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...

Although there are two months until basketball season, misfortune already has hit the NIU men's basketball team in the form of academic ineligibility. Sophomore forward Mike Hidden has been declared ineligible for the beginning of the 1989 basketball...

The results of NIU's three-year promotions package with Coors Light can now be seen in store windows and on counters throughout DeKalb. NIU's new Coors Light football poster, the first of several promotional items produced in conjuction with the beer...

Former NIU basketball player Rodney Davis returned from his tryout with the Minnesota Timberwolves (July 20-23) with little more than some added experience. The ex-Huskie guard, who tried out for the Chicago Bulls last year, failed to make the NBA expansion...

NIU President John LaTourette Tuesday named Raymond J. Dembinski the chairman of the NIU Athletic Board. Dembinski, a professor of special education, will take over the spot beginning August 15 and will succeed James Mellard, who has served as the board's...

The possibility of NIU's gaining access to the proposed DeKalb County civic center has Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell dreaming of what might be. Although the civic center is still in its infantile stages, O'Dell said the mere chance of having a new homecourt...

NIU sports information director Mike Korcek received a "Best in the District" citation in the 1988-89 national writing contest sponsored by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Korcek won the CoSIDA District Five honors in the Historical...