Darion "Jake" Anderson and Jeremy Landers weren't dressed in their usual jerseys and shorts for the NIU men's basketball game against Bowling Green Saturday at the Convocation Center. Instead, the pair donned casual apparel, sat among the crowd and watched...

When times get hard, many people compare their experiences to running into a wall. The NIU men's basketball team is trying to find its way around that wall seven games into its conference schedule. The Huskies, 6-12 overall, 2-4 MAC, square off with Bowling...

Early Wednesday, the MAC signed a new eight-year contract with ESPN, which calls for at least 25 MAC sporting events, between football and men's and women's basketball, to be broadcasted annually on the ESPN family of networks. The contract extends through...

If former Miami (Ohio) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger plays anything like his alma mater's men's basketball team, the Arizona Cardinals won't be crowned NFL Champions. The Pittsburgh quarterback, making the trip to the Super Bowl on Sunday, would have...

It's not easy being the lone senior on a young team that's in the process of rebuilding. Naturally, younger players may look to Sean Smith for guidance as he is the most seasoned player on the NIU men's basketball team roster. But Smith does not see it...

After an up and down week the Northern Illinois men's basketball team will travel to Oxford, Ohio to take on the Miami (OH) Redhawks at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Huskies (6-11 overall, 2-3 MAC) have lost their last five road games and are 2-8 away at the...

None of the fans at the NIU men's basketball game this Saturday, hopefully, were first timers. If they were, chances are they're not coming back anytime soon. With alumni in attendance, the Huskies found themselves on the losing end of a 58-45 physical...

Gatorade coolers are typically associated with college football games, when coaches and players get drenched after big wins. Gatorade, however, was flying at the NIU men's basketball game this Saturday, and it had nothing to do with a victory. During...

Former NIU basketball players will be in attendance for the men's contest against Central Michigan Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Convocation Center. After the annual alumni Red/Black game, the NIU men's basketball team will take the court to match-up with...

Former Huskies will attend the men's basketball game against Central Michigan, Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Convocation Center. After the annual alumni red/black game, the NIU men's basketball team will face the Chippewas in its third consecutive showdown...

On a historical Inauguration Day, President Barack Obama promised the people of America that change was on its way. And that change arrived early for the NIU men's basketball team as they broke their two game conference losing streak with a 72-52 win...

I admit I haven't been the best about getting to games I'm not covering this year, so I had mixed expectations going into my first men's basketball game. With what I've seen at the women's games, I basically expected there to be roughly 50 to 100 seats...