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...
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devote help leaders practice step team time tried
There were times where he couldn't devote as much time to practice and the team so we tried to step up as leaders and help out as much as we could.
anyone far percent selection team
As far as we're concerned, we're 100 percent positive. Unfortunately, we don't have anyone on this team on the selection committee.
game
This is as big a game as we'll have all year.
committee hope note selection takes tough
This is a tough, tough conference, and I hope the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee takes note of that. It's going to be a long week.
game maybe pressure
This is a game we really wanted to get. Maybe we put a little too much pressure on ourselves.
home shoot
He's got his ball. He'll want to go home and shoot hoops. Things are the same as they were yesterday.
athletic guard shoots three
He's big enough to play the three (small forward), but he shoots it well enough and he's athletic enough to play the two guard for us.
business coached division goes level played top treats
He has coached at the top level of Division II. More important, having played for him and coached with him, I know how he goes about his business and how he treats his players.
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.
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.
alone boost guys high huge iowa school tremendous
Iowa guys have done tremendous things in our program. To be able to get another Iowa high school player, let alone one from our backyard, is a huge boost for our program.
change
I not going to change things just to change them, because I need to get away from Mac's shadow. I won't do that.
attack commanding distance needed opportunity ourselves stretch
For that little stretch there we really needed to be in the attack mode. That was our opportunity to distance ourselves and get a commanding lead.
climbing couple hard steps terms worked
I feel like I've worked hard but I've also been very fortunate. I have skipped a couple of steps in terms of climbing the ladder.