Iowa State found out its NCAA Tournament path Sunday night, and familiar faces stand in the team's way.The No. 2 seed Cyclones will play in Omaha for the first and second rounds. Up first, Iowa State takes on Summit League champion South Dakota State. Tip-off is slated for 6:35 p.m. Thursday, March 21.Here's what to know about the Jackrabbits ahead of Thursday's game.South Dakota State basketball: Record, stats and moreLocation: Brookings, South DakotaRecord: 22-12Conference: Summit League (12-4; won league tournament)NCAA Tournament history: SDSU transitioned to Division I from Division II in 2004. Since then, the Jackrabbits have made seven NCAA Tournament appearances (including 2024) but are yet to win a game.South Dakota State has been close to pulling off an upset multiple times; SDSU lost by five points as a No. 12 seed vs. No. 5 seed Maryland in 2016, and four of its six NCAA Tournament losses have been by single-digits despite being a No. 12 seed or worse every time.Player to watch: Zeke MayoZeke Mayo, a junior listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 185 pounds, is the Jackrabbits' leading scorer at 18.8 points per game. Mayo was named the Summit League Player of the Year this season.Mayo shoots 38% from beyond the 3-point line and also averages 3.5 assists per game.Iowa State vs. South Dakota State basketball series historyThe Cyclones hold a 5-2 edge in the all-time series, but South Dakota State has won each of the last two.Iowa State won the first game, 70-47, way back in 1952. The Cyclones won the next four between 1958 and 1985.SDSU pulled an upset in 2008 at Hilton Coliseum, winning 65-58. Craig Brackins led ISU with 18 points.South Dakota State then won again at Hilton in 2020, knocking off the Cyclones 71-68 in coach Steve Prohm's final season.Reunion for coach T.J. OtzelbergerIowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger got his first Division I head coaching job at South Dakota State.Otzelberger, who had long been an assistant coach at the Division I level, left coach Steve Prohm's staff at Iowa State after the 2015-16 season to take the head coaching position with SDSU.In three seasons at South Dakota State, Otzelberger took the team to two NCAA Tournament trips and posted an overall record of 70-33. His teams won two Summit League regular season crowns and two conference tournament titles. Iowa State connections on South Dakota State coaching staffThe South Dakota State coaching staff is filled with Cyclone connections.Eric Henderson, the team's head coach, was a graduate manager at ISU from 2006-08. Henderson was an assistant at South Dakota State under Otzelberger for three seasons before taking over as the head coach when Otzelberger left for UNLV in 2019.Elsewhere on the staff, former Cyclone point guard Bryan Petersen is an assistant coach. Petersen, a Clinton, Iowa native, started his playing career at Kirkwood Community College before transferring to Iowa State. He started 64 games at Iowa State under coach Greg McDermott from 2007-09 and later joined the ISU staff as a graduate assistant.South Dakota State director of basketball operations Tyler Glidden also spent time in Ames. Glidden, a Sioux City native, attended Iowa State and worked as a student manager under McDermott before becoming a graduate coaching assistant under Fred Hoiberg.South Dakota State's three Iowa nativesSDSU has as many Iowans on its roster as Iowa State. Three Jackrabbits hail from the Hawkeye State.Senior guard Matt Mims is a Cedar Rapids native. He starred at Xavier High School before joining SDSU in 2018-19. With a redshirt year and using his COVID year, Mims is actually in his sixth year with the Jackrabbits. He averages 7.1 points per game and plays 29.7 minutes per game. Mims played 15 minutes but did not score in SDSU's win over Iowa State in 2020.Luke Appel could be familiar to central Iowans. Appel played high school ball at Marshalltown before spending two years at Kirkwood. He is also in his sixth year of college hoops after two years at Kirkwood and now four years at SDSU. Appel has started all 34 games for the Jackrabbits this year and averages 11.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.Hull native Tanner Te Slaa is also on the roster. Te Slaa, a multi-sport star at Boyden-Hull, has appeared in 15 games this season as a sophomore. He likely won't see much playing time vs. the Cyclones; Te Slaa hasn't played more than five minutes in a game since Jan. 6 vs. Montana State.