Although Christmas break is over, the NIU men's basketball team will be looking for two more breaks tonight. The Huskies will try to break their seven-game losing steak in Cedar Falls against Northern Iowa at 7:30 p.m., while concurrently trying to break...

Not unlike the NIU men's basketball team, the Huskie wrestling squad is composed of many freshmen and sophomores, but only two juniors and no seniors. "We're still young," coach Ed Vatch said. "The guys are real agressive and sometimes that can lead to...

On the road again... Willie Nelson may enjoy life on the road, but for college basketball teams there's no place like home. Yet, less than 24 hours after arriving at O'Hare International Airport from a successful 1-1 road trip, the NIU men's basketball...

Jim Rosborough got his birthday cake on time last Friday. But the NIU men's basketball coach's present was belated. The Huskies never let go of their second-half lead Monday at Idaho State, but had to struggle to the finish to beat the Bengals, 73-66....

Although the NIU men's basketball team is four games into its season, coach Jim Rosborough said Saturday's 93-75 loss at Montana State gave the squad a taste of Division I hoops. The 2-2 Huskies remain roadbound as they try again tonight at 8:30 (CST)...

NIU's men's basketball team hits the road this weekend with intent to beat Montana State and to overcome three of coach Jim Rosborough's philosophies. The Huskies will take on the Bobcats at 8:30 p.m. (CST) in Breeden Fieldhouse. Though the Huskies are...

If you were at Monday night's men's basketball game, you probably noticed a group of fans donning red fire hats. No, it wasn't a field trip for a local fire department. It was a group of students known as the Organization of Particularly Rowdy A-------,...

Looking at all the new faces on the bench of the NIU men's basketball team, there is no doubt the Huskies are shallow when it comes to experience. However, the cagers' new graduate assistant, Mike Schalow, might be the exception. The 25-year-old graduate...

General George Patton would have been proud of the NIU men's basketball team last night. Not only did the Huskies win the battle, they also won the war the NIU coaching staff had anticipated. Antwon Harmon's 15-foot jumper, with one second remaining,...

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough should be more than ecstatic that Antwon Harmon was dressed in cardinal red and black in Monday night's home game against Eastern Illinois. The 6-foot-8 Huskie center, who fired the last-second shot to gun down...

Although sophomores Donnell Thomas and Donald Whiteside have been declared co-captains of the NIU men's basketball team, another Huskie has taken on a different leadership role. Standing 6-foot-9 at 245 pounds, freshman Brent Varner has acquired the nickname...

As starting lineups go, this one is in a class by itself. Sophomore class—that is. With a roster that includes two junior transfers, six sophomores and four freshmen, what else is a coach to do? Actually, men's head basketball coach Jim Rosborough said...