After focusing on post players in last year’s recruiting class, the NIU basketball team signed two combo guards. Naperville Central’s Ryan Paradise and Evanston’s Michael McKinney signed national letters of intent on Wednesday. "We’re real happy...

NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson was looking for his team to show improvement from last Tuesday, and it responded by beating the NBC Thunder 98-66. "We took steps forward tonight from our first exhibition game," Judson said. "Our transition defense...

In its second exhibition game of the season, the NIU men’s basketball team will take on the NBC Thunder at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at the Convocation Center. The Thunder, sponsored by Northwest Basketball Camps, defeated Eastern Illinois on Monday by a score...

The first men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center wasn’t a game for the memory books, as NIU coach Rob Judson left the game with mixed feelings after the Huskies fell to Team Nike 93-84 in an exhibition contest. "I like the way our offense...

Nowhere is a home-field advantage more valuable than in college basketball. In the past, the home court hasn’t been as big an advantage for NIU as it is for other schools. With the new Convocation Center, NIU hopes to make the stadium a place of fear...

On Saturday morning, the NIU men’s basketball team was on display to about 150 fans at the new Convocation Center in an intra-squad scrimmage. With three 10-minute quarters, the teams were mixed up each quarter so second-year coach Rob Judson could...

Senior defensive tackle Anthony Falbo will have surgery on his dislocated right wrist Thursday and be sidelined for the rest of the season. The 6-foot-3, 283-pound Falbo missed the majority of Saturday’s game against Central Michigan after injuring...

Homecoming weekend isn’t just about celebrating and festivities surrounding the current NIU football team. It also marks the induction of members into the NIU Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame will enshrine five new members and...

There are plenty of stereotypes associated with collegiate athletes and their ability as students. At NIU, some of those conceptions can be thrown out the window based on last spring’s grade point averages. Among the athletic teams found at NIU, the...

With the completion of the Convocation Center, the NIU athletic department seems to be setting its sights on a new venture, with a famous alumni possibly being a key contributor to its future plans. Dennis Barsema’s name continues to surface as a possible...

Can $36 million buy fans? That will be the big question hovering over NIU with the addition of the Convocation Center. For now, everyone can only speculate what will take place, but come Nov. 22 when the women’s basketball team opens the Convocation...

Mid-American Conference play starts for the NIU men's basketball team when it travels to play Marshall Saturday at 7:05 p.m. "I think its good we play a MAC game in December," NIU coach Rob Judson said, "to get the conference season started and see how...