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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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.
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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.
home shoot
He's got his ball. He'll want to go home and shoot hoops. Things are the same as they were yesterday.
conference focus winning
Our focus has been on winning the conference title.
face
Sometimes you've got to face reality. And that is the reality.
redemption
It was a little redemption after the Creighton game.
deserved guys terrible
I feel terrible for those guys that they didn't get in. They deserved to get in.
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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.
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I appreciate (athletic director) Rick Hartzell coming to me and not wanting to look anywhere else. He felt I was the right guy to meet the challenge, and I feel I'm ready to do that.
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I appreciate (AD) Rick Hartzell coming to me and not waiting to look anywhere else.
basketball great playing tonight
We've been playing great basketball of late. Tonight it wasn't there.
plans
We had a long talk, and I just told him the plans we had for him and our program.
guard guys kept pumping
We didn't think they could guard our big guys inside. We just kept pumping it in there.
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We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. But our next few games are not going to be a cakewalk.