Madison Weekly scored a career-high 28 points against Missouri State last season on January 10. Hannah Schonhardt recorded an incredible 17 rebounds against Drake in 2014. Angie Davison notched 10 points and played for a career-best 30 minutes against Evansville in 2016.
Fans saw all of this. They watched as the Panthers won their second regular season title. They watched as the Panthers finished with 24 wins during the 2015-16 season. They saw UNI advance to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. They saw UNI's success, but they didn't see how they earned it.