2008–09 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

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. On March 9, 2008, Northern Iowa received 3 points in the AP Top 25 poll which had them ranked T-37th.

Roster

Schedule Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference 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 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 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 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. Conference games in BOLD.

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