2025–26 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

Summary

The 2025–26 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by 20th-year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center located in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers finished the season 23–13, 11–9 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MVC tournament, they defeated Evansville, Illinois State, Bradley, and UIC to win the tournament championship. As a result, the received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 2016, as the No. 12 seed in the East region. There they lost to St. John's.