Inside the NIU Convocation Center, 2,502 fans showed what an NIU men’s basketball game could be. "Let’s go Huskies" repeatedly echoed off the walls. Standing ovations, whistles, and cheers were at times so loud it became hard to hear the person next...

There is no site more welcome for the NIU men’s basketball team than the Convocation Center. After dropping 10 in a row on the road, NIU gets a chance to wind down its season at a place where it has won four in a row - DeKalb. NIU will play its final...

It has been three years since the Convocation Center opened its doors on Nov. 23, 2002. That night saw the DePaul men’s basketball team christening the new arena with a 63-48 victory over NIU. Just imagine how that game would have felt if the University...

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...