When NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Penn State’s Yanic Konan Niederhäuser as the final pick in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, the 22-year-old etched his name into NIU’s history books. A 6-foot-11 center who began...

Another mass roster exodus is underway within NIU’s men’s basketball program as more than a dozen players have entered their names into the NCAA transfer portal following the team’s 5-26 season. The 30-day transfer window for men’s basketball...

DeKALB – Coming off a season where he was one of the top scorers in the Mid-American Conference, NIU sophomore guard Quentin Jones is leaving the Huskies after one season with the program. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard told League Ready that he is...

Heading into its last game of the season, NIU men’s basketball had nothing to play for while the Central Michigan University Chippewas had everything to lose.  Sitting at eighth place in the Mid-American Conference coming into the matchup, Central...

DeKALB – NIU men’s basketball (5-25, 1-16 MAC) dropped its 11th straight game, losing by a score of 71-58 to Bowling Green State University (14-16, 8-9 MAC). This season has been a forgettable one for the Huskies, as they currently boast the worst...

Shortly after NIU’s first-round exit from the 2023 Mid-American Conference Tournament at the hands of second-seeded Kent State University, head coach Rashon Burno vowed that he and the Huskies would return to the postseason. “We’re determined...

DeKALB – Before Saturday’s Mid-American Conference clash between NIU and Western Michigan University got underway, plenty of excitement had already taken place inside the Convocation Center. Minutes before NIU men’s basketball began pregame warm-ups,...

NIU men’s basketball (5-23, 1-14 MAC) suffered a blowout loss to Miami University (OH) (21-7, 12-3 MAC), dropping to the Redhawks by a score of 87-58 on Tuesday.  “I didn’t think we had the energy that we needed to compete in a game, especially...

DeKALB – At the beginning of January, NIU men’s basketball’s Mid-American Conference slate got off to a sour start as the team lost its first six conference games of the season. After getting a much-needed win at home against Ball State University...

NIU men’s basketball (5-21, 1-12 MAC) dropped its seventh straight game, losing to the University of Akron (21-5, 13-0 MAC)  by a score of 73-63 as the Huskies’ road woes continued. The Akron Zips extended their win streak to 14 games while staying...

NIU men’s basketball (5-20, 1-11 MAC) dropped its sixth-straight game on Saturday, losing an overtime thriller to the Ball State University Cardinals (13-12, 6-6 MAC) by a score of 89-83. The Huskies trailed by as many as 20 points in the second...

DeKALB – Three days earlier, NIU men’s basketball allowed an 11-point halftime lead to slip away. On Tuesday, it battled back from an identical deficit against the University at Buffalo. But upon the blare of the final buzzer, the result was the same...