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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Graduation rate for NIU athletes, students equal

By Carl Ackerman | February 14, 1991

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...

Teamwork powers NIU’s success

By Roger Moreano | February 14, 1991

"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...

Ticket policy not improving attendance at NIU’s games

By Roger Moreano | February 13, 1991

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...

Successful Huskies set sights on NCAA tourney

By Wes Swietek | February 13, 1991

"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...

Men’s team wins thriller in OT

By Wes Swietek | February 12, 1991

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'...

NIU faces EIU rematch

By Wes Swietek | February 11, 1991

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...

Huskies cruise past Crusaders

By Roger Moreano | February 8, 1991

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...

Surging Huskies hit the road

By Roger Moreano | February 7, 1991

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...

8-2 record may give NIU postseason birth

By Wes Swietek | February 6, 1991

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...

Huskies outlast EIU in ‘slugfest’

By Wes Swietek | February 1, 1991

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...

NIU policy shouldn’t keep students away

By Steve Dennis | January 31, 1991

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...

Women’s squad faces clone in ‘Big’ matchup

By Steve Dennis | January 31, 1991

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...

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