Northern Iowa Program History

Northern Iowa

Program Rating

0.74 Rating

#84 National Rank

2026-2027 As of Season

Joint program + coach model (log-odds scale): the program's own quality apart from its coach, ranked among that season's Division I programs.

Core Rotation by Season

Season	PG	SG	SF	PF	C	B1	B2	B3
2024-2025	Ben Schwieger 30.6 MPG	Trey Campbell 29.5 MPG	Max Weisbrod 24.7 MPG	Tytan Anderson 30.0 MPG	Jacob Hutson 23.9 MPG	Leon Bond III 26.0 MPG	Will Hornseth 14.4 MPG	Kyle Pock 9.9 MPG
2022-2023	Bowen Born 33.3 MPG	Trey Campbell 30.7 MPG	Landon Wolf 24.0 MPG	Michael Duax 29.5 MPG	Tytan Anderson 32.1 MPG	James Betz 18.0 MPG	Cole Henry 17.0 MPG	Drew Daniel 9.6 MPG
2021-2022	Bowen Born 23.8 MPG	AJ Green 36.4 MPG	Noah Carter 26.6 MPG	Nate Heise 30.4 MPG	Trae Berhow 34.2 MPG	Tywhon Pickford 22.1 MPG	Austin Phyfe 12.1 MPG	Tytan Anderson 8.2 MPG
2020-2021	Bowen Born 30.6 MPG	Trae Berhow 33.0 MPG	Nate Heise 31.0 MPG	Noah Carter 27.4 MPG	Austin Phyfe 27.0 MPG	Tywhon Pickford 20.8 MPG	James Betz 9.7 MPG	Cole Henry 8.6 MPG
2019-2020	AJ Green 34.8 MPG	Isaiah Brown 32.9 MPG	Spencer Haldeman 30.6 MPG	Trae Berhow 33.1 MPG	Austin Phyfe 27.0 MPG	Tywhon Pickford 17.4 MPG	Antwan Kimmons 8.8 MPG	Justin Dahl 9.3 MPG
2018-2019	AJ Green 29.9 MPG	Wyatt Lohaus 29.4 MPG	Isaiah Brown 28.3 MPG	Luke McDonnell 22.9 MPG	Trae Berhow 26.5 MPG	Spencer Haldeman 21.7 MPG	Tywhon Pickford 20.0 MPG	Shandon Goldman 13.8 MPG
2017-2018	Juwan McCloud 25.9 MPG	Isaiah Brown 25.5 MPG	Klint Carlson 32.6 MPG	Tywhon Pickford 29.7 MPG	Bennett Koch 24.2 MPG	Wyatt Lohaus 23.8 MPG	Spencer Haldeman 17.7 MPG	Hunter Rhodes 17.1 MPG
2016-2017	Juwan McCloud 20.3 MPG	Spencer Haldeman 22.6 MPG	Klint Carlson 33.1 MPG	Jordan Ashton 33.0 MPG	Jeremy Morgan 34.8 MPG	Bennett Koch 20.3 MPG	Hunter Rhodes 13.0 MPG	Isaiah Brown 10.8 MPG
2015-2016	Wes Washpun 34.5 MPG	Matt Bohannon 35.1 MPG	Klint Carlson 22.1 MPG	Jeremy Morgan 32.2 MPG	Paul Jesperson 30.3 MPG	Bennett Koch 18.8 MPG	Wyatt Lohaus 18.3 MPG	Ted Friedman 8.3 MPG
2014-2015	Wes Washpun 21.9 MPG	Matt Bohannon 26.0 MPG	Jeremy Morgan 23.5 MPG	Seth Tuttle 30.3 MPG	Marvin Singleton 25.0 MPG	Deon Mitchell 20.6 MPG	Paul Jesperson 18.2 MPG	Nate Buss 17.5 MPG
2013-2014	Deon Mitchell 27.4 MPG	Wes Washpun 29.4 MPG	Matt Bohannon 29.3 MPG	Jeremy Morgan 21.9 MPG	Seth Tuttle 29.5 MPG	Nate Buss 20.6 MPG	Chip Rank 18.3 MPG	Marvin Singleton 12.0 MPG
2012-2013	Deon Mitchell 27.3 MPG	Anthony James 32.0 MPG	Marc Sonnen 33.1 MPG	Seth Tuttle 25.9 MPG	Jake Koch 28.7 MPG	Matt Bohannon 20.9 MPG	Chip Rank 15.6 MPG	Nate Buss 9.3 MPG
2011-2012	Marc Sonnen 28.0 MPG	Johnny Moran 31.2 MPG	Anthony James 28.1 MPG	Jake Koch 28.1 MPG	Seth Tuttle 22.4 MPG	Deon Mitchell 20.1 MPG	Chip Rank 19.0 MPG	Matt Morrison 11.8 MPG
2010-2011	Kwadzo Ahelegbe 31.4 MPG	Johnny Moran 31.8 MPG	Marc Sonnen 24.1 MPG	Anthony James 27.9 MPG	Jake Koch 26.4 MPG	Lucas O'Rear 24.5 MPG	Kerwin Dunham 19.0 MPG	Chip Rank 13.5 MPG

