A buzzer shot can mean one of two things. It can be a small glimpse of hope, which turns into a celebration for the once-losing team. Or it can be a nauseous feeling, as the winning team holds on for victory. Fortunately for the Huskies, the glimpse of...

Misfortune has recently followed the NIU men's basketball team. After a disappointing loss to Central Michigan over the weekend, the team's bus broke down on the trip home. Despite the hardships, the Huskies (4-12 overall, 1-3 MAC) hope to rebound with...

Saturday night, NIU men's basketball coach Ricardo Patton finally got the good rebounding effort from his team he was looking for. Unfortunately for Patton, NIU found other ways to fall behind on the road against Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich....

Two current Chicago Bears were in DeKalb this weekend. Running back Garrett Wolfe, a former Huskie, and kick returner Devin Hester enjoyed some basketball at the Campus Recreation Center on Saturday. The two played a couple games of five-on-five together...

Every athlete knows winning on the road is hard, but no one understands this better than the members of NIU men's basketball team. The Huskies (4-11, 1-2 MAC) have gone winless on the road this season. they hope to change that Saturday in Mt. Pleasant,...

Staff Writer DeKALB | Basketball is all about finishing. Finishing shots, finishing halves and most importantly, finishing games. Wednesday night, the NIU men's basketball team had the game within reach late in the second half. However, NIU failed to...

The men's basketball team continued to win at home but struggled on the road over winter break. NIU lost a heartbreaking game 76-72 in overtime to Loyola Chicago on Dec. 15, despite guard Jarvis Nichols' 15 points off the bench. The Huskies then traveled...

NIU's men's basketball team saw its two-game winning streak come to an end against Notre Dame, as the Fighting Irish beat the Huskies 108-62. With the victory, Notre Dame (7-2) set a school record of 25 straight wins at home. The Fighting Irish also played...

When NIU men's basketball coach Ricardo Patton put together an out-of-conference schedule, he had one goal in mind â€" learn his team's weaknesses. Patton got his wish. The combined record of NIU's eight opponents is 34-23, a winning percentage of...

NIU men's basketball coach Ricardo Patton has been winning more than just games recently. The first-year head coach had another recruit sign a national letter of intent last week. This time Patton inked 6-foot-5-inch guard Dominique Johnson as a future...

An unexpected story emerged this semester, as the NIU women's soccer team had the most successful season of all of the fall sports. After an up-and-down, roller-coaster start, NIU finished its last six games with a 5-0-1 record. Overall, the Huskies finished...

With an opposing bench player coming in as a significant threat, the NIU men's basketball team knew they would need their bench to deliver in big win. And that's exactly what NIU got in Tuesday's 63-52 victory over the Air Force Academy. The Huskies'...