Something is going to give Saturday. The NIU men's basketball team takes on Ball State at 2:30 p.m. in University Gym in the third and last game in the Huskies' week-long journey on the road. The game marks the season finale for both teams. It also gives...

The NIU men's basketball team will play one game next season at the Rockford MetroCentre, if approved by the athletic board, Athletic Director Robert Brigham said Wednesday. NIU will play Bradley on Dec. 12 in its lone MetroCentre game of the season,...

TOLEDO, Ohio—Move over Western Michigan, a new scoring champion has been crowned against the NIU men's basketball team. The Toledo Rockets became the second NIU opponent to supersede the century mark this year in a 103-91 victory over the Huskies Wednesday...

Baseball does not begin for another two months, but NIU will try to avoid striking out on the basketball court tonight. The Huskie men's basketball team plays Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., at 6:45. It will be the third time the two teams have...

On one hand, Saturday night marks a return home for the NIU men's basketball team. On the other hand, it might send people scrambling for a directory to see where NIU's opponent comes from. The Huskies take on Florida International at 7:30 in Chick Evans...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa—When it comes time for the NIU men's basketball team to play AMCU-8 conference members lately, defense takes a back seat. Just like the earlier loss to Western Illinois, the Huskies defense took a night off. This time Northern Iowa...

When the NIU men's and women's basketball teams swept a double-header from their Toledo counterparts Wednesday night, the Huskies gained a little more than a pair of wins. The Huskie cagers also picked up the extra satisfaction that comes with beating...

Unable to understand his team's defense, NIU Coach Jim Rosborough followed the defensive yellow brick road, picked up some new starters and traveled to the land of his 70-point goal. After nine straight games of giving up more than 70 points, the NIU...

"Let's play two." Ernie Banks may have been talking about baseball but the same can be said of college basketball. The NIU men's and women's basketball teams have their own twinbill tonight against Toledo starting at 5:15 with the women's contest. This...

If you see more people wearing suits and ties than uniforms on the NIU bench, you will not be seeing things. With Huskie forward Jim Edmondson now ineligible, the NIU men's basketball team will have only 10 men available the rest of the season. NIU's...

Kenny Arnold dealt with a personal tragedy in the way he competed in Big Ten basketball. He battled his opponent and he won. Arnold, currently a graduate assistant on Jim Rosborough's men's basketball staff at NIU, discovered he had a brain tumor in 1984,...

New legislation has been passed by NCAA athletic directors and presidents regarding the regulation of basketball and football recruiting. The new rules reduce the length of the recruiting season and the number of scholarships available. In men's and women's...