Articles Tagged: UNI men’s basketball

Northern Iowa senior center Austin Phyfe is still having issues with long COVID and may be done with basketball.

In the first league-wide news conference since the additions of Belmont, Illinois-Chicago and Murray State became official on July 1 and the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball coaches showered unanimous praise on second-year commissioner Jeff Jackson.

Despite not hearing his name called during Thursday night’s NBA draft, former Northern Iowa standout AJ Green has verbally agreed to terms on a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Now former UNI standout AJ Green picked pro basketball over a return to college, either at Iowa State or Duke. He said he’s ready for this next challenge.

Northern Iowa men’s basketball standout AJ Green told The Gazette on Wednesday that he will remain in the NBA Draft, indicating his career with the Panthers is over.

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.

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.

Northern Iowa guard AJ Green captured his second Larry Bird Trophy as the top men’s basketball player in the Missouri Valley Conference.

What a season for college basketball in the state of Iowa. The UNI men and Iowa women claimed conference titles this weekend, Iowa State is playing for a women’s title, and the Iowa and ISU men have 20-win seasons with league games left to play.

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.