Panthers are in line for the fourth seed in MVC tournament in St. Louis, and a first-round bye
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Panthers are in line for the fourth seed in MVC tournament in St. Louis, and a first-round bye
An up-and-down season for the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team is trending upward again, and at just the right time.
Adding to its list of athletics projects, the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday received Board of Regents permission to start planning a 22,000-square-foot $10 million “court practice facility“ to be shared between men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball.
Northern Iowa extended Valparaiso’s losing streak to 11 games with a dominant, 68-54, Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball win at McLeod Center Tuesday night.
It’s all about the postseason now on the Pinning Combination podcast, a show about all things wrestling in Iowa with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs. This week’s episode has takeaways from Iowa’s win over Oklahoma State and Iowa State and UNI’s wins over Missouri and looks ahead to their respective conference tournaments.
Spencer Lee dominated the Pan-Ams, the Iowa men’s team capped the regular season with one of its best performances, UNI and Iowa State ended dual competition with wins and Iowa and North Central qualified 15 each for the NCWWC tournament during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
A 12-0 run to begin the second half helped Northern Iowa upset Drake at McLeod Center Saturday evening, 91-79.
Inconsistency reared its ugly head once again for Northern Iowa’s men’s basketball team on Wednesday night in an 81-73 loss to Illinois State. Coach Ben Jacobson gave his harshest critique of his team this season after UNI was outrebounded and allowed the Redbirds to shoot 53 percent from the field.
After another unpredictable Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, the Pinning Combination podcast with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is here to break down all the top storylines.
The past year-plus has been quite eventful for AJ Green. Not only has the Cedar Falls native and Northern Iowa product gone from being a two-way player with Milwaukee, he’s also now playing for his fourth different head coach since first signing with the Bucks in 2022.
A rotation change — albeit in a small sample size — has proved productive as UNI has since recorded two double-digit wins. An 86-67 win at Valparaiso last Wednesday and 74-63 win at home against third-place Bradley on Sunday have the Panthers feeling good.
Dominant first half led by from Bown Born, Nate Heise and Landon Wolf leads Panthers to key MVC win
After being picked second in the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll, peak moments for the UNI men’s basketball team continue to be more fleeting than was anticipated this season.
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