Here’s for the overachievers.

Every year I manage to find a team that catches my fancy. There are only three sports that I follow: football and men’s and women’s basketball. And I only follow them in college. At least there I can pretend that they aren’t overpaid.

This year, it is the South Dakota State Jackrabbits women’s basketball team. I tried Ball State’s football team. (Okay, every man in America has some kind of fantasy connection with Ball State!) But they ended the season disastrously, so I changed allegiances. I can be very fickle when I want to be, but my true love is, and will always be, the Ducks.

South Dakota State is not one of those traditional powerhouses in any sport. They’ve only been division one for a few years, and here they are ranked number 16 in one of the polls. You go, Rabbits!

The campus is in the town of Brookings. It’s just a stone throw from my ex’s family. (When I met Doug, three of his siblings and his parents all lived within 25 miles of Brookings.) So it has a bit of hometown feeling for me.

And it isn’t like the college has somehow attracted gifted athletes from around the country. Of the 14 women on their roster, 6 are from South Dakota, 5 are from Minnesota, 2 from Wisconsin and 1 from Iowa.

It is pretty certain that the Jackrabbits will be involved in March Madness. All I can say is “Woo! SDSU!”