You may be thinking to yourself, “Wait, UNI is a quality mid-major program. It’s not really a bad loss if you lose to them.” Well, I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.
Undeniably, UNI has been one of the best mid-major programs in the country for quite awhile, especially under direction of Gerg McDermott and Ben Jacobsen. Since Greg McDermott took over in the 2002 season, the Panthers have been to the NCAA tournament seven times in a conference which traditionally only gets one team into the tournament, with that team most often being Wichita State in that span.