Women's college basketball rivalries just don't get any bigger than the one taking place at Chick Evans Field House Thursday night. At 6:30 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team (23-5, 12-0) squares off with the DePaul Blue Demons (14-11, 9-3) for their...

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...

If basketball were more like boxing, Saturday's NIU men's basketball game might have a name like "the battle by the bay," or "the Mid-Con clash II." But if any game this season doesn't need any extra hype, it's Saturday's 7:30 p.m. road match against...

"There is no ‘I' in the word, team." This is the first commandment on an NIU men's basketball team that is enjoying a banner 20-win season due to its team play. Nowhere is this team play exhibited better than on defense, where the Huskies currently...

NIU's graduation rate for its student-athletes, according to its latest report, is the same as NIU's general student body, 48.3 percent. NIU must file an academic report to the NCAA each year which charts the graduation rates over a five-year period for...

When the NIU men's basketball team defeated DePaul on the night of January 15, they did so in front of 6,261 screaming Huskies fans. The crowd was the biggest to ever attend a basketball game at Chick Evans Field House. The game was also highlighted by...

"The road to the Final Four" is the line CBS uses to promote its telecasts of college basketball. It appears more and more likely that the NIU men's basketball team is going to be on that road. With 20 wins under their belts and a commanding hold on first...

To say the Huskies' 20th win this season wasn't easy might be the understatement of the year. It took double overtime for the NIU men's basketball team to shake off a stubborn Eastern Illinois squad 74-69 at Lantz Gym. Once again, it was the Huskies'...

The NIU men's basketball team's battle to notch 20 wins this season faces a major obstacle Monday: a revenge-minded Eastern Illinois squad coming off of a 63-56 upset over conference power Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Huskies (19-2, 10-1) face an imposing...

As the 1990-91 season nears the home stretch, the NIU men's basketball team continued to gain momentum and confidence Thursday night with a lopsided 72-42 win at Valparaiso. NIU (19-2, 10-1) simply overwhelmed the Crusaders (5-15, 2-9) after getting off...

After a successful home stand, the NIU men's basketball team now takes its show on the road in what will perhaps be the most difficult stretch of the regular season for the Huskies. NIU (18-2, 9-1) will play its next four games on the road, beginning...

With NIU's men's basketball team chalking up win after win, the Huskies are poised on the brink of immortality, at least at NIU. The fabled 1971-72 NIU squad compiled a 21-4 record and enshrinement in the Huskie Hall of Fame. This year's edition is putting...