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Northern Iowa

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Northern Iowa Panthers, Northern Iowa
Program History
Coach: Ben Jacobson

2026 Team Stats (35 games)

69.5
PPG
61.6
Opp
+8.6
Margin
47.5%
FG%
35.6%
3P%
70.1%
FT%
31.8
RPG
14.7
APG
9.3
TO
70.1
Pace

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1188 (#47) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1172 (#58) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. More → 1103 (#47) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. More → +8.6 (#83) -
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. More → +8.8 (#72) -
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.812 (#40) -
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. More → 0.680 (#77) -
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. More → 0.639 (#53) -
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. More → 1146 (#69) -

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-06 vs Cal State Northridge Matadors W 86 - 57
2025-11-09 vs South Dakota State Jackrabbits W 65 - 58
2025-11-14 vs Furman Paladins W 70 - 54
2025-11-18 vs Northern Illinois Huskies W 70 - 57
2025-11-22 @ UC Irvine Anteaters W 70 - 69
2025-11-25 @ Loyola Chicago Ramblers W 72 - 51
2025-11-26 @ Tulsa Golden Hurricane L 60 - 63
2025-12-01 vs Coe Kohawks W 99 - 34
2025-12-13 vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies W 75 - 63
2025-12-17 @ UIC Flames W 60 - 54
2025-12-22 @ Saint Mary's Gaels L 58 - 63
2025-12-29 vs Valparaiso Beacons W 58 - 48
2026-01-01 vs Indiana State Sycamores W 75 - 66
2026-01-04 @ Evansville Purple Aces W 62 - 48
2026-01-07 vs Belmont Bruins L 65 - 78
2026-01-10 @ Bradley Braves L 69 - 75
2026-01-13 vs UIC Flames L 61 - 69
2026-01-21 @ Illinois State Redbirds L 54 - 59
2026-01-24 vs Murray State Racers W 81 - 76
2026-01-28 @ Southern Illinois Salukis L 50 - 65
2026-01-31 vs Evansville Purple Aces W 71 - 55
2026-02-06 vs Bradley Braves W 61 - 49
2026-02-09 @ Murray State Racers W 89 - 60
2026-02-12 @ Belmont Bruins L 86 - 91
2026-02-15 vs Drake Bulldogs W 86 - 62
2026-02-18 @ Indiana State Sycamores W 81 - 60
2026-02-21 vs Southern Illinois Salukis L 57 - 59
2026-02-25 vs Illinois State Redbirds L 69 - 71
2026-03-01 @ Drake Bulldogs W 75 - 53
2026-03-05 vs Evansville Purple Aces W 68 - 59
2026-03-06 @ Illinois State Redbirds W 74 - 52
2026-03-07 @ Bradley Braves W 73 - 69
2026-03-08 @ UIC Flames W 84 - 69
2026-03-20 @ St. John's Red Storm L 53 - 79

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
T. Campbell T. Campbell G 34 33.4 13.9 3.8 3.9 1.6 0.3 2.0 11.0 10.4 0 0.0 0.0 45.0 35.3 80.2 0.37 57.3 53.9
L. Bond III L. Bond III F 34 32.8 12.0 4.7 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.1 9.6 9.1 -9 -0.6 -3.2 47.7 37.5 76.1 0.3 57.4 54.6
W. Hornseth W. Hornseth F 33 25.8 11.1 4.4 2.2 0.5 0.7 1.5 7.9 9.5 -13 -1.1 -5.9 60.3 44.4 54.0 0.06 61.1 61.1
B. Schwieger B. Schwieger F 34 27.5 9.9 4.7 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.1 7.6 9.4 2 0.2 0.9 48.6 37.0 69.3 0.42 57.9 55.3
Tristan Smith Tristan Smith - 27 20.7 8.8 5.2 2.0 0.9 0.6 1.1 6.1 10.3 -5 -1.2 -7.3 54.5 27.3 67.9 0.3 59.3 55.5
M. Weisbrod M. Weisbrod G 30 27.8 6.6 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.9 5.1 5.7 78 4.1 7.3 39.9 39.7 84.0 0.23 60.1 57.5
K. Pock K. Pock F 32 13.0 3.9 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 3.3 2.1 -38 -2.9 -36.6 39.6 34.9 80.0 0.12 55.5 53.3
I. Diouf I. Diouf - 33 10.6 2.9 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 2.8 2.1 -16 -1.2 -29.5 42.4 26.7 70.0 -0.07 50.3 48.9
RJ Taylor RJ Taylor G 28 11.1 2.8 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 2.4 2.6 43 2.4 11.2 47.0 38.7 100.0 -0.26 57.6 56.1
Geon Hutchins Geon Hutchins - 33 7.5 1.5 1.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.5 -37 -3.1 -57.1 36.2 33.3 57.1 0.17 47.0 44.7
C. Courbat C. Courbat F 17 3.0 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.1 44 3.7 52.8 62.5 0 100.0 -0.05 75.2 62.5
H. Jacobson H. Jacobson G 12 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.2 -16 -3.2 -59.0 16.7 20.0 0 -0.26 25.0 25.0
Jalen Wilson Jalen Wilson F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - -10 -2.0 -40.9 - - - -0.02 - -
M. Dubravcic M. Dubravcic F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Redek Born Redek Born G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cade Courbat Cade Courbat G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - 44 3.7 52.8 - - - -0.05 - -
Levi Valdo Levi Valdo G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG