The 2011–12 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the

University of Northern Iowa The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 90 majors across five colleges. The fall 2024 total enrollment was 9,283 students. The university was initially founded in 1 ...

during the

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011, with the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and ended with the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 2, 2012, at the Mer ...

. The Panthers, led by sixth year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and are members of the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in a five-way tie for third place. As the 5 seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Basketball tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the

2012 National Invitation Tournament The 2012 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 13 on campus sites and ended on Mar ...

where they defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round before falling in the second round to Drexel.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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