2009–10 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

2009-10 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

MVC Regular Season Champions MVC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
2009-10 record	30–5 (15–3 MVC)
Head coach	Ben Jacobson
Home arena	McLeod Center

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa†	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
Wichita State	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Illinois St.	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Creighton	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
Indiana St.	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Bradley	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Missouri St.	8	–	10	.444	21	–	12	.636
Drake	7	–	11	.389	14	–	19	.424
Southern Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	15	.500
Evansville	3	–	15	.167	9	–	21	.300

† 2010 MVC Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by fourth-year head coach Ben Jacobson and played their home games at the McLeod Center. They went 15–3 during the regular conference season to win the regular season championship. The Panthers also won the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 9 seed in the Midwest Region where they defeated 8 seed UNLV in the first round and the overall 1 seed Kansas in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

While they lost in their next game to Michigan State, they got a unique parting gift. Because the NCAA has been increasingly using non-traditional basketball venues in recent NCAA Tournaments, it has been building new courts for its regional sites and then selling them to schools in need of a court. UNI purchased the court on which the Panthers played in their loss to the Spartans, and installed it at McLeod Center for the 2010–11 season.^[1]

Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
Players
5	Ali Farokhmanesh	6'0"	190	G	Sr.	Iowa City, IA, U.S.	Iowa City West HS Indian Hills CC Kirkwood CC
10	Brian Haak	6'1"	175	G	Sr.	Spencer, IA, U.S.	Spencer HS
11	Kwadzo Ahelegbe	6'2"	200	G	Jr.	Oakdale, MN, U.S.	Tartan HS
13	Johnny Moran	6'1"	190	G	So.	Algonquin, IL, U.S.	Jacobs HS
15	B. J. Ray	6'3"	205	G	Fr.	Waynesville, MO, U.S.	Waynesville HS
20	Jake Koch	6'9"	255	F	Fr. (RS)	Ashwaubenon, WI, U.S.	Ashwaubenon HS
21	Matt Morrison	6'0"	175	G	Fr.	Solon, IA, U.S.	Solon HS
22	Kerwin Dunham	6'6"	200	G	Jr.	Bondurant, IA, U.S.	Bondurant–Farrar HS
23	Marc Sonnen	6'3"	185	G	Fr.	St. Paul, MN, U.S.	Tartan HS
32	Lucas O'Rear	6'6"	255	F	Jr.	Nashville, IL, U.S.	Nashville HS
33	Austin Pehl	6'10"	245	C	Fr. (RS)	Cedar Falls, IA, U.S.	Cedar Falls HS
34	Adam Koch	6'8"	255	F	Sr.	Ashwaubenon, WI, U.S.	Ashwaubenon HS
40	Tyler Lange	6'6"	210	F	Fr.	Sac City, IA, U.S.	Urbandale HS
43	Adam Rodenberg	6'6"	245	C	Sr.	Garnavillo, IA, U.S.	Clayton Ridge HS Kirkwood CC UC Irvine
52	Anthony James	6'0"	175	G	Fr. (RS)	St. Louis, MO, U.S.	Normandy HS
53	Jordan Eglseder	7'0"	280	C	Sr.	Bellevue, IA, U.S.	Marquette HS

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/31/2009		Upper Iowa	W 67–39		McLeod Center (1,525)
11/07/2009		UNC Pembroke	W 79–44		McLeod Center (1,528)
Regular Season
11/13/2009*		at Denver	W 71–65	1–0	Magness Arena (2,082)
11/20/2009*		vs. DePaul (Paradise Jam Tournament)	L 52–60	1–1	Sports and Fitness Center (NA)
11/21/2009*		vs. East Carolina (Paradise Jam Tournament)	W 74–68	2–1	Sports and Fitness Center (NA)
11/23/2009*		vs. Boston College (Paradise Jam Tournament)	W 81–69	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (531)
11/28/2009		Northern Illinois	W 52–45	4–1	McLeod Center (4,083)
12/2/2009		at Iowa State	W 63–60	5–1	Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
12/8/2009		Iowa	W 67–50	6–1	McLeod Center (6,480)
12/12/2009		Siena	W 82–65	7–1	McLeod Center (5,096)
12/19/2009		at North Dakota	W 64–41	8–1	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,961)
12/23/2009		Wyoming	W 72–54	9–1	McLeod Center (3,102)
12/29/2009		at Creighton	W 60–52	10–1 (1–0)	Qwest Center (17,152)
1/1/2010		Evansville	W 65–46	11–1 (2–0)	McLeod Center (4,450)
1/3/2010		Missouri State	W 84–76	12–1 (3–0)	McLeod Center (4,666)
1/6/2010		at Southern Illinois	W 61–49	13–1 (4–0)	SIU Arena (4,679)
1/9/2010		at Illinois State	W 59–44	14–1 (5–0)	Redbird Arena (7,755)
1/12/2010		Bradley	W 52–50	15–1 (6–0)	McLeod Center (4,892)
1/16/2010		Indiana State	W 62–40	16–1 (7–0)	McLeod Center (6,778)
1/19/2010	#20	at Wichita State	L 51–60	16–2 (7–1)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
1/24/2010	#20	at Indiana State	W 67–58	17–2 (8–1)	Hulman Center (3,407)
1/27/2010		Drake	W 67–51	18–2 (9–1)	McLeod Center (6,069)
1/30/2010	#25	at Missouri State	W 55–54	19–2 (10–1)	JQH Arena (9,087)
2/3/2010	#24	Wichita State	W 59–56	20–2 (11–1)	McLeod Center (6,723)
2/6/2010	#22	Southern Illinois	W 55–51	21–2 (12–1)	McLeod Center (6,839)
2/10/2010	#19	at Drake	W 57–48	22–2 (13–1)	Knapp Center (7,152)
2/13/2010	#19	at Bradley	L 59–68	22–3 (13–2)	Carver Arena (9,887)
2/16/2010		at Creighton	W 70–52	23–3 (14–2)	McLeod Center (5,440)
2/19/2010*		Old Dominion (ESPN BracketBusters)	W 71–62	24–3 (14–2)	McLeod Center (7,031)
2/23/2010	#25	at Evansville	L 54–55	24–4 (14–3)	Roberts Municipal Stadium (4,716)
2/27/2010	#25	Illinois State	W 61–55	25–4 (15–3)	McLeod Center (7,366)
2010 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/5/2010		vs. Drake (Quarterfinals)	W 55–40	26–4	Scottrade Center (NA)
3/6/2010		vs. Bradley (Semifinals)	W 57–40	27–4	Scottrade Center (NA)
3/7/2010		vs. Wichita State (Final)	W 67–52	28–4	Scottrade Center (9,297)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/18/2010*		vs. UNLV (First Round)	W 69–66	29–4	Ford Center (13,484)
3/20/2010*		vs. #1 Kansas (Second Round)	W 69–67	30–4	Ford Center (15,587)
3/26/2010*		vs. #13 Michigan State (Sweet Sixteen)	L 52–59	30–5	Edward Jones Dome (26,377)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll during regular season, or Midwest Region seedings during NCAA Tournament.. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ Brennan, Eamonn (2010-03-27). "UNI didn't go home empty-handed". College Basketball Nation Blog. ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-17.

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

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