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Award-winning Iowa sportswriter who covers college and prep sports.
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Valley schedules released for UNI, Drake

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By John Bohnenkamp Northern Iowa begins its pursuit of back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball regular-season titles with three of its first four conference games at home. The Panthers, who went 25-6 overall and 14-4 in the Valley last season, open conference play with a Dec. 30 game against Missouri State. After a Jan. 3 road game at Bradley, UNI comes back home for a Jan. 6 game against Illinois State and a Jan. 9 game against Evansville. UNI brings back guard A.J. Green, the Valley’s player of the year last season who averaged 19.7 points per game. Drake, which … Continue reading Valley schedules released for UNI, Drake

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Breaking down UNI’s 2019-20 men’s basketball non conference schedule

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By John Bohnenkamp UNI was one game away from the NCAA Tournament last season despite winning just 16 games. A rough November and December put the Panthers into position where they needed a run in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in St. Louis to get to that point. But with four starters back from that team, UNI coach Ben Jacobson said earlier this summer the Panthers had learned some valuable lessons. “We had a tremendous amount of varying experiences last year. There are so many positives to that,”Jacobson says. “When you’re going through some of them, like we did in … Continue reading Breaking down UNI’s 2019-20 men’s basketball non conference schedule