# 2004–05 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fourth-year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (The Valley). They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in third place. They lost to SW Missouri State in the Missouri Valley tournament, but still received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were defeated by No. 6 seed Wisconsin in the opening round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| Nov 21, 2004* | | Wayne State (NE) | W 84–66 | 1–0 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Nov 24, 2004* | | at Cincinnati | L 70–76 $^{2OT}$ | 1–1 | Myrl H. Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Dec 1, 2004* | | Iowa State Iowa Big Four | W 99–82 | 2–1 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 4, 2004* | | at Loyola–Chicago | W 80–73 | 3–1 | Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, Illinois |
| Dec 7, 2004* | | at No. 17 Iowa | L 73–76 | 3–2 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa |
| Dec 11, 2004* | | at UMKC | W 81–58 | 4–2 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| Dec 15, 2004* | | Green Bay | W 76–65 | 5–2 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 21, 2004* | | Wagner | W 86–56 | 6–2 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 23, 2004* | | Longwood | W 84–63 | 7–2 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Dec 30, 2004* | | vs. Valparaiso | W 67–49 | 8–2 | Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Dec 31, 2004* | | vs. Northwestern State | W 69–62 | 9–2 | Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Missouri Valley Conference Regular season ||||||
| Jan 3, 2005 | | Illinois State | W 75–55 | 10–2 (1–0) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 7, 2005 | | at Evansville | L 73–92 | 10–3 (1–1) | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 9, 2005 | | at Indiana State | W 64–48 | 11–3 (2–1) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Jan 12, 2005 | | SW Missouri State | W 68–63 | 12–3 (3–1) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Jan 15, 2005 | | Creighton | L 66–67 | 12–4 (3–2) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 12, 2005 | | at Illinois State | W 65–64 | 17–8 (8–6) | Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois |
| Feb 16, 2005 | | Drake | W 61–60 | 18–8 (9–6) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 19, 2005* | | Western Michigan | W 86–75 | 19–8 | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 23, 2005 | | at Southern Illinois | L 69–76 | 19–9 (9–7) | SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois |
| Feb 26, 2005 | | Bradley | W 81–72 | 20–9 (10–7) | UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Feb 28, 2005 | | at Wichita State | W 67–66 | 21–9 (11–7) | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, Kansas |
| Missouri Valley tournament ||||||
| Mar 5, 2005* | | vs. SW Missouri State Quarterfinals | L 62–70 | 21–10 | Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 2005* CBS | (11 E) | vs. (6 E) No. 20 Wisconsin First round | L 52–57 | 21–11 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time. ||||||