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Year No. 2 begins for Rosborough

November 20, 1987

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough enters his second year at the helm after compiling a 9-19 record in his rookie season. Osborough, 42, was hired April 24, 1986, to run the Huskies after being a Tulsa assistant. Before that, he served as a color...

Differing philosophies behind schedules

By Tom Clegg | November 20, 1987

"Awesome" is probably the wrong word to describe the NIU men's basketball schedule, but there are a few gems hidden among the 24 Huskie opponents. Though hardly household names, Texas-El Paso and Howard both made it to the NCAA Tournament last season....

It’s take-two time for Rosborough

By Jeff Kirik | November 20, 1987

Second-year coach Jim Rosborough has a different team with a different look this season, but now all he wants is different results. The NIU men's basketball team struggled through last season with on- and off-court problems, finishing with a weak 9-19...

Men’s b-ball team nabs 3rd prospect

By Dave Elsesser | November 19, 1987

The NIU men's basketball team solidified the future of its backcourt when it announced the signing of guard Marcus Coty, head coach Jim Rosborough said. Coty, a 6-foot-1-inch, 165-pound senior from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received...

Two big men added to Huskie arsenal

By Tom Clegg | November 12, 1987

The Huskie basketball team will be looking for big things out of its freshmen next year. andy Fens, a 6-foot-8, 205 pounder from Dubuque, Iowa, and Brent Varner, a 6-foot-9, 235 pounder from Warren, Mich., signed National Letters of Intent Wednesday to...

Scheduling process discussed

By Gary Sadewater | November 12, 1987

Scheduling philosophies, the budget and the admissions for gymnastic events were among the topics discussed Wednesday at the monthly board meeting. At the request of the new scheduling subcommittee, Robert Brigham and Susie Pembroke-Jones submitted scheduling...

Coaches give opinions on drug testing

By Chris Sigley | November 5, 1987

Len Bias chose to celebrate, as any person would, when he was picked as a first-round draft choice for the World Champion Boston Celtics in June of 1986. Unfortunately for Bias, that one moment of glory is all he will ever receive as he was found dead...

Football notebook

By Dan Moran and Dave Tuley | November 2, 1987

MUNCIE, Ind.—NIU came into the game tied for fourth in the nation in turnover ratio with a plus-1.6 ranking.

Normally you wouldn't expect such a team to fumble eight times, but that's what the Huskies did Saturday. You also wouldn't expect all eight of those fumbles to be recovered by the Huskies, but they were.

However, Ball State did manage to pick off a Marshall Taylor pass to set up their fourth touchdown. It was the Huskies' only turnover of the day, but it also killed Taylor's string of 78 pass attempts without an interception, dating back to the second game of the year against Western Michigan.

Long-snapper Joe Spillane, who left last week's game with a neck strain, made the trip to Ball State but did not travel with the team Friday. Pettibone said men's basketball secretary Sandy Gilchrist volunteered to drive Spillane to Muncie Saturday morning so he could attend his law classes.

Huskie boss Jerry Pettibone said the overwhelming loss would be "a real gut check for the coaches, and a character check for the players. I'm counting on the right response."

Assistant coach Pat Ruel said he did not know the reason Ball State has won 13 of 14 from NIU, but, "we're going to find out what the hell it is and do something about it."

Down 42-17 in the fourth quarter, the Huskies resorted to trickery when Kent Iwema took a pitch from Pete Genatempo and tried an option pass back to Genatempo. The senior quarterback made a diving attempt, which one official ruled successful and back judge Eugene Wodzisz overruled.

"I caught it," Genatempo said. "The ref who made the call was behind the play—way out of position. I tried to ask him about it. He didn't say anything."

Former NIU coach Bill Mallory's Indiana Hoosiers fell out of first place in the Big Ten with a 29-21 loss at Iowa Saturday.

O’Dell pitches for NIU AD job

By Jim Wozniak | October 22, 1987

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

Coaches critique 1st two candidates

By Jim Wozniak | October 21, 1987

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

Rosborough pursues trip

By Tom Clegg | October 21, 1987

Men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough would like to get his Huskies away from DeKalb next summer—far away. The NIU coach is working on plans to have his squad travel to Europe for exhibition games in Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Rosborough sees such...

Correct AD choice necessity to NIU athletics

October 20, 1987

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...

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