Dakota State 53North Dakota 52Dakota Showcase
Dec. 12, 2020South Dakota 91South Dakota State 78Dakota Showcase
Dec. 19, 2020#1 Gonzaga 99#3 Iowa 88
Mar. 6, 2021South Dakota State 84Omaha 71 2021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 6, 2021South Dakota 86 Western Illinois 692021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 7, 2021 Oral Roberts 76North Dakota 652021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 7, 2021North Dakota State 69 Kansas City 652021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 8, 2021Oral Roberts 90South Dakota State 882021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 8, 2021North Dakota State 79South Dakota 752021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Mar. 9, 2021Oral Roberts 75North Dakota State 722021 Summit League Basketball Championships
Nov. 22, 2021South Dakota State 102 Nevada 75 Crossover Classic
Nov. 22, 2021 Washington 77 George Mason 74Crossover Classic
Nov. 23, 2021Nevada 88George Mason 69Crossover Classic
Nov. 23, 2021Washington 87South Dakota State 76Crossover Classic
Nov. 24, 2021Nevada 81Washington 62Crossover Classic
Nov. 24, 2021South Dakota State 80George Mason 76Crossover Classic
Dec. 11, 2021 Creighton 83#24 BYU 71
Dec. 18, 2021Iowa 94Utah State 75
Nov. 15, 2022South Dakota State 66 St. Bonaventure 62
Dec. 2, 2022#6 Baylor 64#14 Gonzaga 63Peacock Classic [15]
Nov. 7, 2023#20 Baylor 88Auburn 82
Nov. 10, 2023South Dakota 100 UT-Rio Grande Valley 79
Nov. 18, 2023Nebraska 84 Oregon State 63
Dec. 1, 2023South Dakota State 61 Towson 48
Dec. 17, 2023 Syracuse 83 Oregon 63
Nov. 4, 2024 College of Charleston 90 Southern Illinois 80Field of 68 Showcase
Nov. 4, 2024 Santa Clara 85 Saint Louis 78Field of 68 Showcase
Nov. 4, 2024South Dakota State 80 McNeese State 73Field of 68 Showcase
Nov. 17, 2024St. Mary's 77Nebraska 74
Dec. 21, 2024 Utah 88 vs.Iowa 95

Source: [16]

List of NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Games at Sanford Pentagon

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamEvent/Tournament
Nov. 21, 2013 Drake 89* South Dakota 81*
Nov. 11, 2016South Dakota 75 SIU-Edwardsville 65
Nov. 21, 2018South Dakota 73 Wichita State 64
Nov. 15, 2019South Dakota State 77 Dakota Wesleyan 46
Nov. 28, 2020#1 South Carolina 81South Dakota 71Bad Boy Mower's Crossover Classic
Nov. 29, 2020#1 South Carolina 79#21 Gonzaga 72Bad Boy Mower's Crossover Classic
Nov. 30, 2020#21 Gonzaga 54South Dakota 50Bad Boy Mower's Crossover Classic
Mar. 6, 2021 Omaha 52#21 South Dakota State 40 2021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 6, 2021South Dakota 89 Oral Roberts 662021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 7, 2021 Western Illinois 60 Kansas City 592021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 7, 2021 North Dakota State 79 Denver 672021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 8, 2021Omaha 69Western Illinois 552021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 8, 2021South Dakota 81North Dakota State 552021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Mar. 9, 2021South Dakota 66Omaha 432021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championships
Nov. 12, 2021#1 South Carolina 72South Dakota 412021 Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational


Nov. 12, 2021#22 Arizona 61*#6 Louisville 59*2021 Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational
Dec. 15, 2022#1 South Carolina 62South Dakota State 44
Nov. 6, 2023#22 Creighton 75North Dakota State 52
Nov. 25, 2023South Dakota 72 South Carolina State 52
Nov. 16, 2024South Dakota vs. Nebraska
Nov. 20, 2024 Iowa Kansas

Source: [16]

Appearances

Number of App.SchoolRecord W/LNotable Wins
19South Dakota State10-9
13South Dakota6-7
10(W) South Dakota6-42021 Summit League Women's Tournament Champions
6North Dakota State4-2
4Northern Colorado4-0
4(W) South Carolina4-0#21 Gonzaga
4Iowa3-1
4North Dakota1-3
4Memphis1-3
3E. Tennessee State3-0
3West Virginia3-02020 Bad Boy Mower's Crossover Classic Champions
3Oral Roberts3-02021 Summit League Men's Tournament Champions
3Washington2-1
3Nevada2-1
3VCU2-1
3Western Kentucky2-1
3(W) Omaha2-1#21 South Dakota State
3Milwaukee1-2
3UC Irvine1-2
3Southern Mississippi1-2
3Utah State1-2
3Saint Mary's1-2
3Minnesota1-2
3(W) South Dakota State1-2
3(W) North Dakota State1-2
3George Mason0-3
3Youngstown State0-3
2Nebraska2-0
2Baylor2-0vs. #14 Gonzaga
2Florida Gulf Coast1-1
2Oklahoma State1-1
2Gonzaga1-1vs. #3 Iowa
2Omaha1-1
2(W) Gonzaga1-1
2(W) Western Illinois1-1
2Colorado0-2
1Wisconsin1-0
1Wichita State1-0
1UNLV1-0
1Iowa State1-0
1Missouri State1-0
1Creighton1-0vs. #24 BYU
1Syracuse1-0
1(W) Creighton1-0
1(W) Arizona1-0#6 Louisville
1St. John's0-1
1Vanderbilt0-1
1Oregon0-1
1Middle Tennessee0-1
1UT-Rio Grande Valley0-1
1Oregon State0-1
1St. Bonaventure0-1
1BYU0-1
1Kansas City0-1
1Western Illinois0-1
1Towson0-1
1(W) Drake0-1
1(W) SIU-Edwardsville0-1
1(W) Wichita State0-1
1(W) Dakota Wesleyan0-1
1(W) Oral Roberts0-1
1(W) Kansas City0-1
1(W) Denver0-1
1(W) Louisville0-1
1(W) South Carolina State0-1
1Utah0-1

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sanford Pentagon: Anticipation nears reality for new sports arena
  2. ↑ Sanford Pentagon - JLG Architects
  3. ↑ Timberwolves vs Bucks Box Score
  4. ↑ Wisconsin vs St. Johns Box Score
  5. ↑ Wichita State vs Memphis Box Score
  6. ↑ Florida Gulf Coast vs South Dakota State Box Score
  7. ↑ UNLV vs South Dakota Box Score
  8. ↑ Iowa State, Colorado to play at Pentagon
  9. ↑ Zimmer, Matt. "Crossover Classic: How big-time college basketball landed in Sioux Falls". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  10. ↑ "Wichita State basketball out of tournament after 'multiple' positive COVID-19 tests". Kansas.com.
  11. 1 2 "Sanford Pentagon to host 'Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase'". Sioux Falls Live. 2024-06-20. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  12. ↑ "Women's Final Four sites for 2017-20 includes record fourth for New Orleans" (Press release). National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 17, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Sioux Falls to host eight NCAA tournaments in coming years
  14. ↑ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship Awarded to Sioux Falls, S.D." 17 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "INAUGURAL 'PEACOCK CLASSIC' MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN NO. 6 BAYLOR AND NO. 14 GONZAGA PRESENTED LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON PEACOCK THIS FRIDAY, DEC. 2, AT 8 P.M. ET". NBC Sports Pressbox. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  16. 1 2 "Past NCAA DI Games | Sanford Pentagon". Sanford Sports. Retrieved 2023-11-29.

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