The NIU men's basketball team wants to get its fans more involved this season. Thus, the slam dunk is going to play a major role in the team's plans this year. That's where the fastbreak comes in. Because without it, there are few dunks. Saturday morning,...

The NIU men's basketball team will hold an intrasquad scrimmage at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Chick Evans Field House before the Homecoming football game. Coach Jim Rosborough's Huskies will be back at the fieldhouse after the football game at 4 p.m....

Desire...Intensity...Enthusiasm. Those three words could be the key to success for the 1988-89 NIU men's basketball team this season. The Huskies have a fresh attitude and an up-tempo style of play that should give hoop fans something to cheer about this...

NIU will induct 12 former Huskie greats into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame Friday, Oct. 28 at the Holmes Student Center's Blackhawk Room as part of the 81st Homecoming weekend festivities. The reception begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a 7 p.m....

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough and women's basketball coach Jane Albright were the two guest speakers at the Athletic Board meeting held Wednesday. Rosborough talked to the board members about the season's "young" team and made reference to...

NIU cager fans got a sneak preview at the bewitching hour Friday. Opening night for both the men's and women's basketball squads was both a show for the crowd and a hint of what can be expected for the 1988-89 seasons. While "Midnight Madness" started...

The NIU women's basketball team will follow the men into the season during the Midnight Madness. Or should we say precede the men. The women will play the first 12-minute scrimmage Friday night, followed by the men's scrimmage. Then, the men will hold...

Don't look for a defensive struggle in the NIU Alumni/Media All-Star Basketball Game Friday night at Chick Evans Field House. The contest, part of the Midnight Madness program kicking off the beginning of the men's and women's practice season, features...

He sees slam dunks in his dreams, he idolizes Superman, he collects comic books and, someday, he hopes to play tamborine for the Rolling Stones. Mike Korcek is no ordinary kid, he's just an "off-the-wall" (as he refers to himself) 40-year-old NIU sports...

NIU men's basketball's only returning starter, Donnell Thomas, is already getting national attention, and the season hasn't even started. Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 212-pound sophomore forward, was named by Street & Smith as a preseason Honorable Mention...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

NIU athletics took a big step out of the Dark Ages this year with the hiring of Huskie almnus Jim Zielinski as the school's first strength coach. Actually, "Zee's" status is that of an acting coach, but the 5-foot-11 (he claims 6-foot even), 242-pound...