Top five minute earners are ordered guard-to-big, then the next three rotation players are shown off the bench. Coverage: 2010-2011 to 2024-2025.

Season History

Show All Seasons

Season	Coach	Record	Win %	PPG	DPPG	Margin	Elo	Pyth	Adj PPG	Adj Opp PPG
2026-2027	Kyle Green	Incomplete game history	-	-	-	-	1106 (#95)	-	-	-
2025-2026	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 36 results found	-	-	-	-	1249 (#45)	80.0% (#80)	68.5 (#81)	60.4 (#81)
2024-2025	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 33 results found	-	-	-	-	1134 (#84)	68.9% (#102)	71.2 (#98)	66.3 (#98)
2023-2024	Ben Jacobson	19-14 Verified season publication	57.6%	73.2	71.1	+2.1	1154 (#74)	66.7% (#114)	72.4 (#112)	68.7 (#112)
2022-2023	Ben Jacobson	14-18 Verified season publication	43.8%	70.1	69.9	+0.2	964 (#175)	43.8% (#199)	68.0 (#210)	70.0 (#210)
2021-2022	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1195 (#45)	72.1% (#104)	74.6 (#98)	68.9 (#98)
2020-2021	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 25 results found	-	-	-	-	1065 (#129)	44.2% (#182)	70.7 (#181)	72.0 (#181)
2019-2020	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 31 results found	-	-	-	-	1219 (#59)	83.6% (#63)	73.3 (#55)	64.3 (#55)
2018-2019	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 34 results found	-	-	-	-	Data withheld: source-integrity hold	46.9% (#170)	64.7 (#174)	65.4 (#174)
2017-2018	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1090 (#119)	66.1% (#118)	64.5 (#118)	60.9 (#118)
2016-2017	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 30 results found	-	-	-	-	1032 (#152)	50.4% (#163)	62.5 (#151)	61.6 (#151)
2015-2016	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 36 results found	-	-	-	-	1282 (#37)	81.0% (#73)	69.6 (#69)	61.4 (#69)
2014-2015	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 35 results found	-	-	-	-	1356 (#13)	92.5% (#24)	65.9 (#29)	54.4 (#29)
2013-2014	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 31 results found	-	-	-	-	1092 (#105)	71.8% (#97)	73.2 (#94)	67.9 (#94)
2012-2013	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 36 results found	-	-	-	-	1221 (#65)	81.6% (#69)	64.9 (#68)	57.3 (#68)
2011-2012	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 34 results found	-	-	-	-	1119 (#113)	76.9% (#88)	64.4 (#81)	58.0 (#81)
2010-2011	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 34 results found	-	-	-	-	1162 (#83)	71.6% (#94)	63.1 (#96)	58.7 (#96)
2009-2010	Ben Jacobson	30-5 Verified season publication	85.7%	63.3	55.1	+8.2	1424 (#13)	91.1% (#37)	63.8 (#45)	52.5 (#45)
2008-2009	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 34 results found	-	-	-	-	1282 (#37)	76.2% (#87)	68.3 (#86)	62.2 (#86)
2007-2008	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1134 (#98)	67.2% (#115)	62.4 (#117)	59.0 (#117)
2006-2007	Ben Jacobson	Incomplete game history 31 results found	-	-	-	-	1166 (#77)	79.2% (#75)	65.5 (#74)	58.1 (#74)
2005-2006	Greg McDermott	Incomplete game history 33 results found	-	-	-	-	1219 (#38)	88.2% (#37)	67.2 (#30)	56.3 (#30)
2004-2005	Greg McDermott	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1130 (#68)	83.5% (#53)	71.8 (#50)	62.7 (#50)
2003-2004	Greg McDermott	Incomplete game history 31 results found	-	-	-	-	Data withheld: source-integrity hold	67.3% (#41)	-	-
2002-2003	Greg McDermott	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	948 (#186)	42.2% (#186)	65.1 (#188)	66.7 (#188)
2001-2002	Greg McDermott	Incomplete game history 29 results found	-	-	-	-	921 (#203)	47.5% (#163)	70.8 (#170)	71.6 (#170)
2000-2001	Sam Weaver	Incomplete game history 31 results found	-	-	-	-	859 (#225)	29.1% (#219)	60.1 (#219)	65.4 (#219)
1999-2000	Sam Weaver	Incomplete game history 29 results found	-	-	-	-	973 (#168)	54.6% (#151)	62.5 (#155)	62.2 (#155)
1998-1999	Sam Weaver	Incomplete game history 27 results found	-	-	-	-	968 (#171)	66.0% (#115)	72.2 (#119)	69.1 (#119)
1997-1998	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 27 results found	-	-	-	-	877 (#209)	46.7% (#158)	67.9 (#158)	68.5 (#158)
1996-1997	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	1085 (#100)	72.7% (#86)	72.5 (#91)	67.2 (#91)
1995-1996	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 27 results found	-	-	-	-	999 (#147)	61.2% (#119)	75.7 (#120)	73.1 (#120)
1994-1995	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	847 (#216)	29.9% (#199)	68.5 (#205)	74.1 (#205)
1993-1994	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 29 results found	-	-	-	-	1084 (#111)	62.0% (#112)	73.6 (#107)	70.4 (#107)
1992-1993	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 27 results found	-	-	-	-	863 (#213)	36.1% (#186)	62.5 (#184)	65.8 (#184)
1991-1992	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	885 (#203)	35.4% (#189)	66.4 (#190)	70.0 (#190)
1990-1991	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1005 (#151)	37.9% (#185)	67.6 (#187)	70.8 (#187)
1989-1990	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 32 results found	-	-	-	-	1162 (#60)	67.1% (#96)	75.9 (#98)	71.7 (#98)
1988-1989	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	980 (#153)	50.7% (#148)	80.6 (#140)	80.4 (#140)
1987-1988	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986-1987	Eldon Miller	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985-1986	Jim Berry	Incomplete game history 27 results found	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Jim Berry	Incomplete game history 28 results found	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

