Episode # 4 - South Dakota St. legend Mike Daum

The Bare's Den w/ Matt Bare

For this episode I am joined by South Dakota St. basketball legend Mike Daum. Mike was a star for the Jackrabbits in Brookings but it didn’t start out that way. Coming from a town of 2,500 people in western Nebraska, Mike learned the game from his mom (Michele), who was a standout player herself at the University of Wyoming. Mike redshirted his freshman year at SDSU. For his redshirt freshman season, Mike came off the bench and was able to earn 6th Man of the Year for the Summit League that season. The Jackrabbits then had a coaching change and through that change and Mike’s hard work he developed into a 3-time Summit League Player of the Year. Mike’s teams made the NCAA tournament three times during his tenure, but fell short in a devastating loss his senior season in a first round upset in the Summit League tournament. Mike developed into one of the best players ever at SDSU and is the 7th all-time leading scorer in the history of men’s college basketball scoring over 3,000 points. With all of those accolades Mike went undrafted but has fulfilled his dream of playing professional basketball overseas in Spain. Mike continues to work at his game in hopes of one day achieving the goal of playing in the NBA. Enjoy this conversation in the Bare’s Den with Mike Daum.
3:57 = Scoring 3,000 points and becoming #7 all-time leading scorer in NCAA history
7:50 = Learning the game from mom
9:00 = High school years
15:09 = Redshirting as a freshman
17:46 = Redshirt freshman season
23:48 = Going through a coaching change & breakout sophomore season
31:50 = Junior year and declaring for NBA Draft
36:09 = Senior season & disappointment of not making NCAA tourney
41:13 = Getting ready for NBA Draft
46:42 = Decision to play overseas
55:50 = "The Bare Trap"