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Huskie double-header tonight

By Jim Wozniak | January 21, 1987

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...

Scoop out two flavors of Huskie basketball

January 21, 1987

"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...

Arnold beats odds, turns to coaching

By Jeff Kirik | January 17, 1987

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,...

Coaches respond to legislation

By Jeff Kirik | January 16, 1987

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...

Defense absent as Huskies lose

By Jim Wozniak | January 15, 1987

If Huskie basketball followers see NIU Coach Jim Rosborough walking the streets, he might be muttering something about finding his defense. osborough had nothing but scathing remarks about the NIU men's basketball team's defensive performance in its 97-90...

NCAA reforms find reaction

By Jim Wozniak | January 15, 1987

Last week's NCAA convention in San Diego left some people grumbling about the many new rules now in the books, but NIU personnel saw a brighter side. Some of the major changes athletic directors and presidents voted on were to reduce basketball scholarships...

Flying Leathernecks find speed kills NIU

By Jeff Kirik | January 15, 1987

A combination of poor NIU defensive intensity and an effective Western Illinois run-and-gun offense resulted in a 97-90 Leatherneck victory over the men's basketball team last night at Chick Evans Field House. Coach Jack Margenthaler's WIU squad displayed...

NIU defense wary of Leatherneck attack

By Jim Wozniak | January 14, 1987

Shootouts usually are seen on the streets or in Westerns, but the Chick Evans Field House might play host to one tonight on the basketball court. NIU Coach Jim Rosborough's defensive sermon will face perhaps its toughest test tonight when the high-scoring...

Stormy Huskies must solve own problems

January 14, 1987

The NIU men's basketball team was supposed to be just that this year—a team. With Kenny Battle (a.k.a. Superstar, Dunk King, Ball Hog) gone, the Huskies were supposed to rely on teamwork to get the job done. Unless they play more consistently and win...

‘Days of our Huskies’

By Jim Wozniak | January 12, 1987

Soap operas are generally restricted to television, but the NIU men's basketball team has provided its own version on and off the court this season. Off the court, junior forward Jim Edmondson was arrested Wednesday for punching teammate Tom Sellers'...