NCAA Tournament (1985-present)

Season	Round	Team	Opponent	Result	Score	OT	Date
2025-2026	1st Round	(-) UNI	(-) St. John's (NY)	L	53-79	-	2026-03-20
2015-2016	2nd Round	(11) Northern Iowa	(3) Texas A&M	L	88-92	2OT	2016-03-20
2015-2016	1st Round	(11) Northern Iowa	(6) Texas	W	75-72	-	2016-03-18
2014-2015	2nd Round	(5) Northern Iowa	(5) Louisville	L	53-66	-	2015-03-22
2014-2015	1st Round	(5) Northern Iowa	(5) Wyoming	W	71-54	-	2015-03-20
2009-2010	Sweet 16	(9) Northern Iowa	(5) Michigan State	L	52-59	-	2010-03-26
2009-2010	2nd Round	(9) Northern Iowa	(1) Kansas	W	69-67	-	2010-03-20
2009-2010	1st Round	(9) Northern Iowa	(-) Nevada–Las Vegas	W	69-66	-	2010-03-18
2008-2009	1st Round	(12) Northern Iowa	(5) Purdue	L	56-61	-	2009-03-19
2005-2006	1st Round	(10) Northern Iowa	(10) Georgetown	L	49-54	-	2006-03-17
2004-2005	1st Round	(11) Northern Iowa	(6) Wisconsin	L	52-57	-	2005-03-18
2003-2004	1st Round	(14) Northern Iowa	(3) Georgia Tech	L	60-65	-	2004-03-19
1989-1990	2nd Round	(14) Northern Iowa	(6) Minnesota	L	78-81	-	1990-03-18
1989-1990	1st Round	(14) Northern Iowa	(3) Missouri	W	74-71	-	1990-03-16