Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Northern Iowa Panthers

2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

University

University of Northern Iowa

Conference

Missouri Valley Conference
NCAA Division I Division

Location

Cedar Falls, IA

Head coach

Ben Jacobson (10th year)

Arena

McLeod Center
(Capacity: 7,018)

Nickname

Panthers

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

2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016

Conference regular season champions

2009, 2010

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 Tournament history

Season	Seed	Eliminated Round	Teams Defeated	Lost to
1962 (College Division)	N/A	2nd Round	Hamline	Nebraska Wesleyan
1964 (College Division)	N/A	4th Place	Washington University Mankato State Southeast Missouri	Evansville North Carolina A&T
1979 (College Division)	N/A	2nd Round	Nebraska-Omaha	Wisconsin-Green Bay
1990	(14)	2nd Round	(3) Missouri	(6) Minnesota
2004	(14)	1st Round	—	(3) Georgia Tech
2005	(11)	1st Round	—	(6) Wisconsin
2006	(10)	1st Round	—	(7) Georgetown
2009	(12)	1st Round	—	(5) Purdue
2010	(9)	Sweet 16	(8) UNLV (1) Kansas	(5) Michigan State
2015	(5)	3rd Round	(12) Wyoming	(4) Louisville
2016	(11)	2nd Round	(6) Texas	(3) Texas A&M

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 greatest 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 15th, 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 21st, 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.

Notable players

Rivalries

The school has several statewide and national rivalries. In Iowa, typically UNI plays two, if not three of its Iowa neighbors for the Iowa Big Four men's college basketball mythical championship. The university also plays either the The University of Iowa or Iowa State University in the Hyvee Big Four Classic held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Additionally, other UNI basketball rivals include, but are not limited to, Creighton University, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and Wichita State.

References

↑ "UNI Web Colors". University of Northern Iowa. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
↑ Katz, Andy (2009-07-10). "U.S. to play Israel for bronze". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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 1999–00 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

University of Northern Iowa

Academics	Colleges Business Education Graduate College Humanities, Arts and Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences

Athletics	Men's Baseball Cross Country Basketball Football Golf Track & Field Wrestling Women's Basketball Cross Country Golf Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Venues McLeod Center O. R. Latham Stadium UNI-Dome People Mark Farley Ben Jacobsen Doug Schwab Tanya Warren

Campus	Buildings University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art

History	UNI Presidents Notable Alumni

Media	KICJ 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 Wichita State Shockers

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 1999–00 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

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