Cole Bair

Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley has had an offseason that’s been busier than usual. Farley announced Thursday the hiring of three new assistants, headlined by former Washington State quarterback Luke Falk, who was named the Panthers offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

A strong second half sent Northern Iowa past Missouri State in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at McLeod Center Wednesday night, 72-65

Explaining Saturday’s lopsided home loss to Murray State wasn’t any easier for Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson on Monday. The 71-43 loss to the Racers left Jacobson and his players scratching their heads.

The worst half of Northern Iowa’s men’s basketball season became the worst home loss of Coach Ben Jacobson’s 18-year tenure. Murray State routed the Panthers at McLeod Center Saturday afternoon, 71-43, in a Missouri Valley Conference game.

Panthers have lost 2 straight, host Murray State on Saturday

Without second-leading scorer Bowen Born (illness), Northern Iowa fell short to Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at Knapp Center Saturday night, 77-63.

Clutch free throw shooting helped send Northern Iowa past Evansville at McLeod Center Tuesday night, 70-63.

The UNI men’s basketball team has won eight of its last nine games and wants to keep pushing for more progress.

UNI women’s basketball coach Tanya Warren still thinks her team is good and can contend for the MVC title despite Sunday’s 72-67 loss to Belmont.

Northern Iowa outlasted Southern Illinois at McLeod Center Saturday night, 61-57, moving Coach Ben Jacobson past Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba of Oklahoma State with 188 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball wins, the most in league history.

After a slow start to its season, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team has played like the team its Missouri Valley Conference peers anticipated over the past month.

With a UNI women’s basketball team searching for any positive momentum, Coach Tanya Warren’s open mind created just that when she added standout UNI volleyball player Emily Holterhaus to the roster.

Northern Iowa got its fifth win in its last six games Wednesday night at McLeod Center, outlasting Illinois-Chicago, 67-59, in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball contest.

Getting back to work has been Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson’s message since his team’s 77-66 home loss on Sunday to first-place Indiana State.

Indiana State played like the first-place team it is in a 77-66 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball win over Northern Iowa inside the McLeod Center on Sunday.