The 2019–20 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the
University of Northern Iowa during the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. The Panthers, led by 14th-year head coach
Ben Jacobson
Ben Scott Jacobson (born December 16, 1970) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2006. He served as an assistant at North Dakota, North Dakota Sta ...
, played their home games at the
McLeod Center
The McLeod Center is a 7,018-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, currently housing the university's teams in men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. The arena ...
in
Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the
Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–6, 14–4 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
MVC tournament to
Drake. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they were set to receive an automatic bid to
NIT. However, all postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
Previous season
The
Panthers finished the
2018–19 season 16–18, 9–9 in
MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the
MVC tournament, they beat
Southern Illinois and
Drake before losing to
Bradley in the championship.
Offseason
Departures
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Missouri Valley Conference regular season
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Missouri Valley tournament
Source
Panther Sports Network (PSN)
Cedar Falls Utilities Ch. 15/HD415;
KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2;
WHO-DT Ch. 13.2;
KGCW Ch. 26, (
NBC Sports Chicago or NBCSC+)
References
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Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball seasons
Northern Iowa
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