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AMCU conference eyes NIU affiliation

By Jeff Kirik | March 23, 1988

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

Prop 48 poses a strenuous test

By Jeff Kirik | March 10, 1988

Editor's note: This is the last of a four-part series examining the balancing act athletes must perform between their academic and athletic demands. In August of 1986, Proposition 48 went into effect, putting requirements on which high school athletes...

Rosborough closes year

By Jeff Aronin | March 10, 1988

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough evaluated his team's performance this season and projected optimism about the future. "The foundation is laid," said Rosborough, who indicated this season might have built the...

NIU athletes battle ‘dumb-jock’ stereotype

By Jeff Kirik | March 9, 1988

College athletes must perform in their sport and in the classroom, but sometimes they have the added pressure of battling the "dumb jock" stereotype in the eyes of some faculty. Elliot Lessen, an associate professor of Learning, Development and Special...

Season divides neatly into 3 distinct phases

By Tom Clegg | March 9, 1988

Maybe NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough was on to something when he said this past season could be divided into thirds. Looking back at the parts might be less painful than remembering the whole. Phase 1 in this scenario consisted of the Huskies'...

Salvaging the positive from a bad season

By Dave Tuley | March 8, 1988

Beyond the playing field Coach Jim Rosborough and his men's basketball staff have a word they like to throw around: positive. They like to use it when they talk to the media. It's used to try and have people see the program through rose-colored glasses....

Last b-ball game draws 2,363 fans

By Marianne Renner | March 8, 1988

NIU Night brought 2,363 Huskie fans to the last men's basketball game of the season Monday night at Chick Evans Field House, where four senior players were recognized, a $200 raffle prize was issued and a 300-man card section cheered for the team. Student...

Coaches discuss academic requirements

By Jeff Kirik | March 8, 1988

NIU and other major college institutions have made academic rules to protect the student/athlete, but several NIU coaches say the rules could be improved. The current NIU grade point average rule states athletes must have a 1.70 prior to their second,...

Kansas State waiting for Huskie roadshow

By Jeff Kirik | February 22, 1988

It would be an understatement to say the odds are against the NIU men's basketball team tonight. The 6-18 Huskies will take the court against the 15-7 Kansas State Wildcats tonight at 7:35. NIU is coming off a 92-84 road loss to SIU while KSU, which has...

Two months later, NIU-SIU square off

By Tom Clegg | February 19, 1988

Senior guards Rodney Davis and Randy Norman stole the show in the NIU men's basketball team's win over Central Florida Tuesday. The all-Aurora backourt will have to be on the top of its game again Saturday at 2 p.m. when NIU visits Southern Illinois....

Last-second shot stuffs Huskies

By Tom Clegg | February 16, 1988

That hurts. The NIU men's basketball team discovered the meaning of agony Monday night at Chick Evans Field House when Illinois-Chicago's Nate Chambers canned a three-point basket at the buzzer to beat NIU 83-81. The Huskies' record fell to 5-17 while...

Soccer squad takes 16-team indoor meet

By Tom Clegg | February 15, 1988

NIU's soccer team took to the indoor turf this past weekend as coach Willy Roy began looking forward to next season. Roy's boys won the 16-team tournament at Soccer Enterprises, Inc. in Palatine that marked the start of a six-week spring session, during...