2019–20 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

2019–20 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Missouri Valley regular-season champions
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record25–6 (14–4 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • P. J. Hogan
  • Erik Crawford
  • Kyle Green
Home arenaMcLeod Center
2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Iowa 14 4   .778 25 6   .806
Loyola Chicago 13 5   .722 21 11   .656
Indiana State 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
Bradley 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Southern Illinois 10 8   .556 16 16   .500
Missouri State 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
Valparaiso 9 9   .500 19 16   .543
Drake 8 10   .444 20 14   .588
Illinois State 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Evansville 0 18   .000 9 23   .281
2020 MVC tournament winner

The 2019–20 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by 14th-year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). They finished the season 25–6, 14–4 in MVC play, to win the MVC regular-season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament to Drake. As a regular-season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they were set to receive an automatic bid to NIT. However, all postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic.