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...

The good news for the NIU men’s basketball team is it only has two MAC road games left this season. The bad news is its road losing streak has grown to seven, leaving NIU and Marshall as the only MAC teams without conference wins away this season. The...

There’s no place like home for the NIU men’s basketball team. The Huskies, who won three of their last four at home, will return to the Convocation Center at 7:05 p.m. tonight against Marshall on Comcast SportsNet. Both teams share many similarities,...

On NIU’s James Hughes right shoulder resides Joe Cool. Calm and expressionless, he stares out at the world behind a pair of black sunglasses, moving only when his owner does. And lately, he’s been growing. It started slowly. When the 6-foot-11 Hughes...

Rarely was the scoreboard not in favor of the NIU men’s basketball team Saturday at Ball State. Problem is, after the Huskies held the lead for over 22 mintues straight, Ball State took the lead with 4:11 remaining. A three-point play by Terrance Chapman...

Western Michigan saw its 25-game men’s basketball home winning streak disappear Saturday when Ball State topped the Broncos 66-65. Now, NIU coach Rob Judson wants his team to play the spoiler against BSU, which has won all seven of its home games this...

With 3:25 left in the second half, NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson yelled to his team, "Eight points!" After being down by as many as 17 points, NIU was on a 9-0 run, and Judson had started counting down. Two free throws by Cory Sims extended...