Ben Jacobson Quotes (21 Quotes)

When I worked for him and when I worked for Mac, they really didn't give many orders. We worked together, and that's how this will be as well.

This one hurts. This is as bad a loss as any I've ever suffered because our chance of winning a conference title is pretty slim now, and that was one of the things I really wanted to accomplish here.

This is a tough, tough conference, and I hope the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee takes note of that. It's going to be a long week.

There's a lot of trust between the two of them. They both understand what each other is trying to do. It's like a student that knows everything.

I've really worked on my defense. I think Coach would tell you that a couple of years ago, I wouldn't even have been on Ahearn. I probably would have been helping in the lane.

Our focus has been on winning the conference title.

We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. But our next few games are not going to be a cakewalk.

Any time you get a loss, it's a wakeup call. This is a game we really wanted to get. We got what we deserved with the ranking. We had a chance to be one of the first teams in the country to get to 20 wins.

We definitely want to advance. We feel that this is our main goal, and that it is very achievable. So we're here and we mean business.

Basketball in the state of Iowa is probably at an all-time high.

He has coached at the top level of Division II. More important, having played for him and coached with him, I know how he goes about his business and how he treats his players.

I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.

As far as we're concerned, we're 100 percent positive. Unfortunately, we don't have anyone on this team on the selection committee.

Every possession is gold. And tonight they came out on top.

Our defense was good enough. Fifty-four points, I thought that would have been good enough. But we only scored 19 points the second half. We gave it our best. We just didn't make any shots.

I'm going to feel like I have something to prove when I get there, much like when I came to UNI. It's going to be the top 64 players in the country, and I have an opportunity to compete against the best.

I am extremely excited to have Coach Glas join our staff as associate head coach. He's a coaching legend. To have someone of his experience joining our staff is invaluable. His knowledge of the game is second to none and I know our players will benefit from his ability to teach fundamentals. Above all else, he is a mentor and a terrific friend. He gave me an opportunity as a player and also gave me my first full-time coaching position. I couldn't be happier that we'll be working together again.

There were times where he couldn't devote as much time to practice and the team so we tried to step up as leaders and help out as much as we could.

He's got his ball. He'll want to go home and shoot hoops. Things are the same as they were yesterday.

We're going to play in the postseason regardless of what we do. We think we've already done enough. We feel like we've got a lot of basketball to play.

We've been playing great basketball of late. Tonight it wasn't there.