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...
defensive intensity pride team
I try to pride myself on defense. Anything to give the team intensity on the defensive end.
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.
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.
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.
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.
eyes premier teams
It's two of the premier mid-major teams going at it. A lot of eyes will be on this game.
carried defense great offense position reason teams
Great teams can play defense. If our offense had been better in those two losses, we could be 12-0. Our defense has carried us, and that's the reason we're in the position we're in right now.
change changing philosophy plays team terms
I don't see my philosophy in terms of the way our team plays changing much. I really don't. I don't like change with anything I do. I especially don't like it when things are going well.
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.
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.
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.