2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

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2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
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ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record14–16 (9–9 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • P.J. Hogan
  • Erik Crawford
  • Kyle Green
Home arenaMcLeod Center
Seasons
2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois State 17 – 1   .944 28 – 7   .800
No. 19 Wichita State† 17 – 1   .944 31 – 5   .861
Northern Iowa 9 – 9   .500 14 – 16   .467
Southern Illinois 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
Loyola (IL) 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Missouri State 7 – 11   .389 17 – 16   .515
Bradley 7 – 11   .389 13 – 20   .394
Evansville 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 20   .355
Drake 5 – 13   .278 7 – 24   .226
† 2017 MVC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eleventh year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, IA as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the regular season 14–16, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the MVC Tournament, they lost to Missouri State in the quarterfinals.

Previous season[]

The Panthers finished 2015–16 season with a record of 23–13, 11–7 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for fourth place. The Panthers defeated Southern Illinois, Wichita State, and Evansville to win the Missouri Valley Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 11 seed, they defeated Texas in the First Round to advance to the Second Round where they lost to Texas A&M.

Preseason[]

The Panthers were picked to finish in third place in the MVC preseason poll.[1] Jeremy Morgan was selected as preseason Missouri Valley Conference player of the year.[1]

Departures[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Aarias Austin 1 G 6'4" 180 Junior Gurnee, IL Transferred to Minnesota State
Paul Jesperson 4 G 6'0" 206 RS Senior Merrill, WI Graduated
Matt Bohannon 5 G 6'4" 195 Senior Marion, IA Graduated
Wes Washpun 11 G 6'1" 175 Senior Cedar Rapids, IA Graduated
Robert Kanar 22 G 6'1" 180 RS Sophomore Mundelein, IL Transferred to Missouri–Kansas City

Incoming transfers[]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Hunter Rhodes 21 G 6'0" 175 Junior Canton, IL Junior college transferred from Kirkwood CC
Jordan Ashton 23 G 6'4" 195 RS Senior Mount Pleantsant, MI Transferred from Iowa State. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ashton graduated from Iowa State.

2016 recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Juwan McCloud
PG 		Germantown, WI Germantown High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 150 lb (68 kg) May 9, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Isaiah Brown
PG 		Flower Mound, TX Flower Mound High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Nov 15, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Tanner Lohaus
SF 		North Liberty, IA West High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) May 19, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 31, 2016.

2017 recruiting class[]

Roster[]

