Cole Bair

Having another game to play in the NIT is helping the UNI men’s basketball team turn the proverbial page after a loss in the MVC tournament semifinals.

The Northern Iowa women’s basketball team enters the Missouri Valley Conference tournament with perhaps its best chance of reaching the NCAA Tournament since its last appearance in 2017.

UNI men’s basketball won 15 of 19 down the stretch, captured the MVC regular-season title and is getting ready for an NIT bid.

Dreams of dancing in the NCAA Tournament quickly became a nightmare for Northern Iowa in a Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinal loss to Loyola-Chicago.

Here are three keys, TV and live stream information for UNI’s MVC tournament semifinal game against Loyola-Chicago.

Northern Iowa exorcised the 2020 demons of its Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament quarterfinal loss as the top seed with a methodical, 78-65, win over Illinois State.

MVC Coach of the Year Ben Jacobson still wants to see improvement on defense from his UNI men’s basketball team that enters the conference tournament this week as the No. 1 seed.

A seesaw battle of the Missouri Valley Conference’s two hottest teams in a de facto winner-take-all regular-season championship game delivered Saturday night, as Northern Iowa outlasted Loyola-Chicago, 102-96, in overtime before a sellout crowd.

It all comes down to Saturday night. Northern Iowa and Loyola-Chicago meet at McLeod Center with the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball regular-season title on the line.

Tied for first in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball standings with two games left, UNI is embracing conference title talk.

Northern Iowa recaptured first place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings Sunday, producing a season-high in points in a 95-75 win over Missouri State.

Anna Miller’s three-point play with 1:48 remaining proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth women’s basketball battle that sent Drake past Northern Iowa, 73-68.

UNI men’s basketball has to put a lopsided loss to Loyola Chicago in the rearview as the Panthers head to Illinois State on Tuesday for another MVC matchup.

AJ Green and formidable defense pushed UNI men’s basketball past Southern Illinois Wednesday night, 53-44.

UNI men’s basketball is playing better defense and finds itself in the mix for the MVC title.