If Thursday's NIU men's basketball game against Eastern Illinois was typical of a Mid-Continent Conference game, the Big Ten would have to relinquish its reputation as the nation's most physical conference. the Huskies outlasted Eastern 59-47 at Chick...

Every day of the week, someone, somewhere, has some kind of daily gimmick. The NFL has Super Bowl Sunday, ESPN has Big Monday, even the Loop has Two-For-Tuesday. So NIU has joined the club with their rendition of "Big Thursday." Included in the festivities...

Thursday's NIU women's basketball game with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is "Big." How big is it? Extremely. Very. Extraordinarily. There can't be enough adjectives to describe this opener to "Big Thursday." It's the battle of the North Star...

Akron and Cleveland, Ohio may not be the garden spots of the world, but it would not be surprising if NIU's men's basketball coach Jim Molinari starts scheduling more games in the Buckeye State. Something about being in Ohio seems to inspire the Huskies...

The Chick Evans Field House has been the site of many exciting basketball games this season, and fan support by the NIU student body has been a major contributing factor to this. Due to the tremendous rise in attendance this season, NIU students will...

When a team scores only 48 points, it's not going to win too many college basketball games, unless it holds its opponent to 30. That's exactly what NIU's men's team did Saturday at Akron. The Huskies' victory ties the team record of six straight road...

One of the reasons the NIU men's basketball team joined the Mid-Continent Conference this year was the addition of meaningful, excitement-generating games throughout the season that a conference race generates. The Huskies will be getting a large dose...

The NIU men's basketball team zips to Ohio this weekend to take on the team of the same name. No, not Ohio. The Zips, as in Akron Zips, are the Huskies' Saturday opponent. Akron brings a 10-6 record (2-4 in the Mid-Continent Conference) into the 5 p.m....

With the winning ways established by the NIU men's basketball team this season, it is not surprising that the recognition and the honors are starting to add up. NIU forward Donnell Thomas, who performed magnificently against DePaul, Wisconsin-Green Bay,...

For apparently the first time since 1972, NIU's men's basketball team has received recognition in the AP Top-25 poll. The 13-2 Huskies earned five votes in the "others receiving votes" category. The five votes place NIU at the 41st spot in the weekly...

Illinois Benedictine College (14-4), a Division III school, came into the Chick Evans Field House Monday night and took full advantage of a tired NIU men's basketball team to nearly pull off what would have been a major upset. NIU (13-2) barely hung on...

The prevailing theme around the NIU men's basketball team going into Saturday's 7 p.m. home match against Wisconsin-Green Bay concerns records. Records such as 12-1, the Huskies' season mark which ties the all-time NIU record for best starts. Records...