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 iowa state
Basketball in the state of Iowa is probably at an all-time high.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
coach couple helping worked
I've really worked on my defense. I think Coach would tell you that a couple of years ago, I wouldn't even have been on Ahearn. I probably would have been helping in the lane.
game maybe pressure
This is a game we really wanted to get. Maybe we put a little too much pressure on ourselves.
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.
face
Sometimes you've got to face reality. And that is the reality.
across front jersey people power says teams
Sometimes, with teams from the power conferences, people look at what it says across the front of the jersey when it comes to getting rated.