The 2018–19 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by 13th-year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MVC tournament, they beat Southern Illinois and Drake before losing to Bradley in the championship.

Previous season The Panthers finished the 2017–18 season 16–16, 7–11 in MVC play to finish three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MVC tournament, they defeated Evansville in the first round before losing to Loyola–Chicago in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Adam McDermott 1 G 6'4" 190 RS Sophomore Cedar Rapids, IA Walk-on; transferred to Coe College Klint Carlson 2 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Waverly, IA Graduated Ted Friedman 3 C 6'9" 245 RS Senior Ankeny, IA Graduated Rafael de Souza 5 G 6'1" 180 Senior Jundiaí, Brazil Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Juwan McCloud 13 G 5'11" 173 Sophomore Germantown, WI Graduate transferred to Minnesota State Hunter Rhodes 21 G 6'0" 175 Senior Canton, IL Graduated Tanner Lohaus 22 F 6'7" 205 RS Freshman North Liberty, IA Left the team for personal reasons Bennett Koch 25 F/C 6'10" 235 RS Senior Ashwaubenon, WI Graduated/signed to play professional in Netherlands with Dutch Windmills

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Tray Croft 5 G 6'1" 170 Junior Anniston, AL Junior college transferred from Iowa Central Community College Trae Berhow 11 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Watertown, MN Transferred from Pepperdine. Under NCAA transfer rules, Berhow will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Shandon Goldman 20 F 6'9" 220 Junior Evansville, AR Junior college transferred from Panola College

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley tournament

Source

Panther Sports Network (PSN) Cedar Falls Utilities Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBCSC+)

References