2012–13 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

2012–13 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
CIT, Semifinals
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
2012–13 record 2115 (117 The Valley)
Head coach Ben Jacobson (7th year)
Assistant coach Erik Crawford
Assistant coach Kyle Green
Assistant coach P.J. Hogan
Home arena McLeod Center
2012–13 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Creighton 13 5   .722     28 8   .778
Wichita State 12 6   .667     30 9   .769
Northern Iowa 11 7   .611     21 15   .583
Evansville 10 8   .556     21 15   .583
Indiana State 9 9   .500     18 15   .545
Illinois State 8 10   .444     18 15   .545
Bradley 7 11   .389     18 17   .514
Drake 7 11   .389     15 17   .469
Missouri State 7 11   .389     11 22   .333
Southern Illinois 6 12   .333     14 17   .452
2013 MVC Tournament winner
As of April 6, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by seventh year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at McLeod Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 21–15, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they defeated North Dakota, UIC and Bradley to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Weber State.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
1 Deon Mitchell Guard 6–1 203 Sophomore Pflugerville, Texas
4 Chip Rank Forward 6–6 235 Junior Cedarburg, Wisconsin
5 Matt Bohannon Guard 6–4 210 RS Freshman Marion, Iowa
10 Seth Tuttle Forward 6–8 221 Sophomore Sheffield, Iowa
11 Wes Washpun Guard 6–1 170 Sophomore Cedar Rapids, Iowa
12 Marvin Singleton Forward 6–6 245 Sophomore St. Louis Park, Minnesota
14 Nate Buss Forward 6–8 216 Sophomore Charles City, Iowa
20 Jake Koch Forward 6–9 255 RS Senior Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
21 Matt Morrison Guard 6–0 180 RS Junior Solon, Iowa
23 Marc Sonnen Guard 6–3 190 Senior St. Paul, Minnesota
24 Max Martino Guard 6–5 210 RS Sophomore Cedar Rapids, Iowa
31 Chris Olivier Forward 6–8 245 RS Freshman Glenwood, Illinois
32 Matt MacDougall Guard 6–4 175 Freshman Cedar Rapids, Iowa
33 Austin Pehl Center 6–10 265 RS Senior Cedar Falls, Iowa
34 Tyler Lange Forward 6–6 226 RS Junior Sac City, Iowa
52 Anthony James Guard 6–0 180 RS Senior St. Louis, Missouri

Schedule

Date Opponent Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/27/2012* Briar Cliff W 84–48  McLeod Center (2,125)
11/04/2012* Northern State W 69–48    McLeod Center (3,232)
Regular Season
11/10/2012* Wartburg W 103–50  1–0 McLeod Center (3,104)
11/14/2012* Toledo W 84–81 OT 2–0 McLeod Center (3,257)
11/17/2012* North Dakota W 72–47  3–0 McLeod Center (3,227)
11/22/2012* vs. #2 Louisville
(Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals)
L 46–51  3–1 Imperial Arena (3,126)
11/23/2012* vs. Stanford
(Battle 4 Atlantis)
L 50–66  3–2 Imperial Arena (1,462)
11/24/2012* vs. #19 Memphis
(Battle 4 Atlantis)
L 47–52  3–3 Imperial Arena (1,113)
12/01/2012* Milwaukee W 72–61  4–3 McLeod Center (4,121)
12/05/2012* Northern Colorado W 76–59  5–3 McLeod Center (3,366)
12/08/2012* at George Mason W 82–77 OT 6–3 Patriot Center (6,487)
12/15/2012* vs. Iowa
(Big Four Classic)
L 73–80  6–4 Wells Fargo Arena (13,180)
12/19/2012* at #21 UNLV
(MWC–MVC Challenge)
L 59–73  6–5 Thomas & Mack Center (14,484)
12/23/2012* Saint Mary's W 82–75  7–5 McLeod Center (3,865)
12/30/2012 at Wichita State L 41–66  7–6 (0–1) Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
01/02/2013 Indiana State L 61–65  7–7 (0–2) McLeod Center (4,035)
01/05/2013 at Illinois State W 70–60  8–7 (1–2) Redbird Arena (6,951)
01/09/2013 Evansville L 59–62  8–8 (1–3) McLeod Center (4,155)
01/12/2013 Bradley W 84–53  9–8 (2–3) McLeod Center (4,074)
01/15/2013 at #12 Creighton L 68–79  9–9 (2–4) CenturyLink Center (17,391)
01/20/2013 Drake W 85–55  10–9 (3–4) McLeod Center (4,215)
01/23/2013 Southern Illinois W 58–45  11–9 (4–4) McLeod Center (3,656)
01/26/2013 at Indiana State L 58–59  11–10 (4–5) Hulman Center (6,554)
01/29/2013 at Evansville L 51–54 OT 11–11 (4–6) Fort Center (3,681)
02/02/2013 #15 Wichita State W 57–52  12–11 (5–6) McLeod Center (6,023)
02/05/2013 Missouri State W 48–37  13–11 (6–6) McLeod Center (3,573)
02/10/2013 at Bradley W 68–65  14–11 (7–6) Carver Arena (7,205)
02/13/2013 Creighton W 61–54  15–11 (8–6) McLeod Center (6,970)
02/16/2013 at Drake W 71–64  16–11 (9–6) Knapp Center (6,711)
02/19/2013 at Missouri State W 69–63  17–11 (10–6) JQH Arena (5,704)
02/23/2013* Denver
(Bracketbusters)
L 57–63  17–12 McLeod Center (6,325)
02/27/2013 at Southern Illinois L 57–63  17–13 (10–7) SIU Arena (5,351)
03/02/2013 Illinois State W 80–72  18–13 (11–7) McLeod Center (6,621)
2013 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
03/08/2013 vs. Illinois State
(Quarterfinals)
L 65–73  18–14 Scottrade Center (14,004)
2013 CIT
03/20/2013* North Dakota
(First Round)
W 77–66  19–14 McLeod Center (2,450)
03/23/2013* UIC
(Second Round)
W 63–51  20–14 McLeod Center (3,025)
03/26/2013* Bradley
(Quarterfinals)
W 90–77  21–14 McLeod Center (3,390)
03/30/2013* Weber State
(Semifinals)
L 56–59  21–15 McLeod Center (5,033)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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