2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers Basketball Northern Iowa Panthers wordmark.svg 175 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 23–11 14–4 Ben Jacobson 3rd Kyle Green P.J. Hogan Ben Johnson McLeod Center MVC Regular Season Co-ChampionsMVC tournament champions NCAA tournament First round The 2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented University of Northern Iowa in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which played in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by third-year head coach Ben Jacobson. In 2007–08, the Panthers finished 18–14 (9–9 in the MVC). Pre-season Northern Iowa played two games during the preseason. They faced Dubuque and Wayne State at home. Regular season On January 31, 2009, the Panthers tied a school record for the most consecutive wins with a 61–57 victory over Indians State. The record tied the 1963–1964 State College of Iowa Panthers team. On February 2, 2008, Northern Iowa received 1 point in the AP Top 25 poll which had them ranked 45th.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?poll=1&year=2009&week=13 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Feb. 2) ESPN 2008-02-07 2008-02-02 On March 9, 2008, Northern Iowa received 3 points in the AP Top 25 poll which had them ranked T-37th.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?pollId=1&seasonYear=2009&weekNumber=18&seasonType=2 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings AP Top 25 (Mar. 9) ESPN 2008-03-14 2008-03-09 Roster 5 United States G Jr Ali Farokhmanesh 10 United States G Jr Brian Haak 11 United States G So Kwadzo Ahelegbe 13 United States G Fr Johnny Moran 15 United States G So Jon Montgomery 20 United States F Fr Jake Koch 21 United States G Sr Travis Brown 22 United States G So Kerwin Dunham 25 United States G Sr Carlton Reed 32 United States F So Lucas O'Rear 33 United States C Fr Austin Pehl 34 United States F Jr Adam Koch 43 United States F Jr Adam Rodenberg 52 United States G Fr Anthony James 53 United States C Jr Jordan Eglseder Schedule Missouri Valley Conference Standing: T-1stStandings MVC Sports December 2022 Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference Exhibition Games November 4, 2008 Dubuque Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 69–51 1–00–0 November 10, 2008 Wayne State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 44–27 2–00–0 Regular Season Games November 15, 2008 Denver Cedar Falls, IA 12:05 p.m. W 61–56 1–00–0 November 19, 2008 Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 7:00 p.m. L 84–77 1–10–0 November 23, 2008 Texas Southern Cedar Falls, IA 4:05 p.m. W 74–67 2–10–0 November 25, 2008 Chicago State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. W 81–70 3–10–0 November 28, 2008 #15 Marquette Hoffman Estates, IL 7:30 p.m. L 73–43 3–20–0 November 29, 2008 Auburn Hoffman Estates, IL 4:30 p.m. W 67–61 4–20–0 December 3, 2008 Iowa State Cedar Falls, IA 8:05 p.m. L 71–66 4–30–0 December 6, 2008 North Dakota Cedar Falls, IA 3:05 p.m. W 69–49 5–30–0 December 9, 2008 Iowa Iowa City, IA 6:05 p.m. L 65–46 5–40–0 December 13, 2008 Wyoming Casper, WY 4:30 p.m. L 74–65 5–50–0 December 21, 2008 South Dakota State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. W 72–55 6–50–0 December 28, 2008 Indiana State Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. L 85–84 6–60–1 December 31, 2008 Southern Illinois Carbondale, IL 7:05 p.m. W 59–51 7–61–1 January 3, 2009 Wichita State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–54 8–62–1 January 6, 2009 Creighton Omaha, NE 7:05 p.m. W 69–66 9–63–1 January 10, 2009 Missouri State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 78–64 10–64–1 January 13, 2009 Evansville Evansville, IN 7:05 p.m. W 58–47 11–65–1 January 17, 2009 Drake Des Moines, IA 11:05 a.m. W 81–59 12–66–1 January 21, 2009 Bradley Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 66–61 13–67–1 January 25, 2009 Missouri State Springfield, MO 6:05 p.m. W 78–69 14–68–1 January 28, 2009 Illinois State Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 59–55 15–69–1 January 31, 2009 Indiana State Terre Haute, IN 12:05 p.m. W 61–57 16–6 10–1 February 3, 2009 Bradley Peoria, IL 7:05 p.m. W 61–58 17–6 11–1 February 8, 2009 Creighton Cedar Falls, IA 1:05 p.m. L 77–71 17–7 11–2 February 11, 2009 Southern Illinois Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. W 81–55 18–7 12–2 February 14, 2009 Wichita State Wichita, KS 7:05 p.m. L 69–61 18–8 12–3 February 18, 2009 Drake Cedar Falls, IA 7:05 p.m. L 47–46 18–9 12–4 February 21, 2009 Siena Newtonville, NY 2:00 p.m. L 81–7518–1012–4 February 24, 2009 Illinois State Normal, IL 7:05 p.m. W 69–67 19–10 13–4 February 28, 2009 Evansville Cedar Falls, IA 7:30 p.m. W 69–62 20–10 14–4 Missouri Valley Conference tournament March 6, 2009 Indiana State St. Louis, MO 12:05 p.m. W 73–69 21–1014–4 March 7, 2009 Bradley St. Louis, MO 1:35 p.m. W 76–62 22–10 14–4 March 8, 2009 Illinois State St. Louis, MO 1:05 p.m. W 60–57 23–10 14–4 NCAA tournament March 19, 2009 #18 Purdue Portland, OR 1:30 p.m. L 61–56 23–11 14–4 *Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. #All times are in CST. 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