Buffalo ran past NIU 90-73 for its eighth straight win in the first round of the MAC tournament March 8 in New York. Buffalo won 14 of its final 16 games and posted its first MAC tournament victory in its six years in the conference. The Bulls then fell...

NIU coach Rob Judson and the men’s basketball team have a 1 p.m. Saturday game against MAC East-leading Western Michigan before it begins the MAC tournament on Monday. With 13 teams in the MAC, the top three get byes and, if the Huskies (10-18 overall,...

Spring Break is the time of year students look forward to most, besides the summer, of course. A time to cut loose, drink, do absolutely nothing and cause trouble in towns that you never again will grace with your presence. As students, we look forward...

In the final home game of their college careers, NIU basketball’s four seniors finished with an 88-58 win over Central Michigan on Monday night at the Convocation Center. As Marcus Smallwood, Perry Smith, Walter Thompson and Al Sewasciuk exited the...

NIU men’s basketball player Al Sewasciuk scored all 15 of his points in the first half to top his season high of nine points against Central Michigan on Monday night. After a pre-game ceremony that honored Sewasciuk and three other seniors, the 6-foot-4...

Coming off its first win in more than a month, the NIU men’s basketball team will play at 6 p.m. Saturday at Eastern Michigan. NIU, which defeated Miami-Ohio 62-54 on Wednesday, came within one game from tying the school’s longest losing streak of...

After 42 days and 10 straight losses, the NIU men’s basketball team finally won a game, defeating the MAC’s No. 4 team Miami-Ohio 62-54 Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. One more loss would have tied an NIU record for the longest losing streak,...

PEORIA - The Bradley men’s basketball team picked up where it left off in 1986, defeating NIU 76-67 in the ESPN Bracket Buster game on Saturday. The Braves (13-14 overall) now have won five consecutive games over NIU and are 6-1 in the all-time series...

During part of ESPN’s Bracketbuster Challenge, the NIU men’s basketball team will play Bradley at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Bradley (12-14) has won two straight games and four of its past six since the return of preseason co-player...

NIU men’s basketball couldn’t catch up after falling behind on an 18-0 run by Bowling Green in the first half. The Huskies fell 69-52 to the Falcons, losing their ninth straight game. The Huskies (7-17 overall, 2-12 MAC) lost nine straight in 2000-’01...

Looking to avoid its ninth straight loss, the NIU men’s basketball team will tip off against Bowling Green at 7:05 p.m. today at the Convocation Center. Bowling Green (10-13 overall, 6-7 MAC) has played three of its past four games on the road and has...

Last year, NIU football coach Joe Novak had his team 41 seconds away from playing in the MAC championship. Coach Rob Judson got the men’s basketball team to the semifinals of the MAC tournament. Dave Grant got his wrestling squad ranked in the top 25...