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New ticket policy to affect students

By Roger Moreano | January 29, 1991

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...

Huskies whip Cleveland State

By Wes Swietek | January 29, 1991

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...

Conference clash with CSU awaits NIU

By Wes Swietek | January 28, 1991

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...

Men’s squad triumphs in defensive shutdown

By Wes Swietek | January 28, 1991

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...

Akron next for Huskies

By Wes Swietek | January 25, 1991

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....

Thomas, Whiteside provide NIU’s spark

By Roger Moreano | January 24, 1991

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,...

NIU receives poll recognition

By Wes Swietek | January 23, 1991

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...

IBC nearly slips by ‘tired’ NIU squad

By Roger Moreano | January 22, 1991

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...

Huskies await Mid-Con clash

By Wes Swietek | January 18, 1991

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...

Fans co-star in Huskies victory

By Roger Moreano | January 17, 1991

Just when the NIU men's basketball team seemed to be running out of gas near the end of Tuesday night's contest against DePaul, NIU's sixth man, the fans, came to the rescue. The delirious crowd of 6,261 screaming Huskies fans not only produced the electricity...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

DePaul invades NIU fieldhouse

By Wes Swietek | January 15, 1991

The NIU men's basketball team has a big game with a tough opponent coming up—but first they have to play DePaul. Although Tuesday night's 7 p.m. game against the Blue Demons has been receiving all the attention of the media and fans, Huskies coach Jim...

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