2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Adam McDermott (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Xavier Cedar Rapids, IA
F 2 Klint Carlson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Waverly-Shell Rock Waverly, IA
C 3 Ted Friedman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Jr Ankeny Ankeny, IA
G 5 Rafael de Souza (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Gulf Coast State College Jundiaí, Brazil
F 12 Lincoln Conrey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) RS Fr Waterloo West Waterloo, IA
G 13 Juwan McCloud 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Fr Germantown Germantown, WI
C 15 Justin Dahl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS Fr Holy Family Carver, MN
G 20 Jeremy Morgan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Iowa City West Coralville, IA
G 21 Hunter Rhodes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Canton
Kirkwood CC 		Canton, IL
F 22 Tanner Lohaus 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Iowa City West North Liberty, IA
G 23 Jordan Ashton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) RS Sr Mount Pleasant
Iowa State 		Mount Pleasant, IA
G 24 Isaiah Brown 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Fr Flower Mound Flower Mound, TX
F 25 Bennett Koch 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) RS Jr Ashwaubenon Ashwaubenon, WI
G 30 Spencer Haldeman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) RS Fr Western Dubuque Peosta, IA
G 33 Wyatt Lohaus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Iowa City West North Liberty, IA
F 34 Luke McDonnell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) RS Fr Dubuque Senior Dubuque, IA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Bemidji State W 71–48 
McLeod Center (3,737)
Cedar Falls, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
11:00 am, ESPN3 		Coe W 74–37  1–0
 McLeod Center (4,053)
Cedar Falls, IA
11/17/2016*
3:30 pm, ESPNU 		vs. Arizona State
Tire Pros Invitational quarterfinals 		W 82–63  2–0
 HP Field House 
Orlando, FL
11/18/2016*
6:00 pm, ESPNU 		vs. Oklahoma
Tire Pros Invitational semifinals 		W 73–67 OT 3–0
 HP Field House 
Orlando, FL
11/20/2016*
6:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. No. 11 Xavier
Tire Pros Invitational championship 		L 59–67  3–1
 HP Field House 
Orlando, FL
11/26/2016*
11:00 am, FSN 		at No. 9 Xavier
Tire Pros Invitational non-bracketed game 		L 42–64  3–2
 Cintas Center (10,028)
Cincinnati, OH
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm, PSN/ESPN3 		George Mason L 50–54  3–3
 McLeod Center (4,302)
Cedar Falls, IA
12/03/2016*
5:00 pm, Campus Insiders/MWN 		at Wyoming
MW–MVC Challenge 		L 73–81  3–4
 Arena-Auditorium (5,539)
Laramie, WY
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, PSN/ESPN3 		South Dakota State W 86–58  4–4
 McLeod Center (3,922)
Cedar Falls, IA
12/10/2016*
7:00 pm, PSN/ESPN3 		North Dakota W 78–70  5–4
 McLeod Center (4,521)
Cedar Falls, IA
12/17/2016*
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		vs. Iowa
Big Four Classic 		L 46–69  5–5
 Wells Fargo Arena (15,028)
Des Moines, IA
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 8 North Carolina L 42–85  5–6
 Dean Smith Center (18,033)
Chapel Hill, NC
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/28/2016
8:00 pm, FSMW/CSNC 		Missouri State L 64–68  5–7
(0–1) 		McLeod Center (5,448)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/01/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Evansville L 58–70  5–8
(0–2) 		Ford Center (5,277)
Evansville, IN
01/04/2017
6:00 pm, CSNC 		at Loyola–Chicago L 66–77  5–9
(0–3) 		Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,269)
Chicago, IL
01/08/2017
3:00 pm, ESPNU 		Wichita State L 66–80  5–10
(0–4) 		McLeod Center (5,547)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/11/2017
8:00 pm, FSMW/CSNC 		at Bradley L 61–72  5–11
(0–5) 		Carver Arena (5,138)
Peoria, IL
01/15/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		Drake W 79–60  6–11
(1–5) 		McLeod Center (4,652)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/18/2017
7:00 pm, FSMW/CSNC 		Loyola–Chicago W 72–69 2OT 7–11
(2–5) 		McLeod Center (3,934)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/21/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Southern Illinois W 58–57  8–11
(3–5) 		SIU Arena (5,015)
Carbondale, IL
01/25/2017
7:00 pm, PSN/ESPN3 		Evansville W 61–54  9–11
(4–5) 		McLeod Center (3,782)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/28/2017
1:00 pm, CBSSN 		at Drake W 71–63  10–11
(5–5) 		Knapp Center (5,237)
Des Moines, IA
02/01/2017
8:00 pm, FSMW/CSNC 		at Illinois State L 51–57  10–12
(5–6) 		Redbird Arena (5,732)
Normal, IL
02/04/2017
1:00 pm, CBSSN 		Indiana State W 65–60  11–12
(6–6) 		McLeod Center (4,982)
Cedar Falls, IA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Southern Illinois W 49–41  12–12
(7–6) 		McLeod Center (3,921)
Cedar Falls, IA
02/12/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Missouri State W 55–52  13–12
(8–6) 		JQH Arena (4,165)
Springfield, MO
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, PSN/ESPN3 		Bradley W 64–61  14–12
(9–6) 		McLeod Center (4,225)
Cedar Falls, IA
02/18/2017
11:00 am, ESPN2 		at Wichita State L 44–73  14–13
(9–7) 		Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, KS
02/22/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Indiana State L 59–69  14–14
(9–8) 		Hulman Center (3,778)
Terre Haute, IN
02/25/2017
1:00 pm, CBSSN 		Illinois State L 42–63  14–15
(9–9) 		McLeod Center (5,677)
Cedar Falls, IA
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/03/2017
8:35 pm, ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC 		(3) vs. (6) Missouri State
Quarterfinals 		L 64–70  14–16
 Scottrade Center (9,124)
St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Panther Sports Network (PSN) Cedar Falls Utilities Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, Time Warner CableKC Channel 324, Comcast SportsNet Chicago

References[]

  1. ^ a b TN, Streamline Technologies - Nashville. "Shockers Tabbed as MVC Men's Hoops Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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