2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
MVC Regular Season Co-Champions
MVC Tournament Champions
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP #T-37
2008–09 record 23–11 (14–4 MVC)
Head coach Ben Jacobson
Assistant coach Kyle Green
Assistant coach P.J. Hogan
Assistant coach Ben Johnson
Home arena McLeod Center
Seasons
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
2008-09 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Standings
  Conf Overall
Team W L PCT W L PCT
Creighton 14 4 .778 27 8 .771
Northern Iowa† 14 4 .778 23 11 .677
Illinois State 11 7 .611 24 10 .706
Bradley 10 8 .556 21 15 .583
Evansville 8 10 .444 17 14 .548
Wichita State 8 10 .444 17 17 .500
Southern Illinois 8 10 .444 13 18 .419
Drake 7 11 .389 17 16 .515
Indiana State 7 11 .389 11 21 .344
Missouri State 3 15 .167 11 20 .344

Rankings from AP Poll
† MVC Tournament winner

The 2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represents University of Northern Iowa in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), is led by third-year head coach Ben Jacobson. In 2007–08, the Panthers finished 18–14 (9–9 in the MVC).

Contents

Pre-season

Northern Iowa played two games during the preseason. They faced Dubuque and Wayne State at home.

Regular season

On January 31, 2009 the Panthers tied a school record for the most consecutive wins with a 61–57 victory over Indians State. The record tied the 1963–1964 State College of Iowa Panthers team. On February 2, 2008 Northern Iowa received 1 point in the AP Top 25 poll which had them ranked 45th.[1] On March 9, 2008 Northern Iowa received 3 points in the AP Top 25 poll which had them ranked T-37th.[2]

Roster

No. Position Year Player
5 G Jr Ali Farokhmanesh
10 G Jr Brian Haak
11 G So Kwadzo Ahelegbe
13 G Fr Johnny Moran
15 G So Jon Montgomery
20 F Fr Jake Koch
21 G Sr Travis Brown
22 G So Kerwin Dunham
No. Position Year Player
25 G Sr Carlton Reed
32 F So Lucas O'Rear
33 C Fr Austin Pehl
34 F Jr Adam Koch
43 F Jr Adam Rodenberg
52 G Fr Anthony James
53 C Jr Jordan Eglseder

Schedule

Missouri Valley Conference Standing: T-1st [1]
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference
Exhibition Games
November 4, 2008 Dubuque Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 69–51 1–0 0–0
November 10, 2008 Wayne State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 44–27 2–0 0–0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 2008 Denver Cedar Falls, IA 12:05 p.m. W 61–56 1–0 0–0
November 19, 2008 Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 7:00 p.m. L 84–77 1–1 0–0
November 23, 2008 Texas Southern Cedar Falls, IA 4:05 p.m. W 74–67 2–1 0–0
November 25, 2008 Chicago State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. W 81–70 3–1 0–0
November 28, 2008 #15 Marquette Hoffman Estates, IL 7:30 p.m. L 73–43 3–2 0–0
November 29, 2008 Auburn Hoffman Estates, IL 4:30 p.m. W 67–61 4–2 0–0
December 3, 2008 Iowa State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. L 71–66 4–3 0–0
December 6, 2008 North Dakota Cedar Falls, IA 3:05 p.m. W 69–49 5–3 0–0
December 9, 2008 Iowa Iowa City, IA 6:05 p.m. L 65–46 5–4 0–0
December 13, 2008 Wyoming Casper, WY 4:30 p.m. L 74–65 5–5 0–0
December 21, 2008 South Dakota State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. W 72–55 6–5 0–0
December 28, 2008 Indiana State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. L 85–84 6–6 0–1
December 31, 2008 Southern Illinois Carbondale, IL 7:05 p.m. W 59–51 7–6 1–1
January 3, 2009 Wichita State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–54 8–6 2–1
January 6, 2009 Creighton Omaha, NE 7:05 p.m. W 69–66 9–6 3–1
January 10, 2009 Missouri State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–64 10–6 4–1
January 13, 2009 Evansville Evansville, IN 7:05 p.m. W 58–47 11–6 5–1
January 17, 2009 Drake Des Moines, IA 11:05 a.m. W 81–59 12–6 6–1
January 21, 2009 Bradley Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 66–61 13–6 7–1
January 25, 2009 Missouri State Springfield, MO 6:05 p.m. W 78–69 14–6 8–1
January 28, 2009 Illinois State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 59–55 15–6 9–1
January 31, 2009 Indiana State Terre Haute, IN 12:05 p.m. W 61–57 16–6 10–1
February 3, 2009 Bradley Peoria, IL 7:05 p.m. W 61–58 17–6 11–1
February 8, 2009 Creighton Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. L 77–71 17–7 11–2
February 11, 2009 Southern Illinois Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 81–55 18–7 12–2
February 14, 2009 Wichita State Wichita, KS 7:05 p.m. L 69–61 18–8 12–3
February 18, 2009 Drake Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. L 47–46 18–9 12–4
February 21, 2009 Siena Newtonville, NY 2:00 p.m. L 81–75 18–10 12–4
February 24, 2009 Illinois State Normal, IL 7:05 p.m. W 69–67 19–10 13–4
February 28, 2009 Evansville Cedar Falls, IA 7:30 p.m. W 69–62 20–10 14–4
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
March 6, 2009 Indiana State St. Louis, MO 12:05 p.m. W 73–69 21–10 14–4
March 7, 2009 Bradley St. Louis, MO 1:35 p.m. W 76–62 22–10 14–4
March 8, 2009 Illinois State St. Louis, MO 1:05 p.m. W 60–57 23–10 14–4
NCAA Tournament
March 19, 2009 #18 Purdue Portland, OR 1:30 p.m. L 61–56 23–11 14–4
*Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. #All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Feb. 2)" (Press release). ESPN. 2008-02-02. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?poll=1&year=2009&week=13. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  2. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Mar. 9)" (Press release). ESPN. 2008-03-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?pollId=1&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=18&seasonType=2. Retrieved 2008-03-14. 

External links

References

  1. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Feb. 2)" (Press release). ESPN. 2008-02-02. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?poll=1&year=2009&week=13. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  2. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Mar. 9)" (Press release). ESPN. 2008-03-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?pollId=1&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=18&seasonType=2. Retrieved 2008-03-14.