Ben Jacobson
Ben Jacobson
Ben Scott Jacobsonis the head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since 2006. He served as an assistant at North Dakota, North Dakota State, and Northern Iowa before taking over as head coach at Northern Iowa in 2006...
basketball regardless
We're going to play in the postseason regardless of what we do. We think we've already done enough. We feel like we've got a lot of basketball to play.
bit continue flow good intensity offense offensive rhythm terms timing trying
We're just trying to get our timing back and trying to get in a rhythm and a flow on the offensive end. If we continue to play like the way we did in St. Louis, in terms of intensity and defense, and our offense is a little bit smoother, we'll be in good shape.
guard guys kept pumping
We didn't think they could guard our big guys inside. We just kept pumping it in there.
conference focus winning
Our focus has been on winning the conference title.
basketball coach continuing current excitement forward growth head high honored humbled level northern panther pieces players recruiting returning university
I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.
defense gave good points second
Our defense was good enough. Fifty-four points, I thought that would have been good enough. But we only scored 19 points the second half. We gave it our best. We just didn't make any shots.
plans
We had a long talk, and I just told him the plans we had for him and our program.
against came compete opportunity players prove top
I'm going to feel like I have something to prove when I get there, much like when I came to UNI. It's going to be the top 64 players in the country, and I have an opportunity to compete against the best.
good shot
It was a good look. It was the shot we wanted.
chance country deserved game teams time
Any time you get a loss, it's a wakeup call. This is a game we really wanted to get. We got what we deserved with the ranking. We had a chance to be one of the first teams in the country to get to 20 wins.
defensive intensity pride team
I try to pride myself on defense. Anything to give the team intensity on the defensive end.
hard uniform wear
It's hard right now, to think that I'm never going to wear this uniform again.
came possession tonight
Every possession is gold. And tonight they came out on top.
accomplish bad chance conference loss slim suffered title winning
This one hurts. This is as bad a loss as any I've ever suffered because our chance of winning a conference title is pretty slim now, and that was one of the things I really wanted to accomplish here.