Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Northern Iowa Panthers

2014–15 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

University

University of Northern Iowa

Conference

Location

Cedar Falls, IA

Head coach

Arena

McLeod Center
(Capacity: 7,018)

Nickname

Panthers

Colors

Purple and Gold

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

2010

NCAA Tournament Round of 32

1990, 2010, 2015

NCAA Tournament appearances

1990, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015

Conference tournament champions

2004, 2009, 2010, 2015

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 a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Postseason results

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

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

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

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)^[1]

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
Stanley 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	170-101	.623	2
Totals	1900-2014	1126-1046	.518	12

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

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Venues	UNI-Dome (1976–2006) McLeod Center (2006–present)

Culture & lore	2007 Summer Universiade Iowa "Big Four" (Big Four Classic)

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

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