NIU's scholar-athletes will be honored at halftime of the men's home basketball game against Loyola University tonight. The NIU athletic department came up with the idea of honoring scholar-athletes with a 3.0 grade point average or better to shatter...

Coach Jim Molinari's Huskies will not have an opportunity to savor their big victory over Nebraska for long. NIU's next opponent is the undefeated Northern Iowa Panthers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Saturday at 3:35 p.m. The 3-0 Panthers return four starters...

In so many ways, today really is a Big Tuesday for the NIU men's basketball team. But tonight's 7 p.m. matchup with 3-2 Nebraska isn't a big one for the usual reasons; this is by no means a regional rivalry or a battle for a post-season berth. What makes...

The biggest crowd since 1986 to see the men's basketball team play at Chick Evans Field House was entertained by a sizzling performance. The Huskies shot 67 percent for the game and cruised to an 88-67 pounding of Montana State. The crowd was also entertained...

The 1-1 NIU men's basketball team faces its toughest challenge of the young season tonight at Chick Evans Field House against Montana State of the Big Sky Conference. "It's going to be a really exciting game," said Huskie head coach Jim Molinari, regarding...

For Huskie coach Jim Molinari, last night's 73-70 victory over Illinois Wesleyan meant more than just his first head coaching victory. Molinari also faced the pressure of making his coaching debut in front of the 1,085 spectators, which included several...

First-year NIU men's basketball coach Jim Molinari believes he got a two-for-one deal last Thursday with the signing of his first Huskie recruit in Rolling Meadows High School standout Mike Lipnisky. "We have two scholarships to work with, so our goal...

GLEN ELLYN, Ill.—If the NIU men's basketball players accomplished nothing else here Thursday, they at least should be in better shape. With a depleted unit of 11 players to work with, new NIU coach Jim Molinari brought his Huskies back to his alma mater—Glenbard...

Until Bobby Smith's name is cleared, the sophomore guard "is separated" from the NIU men's basketball team, coach Jim Molinari said Tuesday. Smith, who was one of two NIU students arrested in connection with an Oct. 17 drug-related robbery, has yet to...

The 1989-90 men's basketball team officially opened practice on Monday with a new outlook and a new head coach. Ex-Depaul assistant Jim Molinari took over the head coaching duties from Jim Rosborough last May and now begins his reign as head Huskie cager....

Former Men's Athletic Director Robert Brigham heads a list of seven to be inducted into the NIU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. Brigham, who now serves as special assistant to the president for intercollegiate athletics, lettered in football three times...