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...
Ben Jacobson quotes about
basketball great playing tonight
We've been playing great basketball of late. Tonight it wasn't there.
came possession tonight
Every possession is gold. And tonight they came out on top.
redemption
It was a little redemption after the Creighton game.
defense
Our defense is what sparked that (16-2) run.
defense
Our defense was what sparked that run. We were able to get some stops, and then get some things in transition.
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.
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.
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.
game maybe pressure
This is a game we really wanted to get. Maybe we put a little too much pressure on ourselves.
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.
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.
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.