2014–15 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Northern Iowa Panthers Northern Iowa Panthers wordmark.svg 175 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 14 11 31–4 16–2 Ben Jacobson 9th Erik Crawford Kyle Green P.J. Hogan McLeod Center Cancún Challenge champions Missouri Valley Tournament champions NCAA tournament second round The 2014–15 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by ninth year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at McLeod Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (The Valley). They finished the season 31–4, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in second place. They defeated Bradley, Loyola–Chicago, and Illinois State to become champions of the Missouri Valley tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Wyoming in the second round before losing in the third round to Louisville. Previous season The Panthers finished the season 16–15, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament to Southern Illinois. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chip Rank 4 F 6'6" 235 Senior Cedarburg, WI Graduated Nate Buchheit 15 G 6'4" 190 Junior Pella, IA Graduated Matt Morrison 21 G 6'0" 180 Senior Solon, IA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Kasey Semler 13 G 6'2" 190 Junior Cedar Rapids, IA Junior college transfer from Kirkwood Community College. Recruiting no 2014 Wyatt Lohaus PG Iowa City, IA West High School 6 1 180 August 9, 2013 NR NR 66 2014 Northern Iowa Commit List for 2014 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Northern Iowa Panthers Basketball Recruiting 2014 2014-07-25 yes Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Luke McDonnell PF Dubuque, IA Dubuque Senior High School 6 8 200 September 18, 2013 NR NR NR Spencer Haldeman PG Epworth, IA Western Dubuque High School 6 1 May 12, 2014 NR NR NR 2015 2015 Northern Iowa Signees 2015 Northern Iowa Signees 2015 Northern Iowa Signees July 25, 2014 yes Roster 2014 Northern Iowa Panthers y yes Deon Mitchell 1 G 6 1 196 SR Pflugerville, TX Pflugerville Klint Carlson 2 F 6 7 225 FR y Waverly, IA Waverly-Shell Rock Ted Friedman 3 C 6 9 245 SO Ankeny, IA Ankeny Paul Jesperson y 4 G 6 6 206 JR y Merrill, WI VirginiaMerrill Matt Bohannon 5 G 6 4 195 JR Marion, IA Linn-Mar Seth Tuttle y 10 F 6 8 240 SR Sheffield, IA West Fork Wes Washpun y 11 G 6 1 175 JR Cedar Rapids, IA Washington Marvin Singleton 12 F 6 6 237 SR Minneapolis, MN Hopkins Kasey Semler 13 G 6 1 200 JR y Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood CCMarion Nate Buss 14 F 6 9 212 SR Charles City, IA Charles City Jeremy Morgan y 20 G 6 5 192 SO Coralville, IA Iowa City West Robert Knar 22 G 6 1 180 FR y Mundelein, IL Mundelein Taylor Olson 23 G 6 1 193 JR Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood CCJefferson yes Max Martino 24 G 6 5 215 SR Cedar Rapids, IA Kennedy Bennett Koch y 25 F 6 9 232 FR y Ashwaubenon, WI Ashwaubenon Wyatt Lohaus 33 G 6 2 185 FR North Liberty, IA Iowa City West Ben Jacobson (North Dakota) Erik Crawford (Iowa State) Kyle Green (Hamline) P.J. Hogan (Morningside) http://www.unipanthers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=626937&SPID=90717&DB_OEM_ID=26200&Q_SEASON=2014 2014-07-25 Schedule http://www.unipanthers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=626930&SPID=90717&DB_OEM_ID=26200&Q_SEASON=2014 Men's Basketball - Schedule - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-07-25 dead https://archive.today/20140803083655/http://www.unipanthers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=626930&SPID=90717&DB_OEM_ID=26200&Q_SEASON=2014 2014-08-03 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660099; color:#FFD700;"| Exhibition 10/30/2014 7:00 pm yes Upper Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 3,825 83–66 11/09/2014 1:00 pm yes Bemidji State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 2,121 64–45 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660099; color:#FFD700;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2014 1:00 pm yes North Dakota McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 3,716 64–52 1–0 11/18/2014 8:00 am yes yes Stephen F. Austin William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX ESPN Tip-Off Marathon 7,096 ESPN2 79–77 OT 2–0 11/20/2014 7:00 pm yes Morgan State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA Cancún Challenge 3,127 73–53 3–0 11/22/2014 1:00 pm yes North Florida McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA Cancún Challenge 3,220 66–49http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1038663 UNI 66, North Florida 49 - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141204162909/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1038663 2014-12-04 4–0 11/25/2014 6:00 pm yes yes Virginia Tech Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, MX Cancún Challenge semifinals 650 CBSSN 73–54http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1043963 UNI 73, Virginia Tech 54 - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141204162904/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1043963 2014-12-04 5–0 11/26/2014 2:00 pm yes yes Northwestern Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, MX Cancún Challenge championshiphttp://www.cancunchallenge.net/bracket.html Bracket - Cancun Challenge 2014-11-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20141124061755/http://www.cancunchallenge.net/bracket.html 2014-11-24 dead 650 CBSSN 61–42http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1045872 UNI 61, Northwestern 42 - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141204160838/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1045872 2014-12-04 6–0 11/30/2014 2:00 pm yes Richmond McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 3,081 55–50http://www.unipanthers.com//ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1050667 UNI vs. Richmond Final Stats - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150310075011/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1050667 