Northern Iowa hosts Loyola this (Saturday) afternoon and the winner claims the Missouri Valley regular season title and the top seed at next week’s conference tournament in St. Louis. The Panthers have reached this point by winning eight of their last night games. Panther coach Ben Jacobson.

UNI’s only loss in the past month was an 85-58 setback to the Ramblers in Chicago. Jacobson hopes a full McLeod Center will give the Panthers a home court advantage.