The Northern Iowa Panthers open their home season tonight against Missouri-Kansas City. U-N-I has been idle since winning two games at the Earth Grains Classic in St.Louis and coach Sam Weaver says his team has worked hard in practice.U-M-K-C opened with a victory over William Penn.The top gun for U-M-K-C is 6-7 forward Michael Jackson who was a junior college all american a year ago.