2015-03-10 dead 7–0 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes George Mason McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 4,525 71–65 OThttp://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1057103 UNI 71, George Mason 65 (OT) - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150222153328/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1057103 2015-02-22 8–0 12/10/2014 8:00 pm yes yes 23 Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 1,545 65–55http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1061763 UNI 65, Denver 55 - Official Site of University of Northern Iowa Athletics 2014-12-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141211064334/http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&CONTENT_ID=1061763 2014-12-11 9–0 12/13/2014 6:00 pm yes yes 23 VCU Siegel Center Richmond, VA 7,637 NBCSN 87–93 2OT 9–1 12/20/2014 6:30 pm yes yes Iowa Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA Big Four Classic 15,124 BTN 56–44 10–1 12/28/2014 2:00 pm yes 23 South Dakota State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,333 74–63 11–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660099; color:#FFD700;"| Missouri Valley Conference Regular season 01/01/2015 7:00 pm yes 23 Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,151 ESPN3 49–52 11–2 (0–1) 01/04/2015 2:30 pm 23 Loyola–Chicago McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 5,111 ESPN3 67–58 12–2 (1–1) 01/07/2015 7:00 pm Southern Illinois McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 3,910 KCRG 55–39 13–2 (2–1) 01/10/2015 3:00 pm yes Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 4,780 MVC TV 64–40 14–2 (3–1) 01/13/2015 7:00 pm yes 23 Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,129 63–52 15–2 (4–1) 01/18/2015 3:00 pm 23 Missouri State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 4,941 ESPNU 60–46 16–2 (5–1) 01/21/2015 7:00 pm 20 Indiana State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,205 ESPN3 66–60 17–2 (6–1) 01/25/2015 3:00 pm yes 20 Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 6,118 ESPNU 54–53 18–2 (7–1) 01/28/2015 7:00 pm yes 18 Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,267 59–52 19–2 (8–1) 01/31/2015 3:00 pm 18 Wichita State 12 McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 7,050 ESPN2 70–54 20–2 (9–1) 02/03/2015 6:00 pm yes 14 Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 4,595 61–51 21–2 (10–1) 02/07/2015 7:00 pm 14 Drake McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,650 KCRG/CSN Chicago 69–53 22–2 (11–1) 02/11/2015 7:00 pm 13 Illinois State McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,103 ESPN3 83–64 23–2 (12–1) 02/15/2015 3:00 pm yes 13 Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 5,452 ESPNU 68–57 24–2 (13–1) 02/18/2015 7:00 pm yes 11 Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,725 ESPN3 58–39 25–2 (14–1) 02/21/2015 3:00 pm 11 Bradley McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,650 MVC TV 56–39 26–2 (15–1) 02/25/2015 8:00 pm 10 Evansville McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,935 MVC TV 68–57 27–2 (16–1) 02/28/2015 2:00 pm yes 10 Wichita State 11 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPN College GameDay 10,506 ESPN 60–74 27–3 (16–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660099; color:#FFD700;"| Missouri Valley tournament 03/06/2015 6:05 pm yes 11 2 Bradley 10 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals N/A MVC TV/ESPN3 71–46 28–3 03/07/2015 4:05 pm yes 11 2 Loyola–Chicago 6 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinals 13,898 MVC TV/ESPN3 63–49 29–3 03/08/2015 1:05 pm yes 11 2 Illinois State 4 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Championship game 13,552 CBS 69–60 30–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660099; color:#FFD700;"| NCAA tournament 03/20/2015 12:40 pm yes yes 11 5 E Wyoming 12 E KeyArena Seattle, WA Second round 14,509 TBS 71–54 31–3 03/22/2015 8:40 pm yes yes 11 5 E Louisville 17 4 E KeyArena Seattle, WA Third round 14,901 TBS 53–66 31–4 AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region E=East Rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██NR = Not ranked. RV = Receiving votes.Poll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR RV RV RV 23 RV 23 23 RV 23 20 18 14 13 11 10 11 10 11 N/A Coaches NR NR RV RV 24 RV 24 23 23 22 19 18 15 12 11 10 12 11 9 14 Mid-Major 5http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615320/BYU-women-No-1-BYU-mens-hoops-No-4-in-initial-Mid-Major-Top-25.html?pg=all BYU women No. 1, BYU men's hoops No. 4 in initial Mid-Major Top 25 Williams Carter November 11, 2014 Deseret News December 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205742/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615320/BYU-women-No-1-BYU-mens-hoops-No-4-in-initial-Mid-Major-Top-25.html?pg=all December 1, 2014 4 4http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php Mens Mid Major Top 25 - November 24, 2014 November 24, 2014 collegeinsider.com 2 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129204938/http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php November 29, 2014 3http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php Mens Mid Major Top 25 - December 1, 2014 December 1, 2014 collegeinsider.com December 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202050711/http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php December 2, 2014 3http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php Mens Mid Major Top 25 - December 8, 2014 December 8, 2014 collegeinsider.com December 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141211043257/http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php December 11, 2014 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 - References Category:Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball seasons Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Panth Panth