NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel had some mixed feelings about his team's 86-73 victory Tuesday night over the Czechoslovakia Select Team at Evans Field House. "We had some good parts," said Hammel in his postgame interview. "In spurts, we did...

Lipnisky, Lipnisky, Lipnisky. Yes, Mike Lipnisky is back—28 points, six rebounds and three assists. After a back injury sidelined the guard for the whole season last year, he made his return like a man on a mission. In a total team effort, where it...

The coaching staff is thought of as running and guiding the team. The players are thought of as listening to the coaches and performing on the court. But what about all the hard work the staff does that people don't see? This is where the role of team...

While Charlie Sadler and his football team prepare to hang up their helmets and spikes for another year, Brian Hammel and the NIU men's basketball team are warming up their high tops. After last season's misfortunes, which ended with no more than six...

With only eight players on his 1991-92 roster, NIU men's basketball head coach Brian Hammel managed to scrape up an 11-17 record and a 7-9 ledger in the Mid-Continent Conference (good enough for a sixth-place tie with Cleveland State) in his inaugural...

Good news is on its way for NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel and his staff. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Friday that the Huskies have signed guard Thomas Cook of Hillcrest High School for next season. The signing will not become official until...

Last year, hope defined men's basketball at NIU. This year, security is the operative word. With a new head coach and nine players, one of whom was recruited from the residence halls, the NIU men's basketball team lacked everything it took to achieve...

Last May 6, the decision to drop the women's field hockey program in favor of a women's soccer program was made by the NIU Athletic Board. Consequently, the board thought that it would be left at that. However, a complaint was filed last week due to the...

It was a day of firsts for women's basketball and more specifically, for Jane Albright-Dieterle's NIU program. Here at the Drake Hotel on Wednesday, the women officially joined forces with the men at the Mid-Continent Conference's Basketball Media Day....

New rules regarding basketball practice have NIU's coaches trying to become more organized. Last year, in response to charges that college basketball was leaving too little time for student-athletes to study, the NCAA moved back the first practice days...

NIU's Athletic Board wasted no time getting into the swing of things at its first meeting of the 1992-93 academic year. After Ray Dembinski passed on the baton to new board chairman Gip Seaver, the members got down to business. Among the items discussed...

As reported in The Northern Star last week, Robert Collins will officially take over as NIU's new associate athletic director. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, after denying any future hiring of Collins last Tuesday, made the announcement Friday that...