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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Three years may have never felt so long ago. That was the last time the NIU men’s basketball team ended the season with a winning record. Lead by the trio of a forward and two guards, the Huskies won 10-of-11 at one point in the season and were just...

Ben Rand didn’t take much time to get adjusted to his first start in a Huskie uniform. The sophomore transfer from Iowa kick started NIU’s scoring with the Huskies first four points in NIU’s 102-61 victory over Aurora Friday in front of 2,220 fans...

Zach Pancratz is one of seven players returning to the men’s basketball team for the 2005-2006 season. While tonight’s game against DePaul is an intense game for all of the Huskies, the game has special meaning for Pancratz as his dad played for the...

The NIU men’s basketball team will search for its first win of the season against the Spartans this Saturday at the Convocation Center. The game, starting at 4:05 p.m., won’t be against the well-known Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten, but the...

Sometimes, it’s just not your day. Unfortunately for the NIU men’s basketball team, Saturday was not its day. Opening its season against Missouri State, the Huskies (0-1) hoped to get off to a quick start and put one in the win column. But that’s...

In the second game of last season, the NIU men’s basketball team thought it was headed to overtime against Southwest Missouri State. Having battled back from an eight-point deficit, NIU held the momentum. That was until Deke Thompson ran the length...