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...

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...

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...

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...

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'...