Picture a sea of orange-clad, jumping fans in an arena so packed that the screaming students can’t even hear themselves. Now picture a near-empty Convocation Center for NIU’s basketball games. Quite a contrast, but one NIU men’s basketball coach...

"They’re hungry," said NIU assistant coach Carl Armato of the men’s basketball team. Without a road win since Dec. 29, the Huskies will have one last chance to feed their hunger for a win outside of DeKalb at 6 p.m. Saturday in ESPN’s Bracket Buster...

NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson wanted to make sure his team got the lead early in its last chance at a road conference win. They listened. Unfortunately, after the Huskies went up 3-0, it was all down hill as Eastern Michigan handed NIU its ninth-straight...

A trend has formed throughout all of MAC basketball: play a conference game on the road and receive an automatic loss. Of the 13 men’s basketball teams in the MAC, only one has a winning record on the road. In fact, the overall record for MAC schools...

The NIU men’s tennis team should think twice next year when scheduling matches outside Illinois. Over the weekend the Huskies defeated a pair of Illinois schools to improve their record against in-state opponents to 4-0 on the season. On Friday, the...

It was an outcome all too familiar for the NIU men’s basketball team. The Huskies road losing streak hit eight games as they fell 74-58 Saturday at Toledo. After Bryson McKenzie tied the game at 14 with a layup and 11:30 left in the first half, the...

James Hughes likes to think of NIU’s home court as the "friendly confines of the Convo." The sophomore center and the Huskies have enjoyed a 5-1 record at the Convocation Center against MAC opponents this season, but away from their friendly home, it’s...

In its three home losses this season, the NIU men’s basketball team has lost by a total of seven points. But against Central Michigan, the Huskies made sure they wouldn’t have to worry about a close finish. Behind 16 points from junior guard Anthony...

In his second year as a starter, Anthony Maestranzi is becoming a veteran on the NIU men’s basketball team. The junior point guard had a team-high 16 points and five assists in his team’s 65-46 win Wednesday night over visiting Central Michigan. With...

The last time Central Michigan tasted victory, it was at the hands of the NIU men’s basketball team. CMU got 27 points from Kevin Nelson and hit 58.8 percent of its three- pointers to pull out the victory on Jan. 15. But at 7:05 p.m. today at the NIU...

Now that NIU is officially a football powerhouse, we should all forget about our basketball teams, right? Besides, it’s February - the new season is only seven short months away and we have a new batch of recruits and a matchup with Michigan to talk...

"I’m weak." NIU’s Zach Pancratz just stared at his shoes, which now projected that message. He knew it was just part of being a freshman - the joking around - but Pancratz just couldn’t let this one slide. Freshman or not, nobody draws all over...