Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Northern Iowa Panthers
Northern Iowa Panthers
	2019–20 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team
University	University of Northern Iowa
Head coach	Ben Jacobson (14th season)
Conference	Missouri Valley; NCAA Division I Division
Location	Cedar Falls, Iowa
Arena	McLeod Center ; (Capacity: 7,018)
Nickname	Panthers
Student section	Panther Mayhem
Colors	Purple and Old Gold[1];
Uniforms
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	2010
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1990, 2010, 2015, 2016
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1990, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
Conference Tournament Champions
	1990, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
Conference Regular Season Champions
	2009, 2010, 2020

The Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. UNI is currently a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Postseason results

NCAA Division I Tournament

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1990	#14	First Round Second Round	#3 Missouri #6 Minnesota	W 74–71 L 78–81
2004	#14	First Round	#3 Georgia Tech	L 60–65
2005	#11	First Round	#6 Wisconsin	L 52–57
2006	#10	First Round	#7 Georgetown	L 49–54
2009	#12	First Round	#5 Purdue	L 56–61
2010	#9	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#8 UNLV #1 Kansas #5 Michigan State	W 69–66 W 69–67 L 52–59
2015	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 Wyoming #4 Louisville	W 71–54 L 53–66
2016	#11	First Round Second Round	#6 Texas #3 Texas A&M	W 75–72 L 88–92 (2OT)

NCAA Division II Tournament

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1962	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Hamline Nebraska Wesleyan	W 81–68 L 77–78
1964	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Third Place Game	Washington-St. Louis Mankato State Southeast Missouri Evansville North Carolina A&T	W 71–56 W 71–64 (OT) W 93–85 L 67–82 L 72–91
1979	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Nebraska-Omaha Wisconsin-Green Bay	W 84–72 L 50–56

NIT Tournament history

Season	Seed	Eliminated Round	Teams Defeated	Lost to
2012	(7)	Second Round	(2) Saint Joseph's	(3) Drexel

CIT Tournament history

Season	Eliminated Round	Teams Defeated	Lost to
2011	Quarterfinals	Rider	SMU
2013	Semifinals	North Dakota UIC Bradley	Weber State

Other tournaments

NAIA National Tournament appearances: 1946, 1948, 1949, and 1953 (2–4 combined tournament record)
Competed in the 2007 World University Games as Team USA (finished ninth)[2]

Coaching history

Coach	Years	Record	Pct.	Titles
No Coach	1901–1902	1–3	.250	0
Jones	1903	0–2	.000	0
Charles Pell	1904–1906	11–12	.478	0
R. F. Seymour	1907–1909	14–15	.483	0
Clayton Simmons	1910	4–3	.571	0
H. Pasini	1912–1913	8–12	.400	0
Allen Berkstresser	1914–1917	10–12	.455	0
No Coach	1918	5–5	.500	0
Russell Glaesner	1919	2–6	.250	0
Ivan Doseff	1920–1921	14–14	.500	0
L. L. Mendenhall	1922–1924	27–7	.794	0
Arthur D. Dickinson	1925–1932 1934–1937	102–66	.607	0
Melvin Fritzel	1933	9–4	.692	0
O. M. "Hon" Nordly	1938–43 1946–1954	166–127	.567	5
Stan Hall	1955–1956	19–22	.463	0
James Witham	1957–1961	63–49	.563	0
Norm Stewart	1962–1967	97–42	.563	2
Zeke Hogeland	1968–1973	70–74	.486	1
James Berry	1974–1986	144–210	.407	1
Eldon Miller	1987–1998	164–178	.480	0
Sam Weaver	1999–2001	30–57	.345	0
Greg McDermott	2002–2006	90–63	.588	1
Ben Jacobson	2007–Present	219–116	.652	2
Totals	1900–2014	1145-1056	.520	12

Ben Jacobson era

Jacobson's biggest coaching accomplishment to date was in the 2009–10 season, when the Panthers made a run into the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament highlighted by an upset of top national seed Kansas. ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde called the Panthers' win "the biggest tourney upset in years," and called the clinching shot by Panthers guard Ali Farokhmanesh "the luckiest early-round shot in NCAA tournament history."

Jacobson also coached UNI as it became the first college program ever to represent the United States of America at an international basketball competition. In August 2007, UNI was chosen to be Team USA at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Donning the Red, White and Blue, UNI went 5–1 in the tournament, losing only to eventual gold medalist Lithuania, while posting wins over Angola, Turkey, China, Finland and Israel.

On November 15, 2014, Jacobson became the all-time win leader for a coach in UNI Men's basketball history. After recording a win over his alma mater University of North Dakota, he notched his 167th UNI victory. Additionally, in the 2014–15 season, Jacobson led the Panthers to their highest ranking in school history (#10) in the AP and (#9) in the Coaches Poll. UNI also in that season achieved the most wins in the school's history with 31. Jacobson has also been awarded the Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year award in 2009, 2010, and 2015.

On November 21, 2015, Jacobson led UNI to a victory over #1 North Carolina. The win was one of the biggest in program history and came in just the first meeting of the two basketball programs. Just four days later the coach hit another career milestone. After defeating the University of Dubuque in convincing fashion, the coach recorded his 200th victory at the university.

In the first round of the MVC tournament, Jacobson notched his 250th Northern Iowa career win against Evansville on March 1, 2018.

Notable players

Ali Farokhmanesh
Jon Godfread
Paul Jesperson
Adam Koch
Greg McDermott
Nick Nurse - Coached Toronto Raptors to 2019 NBA Championship.
Seth Tuttle
Wes Washpun

Rivalries

The school has several statewide and national rivalries. In Iowa, UNI used to play two, if not three of its Iowa neighbors for the Iowa Big Four men's college basketball mythical championship. The university also used to play either the University of Iowa or Iowa State University in the Hyvee Big Four Classic held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. UNI’s MVC rivals are Loyola, Bradley, Drake, and Missouri State.

References

Color (PDF). University of Northern Iowa Branding & Style Guide. August 3, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
Katz, Andy (July 10, 2009). "U.S. to play Israel for bronze". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

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[1] Color (PDF). University of Northern Iowa Branding & Style Guide. August 3, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

[2] Katz, Andy (July 10, 2009). "U.S. to play Israel for bronze". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Venues	UNI-Dome (1976–2006) McLeod Center (2006–present)
Culture & lore	2007 Summer Universiade Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

University of Northern Iowa
Athletics	Men's Basketball Football Wrestling Women's Basketball Venues McLeod Center O. R. Latham Stadium UNI-Dome People Mark Farley Ben Jacobson Doug Schwab Tanya Warren
Campus	University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art
Media	KICJ KULT 94.5 KUNI North American Review The Northern Iowan
Related	Camp Adventure

Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball
Teams	Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Loyola Ramblers Missouri State Bears Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis Valparaiso Crusaders
Tournament & awards	MVC Basketball Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20