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
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
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).

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

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

Schedule

Missouri Valley Conference Standing: T-1st[3]
Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference
Exhibition Games
November 4, 2008 Dubuque Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 69–51 1–00–0
November 10, 2008 Wayne State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 44–27 2–00–0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 2008 Denver Cedar Falls, IA 12:05 p.m. W 61–56 1–00–0
November 19, 2008 Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 7:00 p.m. L 84–77 1–10–0
November 23, 2008 Texas Southern Cedar Falls, IA 4:05 p.m. W 74–67 2–10–0
November 25, 2008 Chicago State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. W 81–70 3–10–0
November 28, 2008 #15 Marquette Hoffman Estates, IL 7:30 p.m. L 73–43 3–20–0
November 29, 2008 Auburn Hoffman Estates, IL 4:30 p.m. W 67–61 4–20–0
December 3, 2008 Iowa State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. L 71–66 4–30–0
December 6, 2008 North Dakota Cedar Falls, IA 3:05 p.m. W 69–49 5–30–0
December 9, 2008 Iowa Iowa City, IA 6:05 p.m. L 65–46 5–40–0
December 13, 2008 Wyoming Casper, WY 4:30 p.m. L 74–65 5–50–0
December 21, 2008 South Dakota State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. W 72–55 6–50–0
December 28, 2008 Indiana State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. L 85–84 6–60–1
December 31, 2008 Southern Illinois Carbondale, IL 7:05 p.m. W 59–51 7–61–1
January 3, 2009 Wichita State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–54 8–62–1
January 6, 2009 Creighton Omaha, NE 7:05 p.m. W 69–66 9–63–1
January 10, 2009 Missouri State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–64 10–64–1
January 13, 2009 Evansville Evansville, IN 7:05 p.m. W 58–47 11–65–1
January 17, 2009 Drake Des Moines, IA 11:05 a.m. W 81–59 12–66–1
January 21, 2009 Bradley Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 66–61 13–67–1
January 25, 2009 Missouri State Springfield, MO 6:05 p.m. W 78–69 14–68–1
January 28, 2009 Illinois State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 59–55 15–69–1
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 81–7518–1012–4
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 21–1014–4
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.

References

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