CEDAR FALLS – Jake Koch walked into the backcourt in disbelief. With his team down three the Northern Iowa senior missed two free throws with four seconds remaining. Marc Sonnen tried to erase Koch’s memory with a pat on the back, telling the 6-8 forward, “It’s OK.” A Weber State missed free throw opened the [...]
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CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa announced Friday it has signed a new 10-year contract with head men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson. The deal replaces a 10-year contract the coach signed with the school three years ago. Financial terms of the new deal remain the same as the old one. Jacobson made $500,000 [...]
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CEDAR FALLS – Troy Dannen let go with a slight chuckle Tuesday night. Is the Northern Iowa athletics director concerned he might lose men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson? He’s had to answer that question before. “No, I’m not worried,” Dannen said. “How can you be worried about something you can’t control?” Great point. Dannen has [...]
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CEDAR FALLS – Ben Jacobson stepped the podium armed with the knowledge that the people he faced were ready to fire questions at him. So why waste any time? “How about we just start with questions today? I bet there are probably some good ones,” the Northern Iowa head coach said – a statement meant [...]
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CEDAR FALLS – Each senior walked off the court to a standing ovation before the final buzzer sounded. Marc Sonnen fouled out with 4:57 remaining. With 2.9 left, Anthony James and Jake Koch followed with substitutions taking their spot. With 0.2 remaining Austin Pehl received his ovation from the 6,621 in attendance at the McLeod [...]
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CEDAR FALLS — It’s not as early in the season as head coach Ben Jacobson would have liked, but the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team seems to finally be hitting its stride. UNI (10-9, 3-4) has won its last two home games by a combined 61 points and played well in a tight loss to [...]
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DES MOINES — Northern Iowa Coach Ben Jacobson is bold, direct and, apparently, captain obvious. Jacobson was asked what Iowa junior guard Devyn Marble “was doing so well” against his Panthers on Saturday afternoon. Jacobson shot back with an easy and appropriate answer. “Everything. Does that fit?” Jacobson asked with a chuckle. “He had a good [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Northern Iowa Athletics Director Troy Dannen doesn’t see drastic cuts or major changes on the horizon for UNI athletics despite a swift decline in state funding. This spring, the university trimmed its athletics support $500,000 phased over three years. The athletics reduction is small compared to the university’s overall funding issues, yet [...]
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NORTH LIBERTY — A new NCAA rule that allows basketball coaches to instruct current players up to two hours a week each summer has sent the Prime Time League a bit sideways. Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson said Monday his program will not participate in the summer basketball league. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery asked [...]
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CEDAR FALLS — For 30 minutes Iowa and Northern Iowa slugged possession-by-possession to a virtual draw. For the final 10 minutes, Iowa delivered a self-inflicted technical knockout that turned a competitive game into a statistical blowout. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery was ejected after a pair of technical fouls. An Iowa assistant — all of which vehemently [...]
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