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Men’s Basketball: Toledo 67, NIU 66

By Sean Ostruszka | January 25, 2006

Twice the ball left Jonathan Amos’ hands and twice it touched nothing but nylon. With 3.9 seconds left NIU (9-7 overall, 4-4 MAC) held a 66-65 lead with Toledo inbounding the ball from underneath the Huskies’ basket. But before the Rockets even got...

Huskies hope to slam Toledo

By Sean Ostruszka | January 24, 2006

NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson doesn’t put much stock in what happened last time. Earlier this season, the Huskies jumped out to an early 22 point lead over Toledo before hanging on for a 73-69 victory. Of course, that was last time. And if...

Huskies mark 2,000th men’s basketball game

By Ben Gross | January 24, 2006

Saturday’s game against Kent State marked the 2,000th game in NIU’s 101 seasons of men’s basketball. Although the team lost the game, it still holds an overall winning record of 1,024-976 in the history of the program. WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN The...

Youngblood’s 27 points dooms NIU’s balanced scoring

By Ben Gross | January 23, 2006

It’s no accident the NIU men’s basketball team has just one player averaging at least 10 points per game. In fact, it’s just the way Huskies’ coach Rob Judson likes it. "This group is not going to have a guy who scores 25 points every game," Judson...

men’s basketball: Kent State 72, Huskies 61

By Sean Ostruszka | January 23, 2006

Down 18 points early in the second half, the NIU men’s basketball team chiseled the deficit down to five points. But with 7:30 left, that’s as close as Kent State’s Jay Youngblood would allow it to get. The senior and leading scorer for Kent State...

Kent State tries for West sweep

By Ben Gross | January 20, 2006

The men’s basketball team will be the last line of defense to save the fall of the MAC West against the blitzkrieg that is Kent State at 1:05 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center. The Huskies (9-5 overall, 4-2 MAC) are the only MAC West team that...

MIDTERM REVIEW

By Sean Ostruszuka & Ben Gross | January 19, 2006

Northern Illinois (9-5, 4-2) Coach Rob Judson finally has his team playing his style of ball: a plethora of guards and no stars. Senior Todd Peterson seems to be the main cog in the machine, but any player can be a standout on any night. With big wins...

COMMENTARY: THE OSTRUS FACTOR

By Sean Ostruszka | January 19, 2006

Rocket chairs, giant sling shots and explosions. Man, I want to be a MythBuster. For those of you who only watch the news and "The OC," "MythBusters" is a show on the Discovery Channel in which two guys take myths and try to prove their merit. The show...

The Big Ten

January 17, 2006

1 - MEN’S BASKETBALL TAMES WILDCATS Christmas came five days early for the NIU men’s basketball team. In front of the largest Convocation Center crowd this season, the Huskies knocked off then No. 34 Kansas State 75-70 in overtime. The game went down...

Huskies end MAC road losing streak

By Ben Gross | December 5, 2005

Playing on the road isn’t an easy task for any team, but that’s an understatement for the NIU men’s basketball team. The Huskies came into this season with a 12-game losing streak in MAC road play. In addition, the Huskies had to open conference...

‘Man of emotion’ leads NIU in victory over Blue Demons

By Sean Ostruszka | November 29, 2005

James Hughes may have been named MVP, but make no mistake about who’s the catalyst for this team. With his waving arms, fist pumps, and face-engulfing smile, Todd Peterson is fast becoming the man of emotion for the NIU men’s basketball team. So far...

Huskies exorcise the Demons

By Ben Gross | November 29, 2005

The basketball rattled in and out of the hoop with 1:26 remaining as DePaul guard Jabari Currie’s lay-up turned into a defensive rebound for NIU guard Mike McKinney. That single miss spelled the end of the game for the Blue Demons, as the NIU men’s...