The 2011–12 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by sixth year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at McLeod Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in a five-way tie for third place. As the 5 seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Basketball tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round before falling in the second round to Drexel.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 1 Deon Mitchell Guard 6–1 180 Freshman Pflugerville, Texas 4 Chip Rank Forward 6–6 222 Sophomore Cedarburg, Wisconsin 5 Matt Bohannon Guard 6–4 190 Freshman Marion, Iowa 10 Seth Tuttle Forward 6–8 210 Freshman Sheffield, Iowa 12 Marvin Singleton Forward 6–6 235 Freshman St. Louis Park, Minnesota 13 Johnny Moran Guard 6–1 190 Senior Algonquin, Illinois 14 Nate Buss Forward 6–8 205 Sophomore Charles City, Iowa 20 Jake Koch Forward 6–9 245 Junior Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin 21 Matt Morrison Guard 6–0 180 Sophomore Solon, Iowa 23 Marc Sonnen Guard 6–3 190 Junior St. Paul, Minnesota 24 Max Martino Guard 6–5 205 Freshman Cedar Rapids, Iowa 30 Jevon Lyle Guard 6–2 175 Freshman Kansas City, Missouri 31 Chris Olivier Forward 6–8 245 Freshman Glenwood, Illinois 33 Austin Pehl Center 6–10 259 Junior Cedar Falls, Iowa 34 Tyler Lange Forward 6–6 220 Sophomore Sac City, Iowa 52 Anthony James Guard 6–0 175 Junior St. Louis, Missouri
Schedule
!colspan=9| Exhibition
!colspan=9| Regular season
!colspan=9| Missouri Valley Conference tournament
!colspan=9| 2012 NIT
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