Then there were nine. The NIU men's basketball team is losing players so fast that head coach Brian Hammel, who was drafted by the NBA and CBA, might be tempted to suit up himself. Going into the second half of the season, the Huskies are down to nine...

When all was said and done after Saturday's NIU/GTE Fastbreak Fest championship game, rebounding ended up being the decisive factor throughout the two-day tournament. Bolstered by a two-game total of 99 rebounds, Purdue simply dominated inside on its...

NIU women's basketball head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle knew the game between her team and No. 11 Purdue would come down to what the Huskies did after missed shots. "We knew from the very beginning that what we were going to have to do to win the game...

It may not have been a first place finish, but the NIU volleyball team finished its season in champion-like style at the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. In fact, the Huskies were stopped short of even the semifinals as they split four matches...

Two-sport athlete T.C. Dantzler made some noise in his return to the wrestling team with a decisive victory last night at Chick Evans Field House. But Dantzler's 15-4 win wasn't enough to help the struggling Huskies overcome Northwestern University. The...

In sports, there are losses that are like uncooked spaghetti—hard to swallow. Then there are losses that are like strawberry ice cream—they go down a lot easier. The one suffered by the NIU men's basketball team Wednesday at Xavier fit into the latter...

The honors keep piling up for the most successful senior class in NIU soccer history. Goalie Markus Roy, sweeper Karsten Roy and forward/midfielder/defender Frank Sparacino were named to the All-Mid Continent team yesterday. After completing an 11-5-3...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said Thursday that his consulting work at the University of South Florida is a measure of how much NIU is respected. O'Dell has been consulting USF about their proposed establishment of a football program. USF hired...

The first day of NIU's appearance in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship did not live up to the Huskies expectations. NIU split the first round of pool play Thursday with a win over Appalachian State University (15-12, 15-9, 15-10) and a...

NIU guard Mark Layton had a perfect chance to cap his career-best game. But in the end, the difference between Xavier's and NIU's men's basketball teams Wednesday night proved to be the difference between made and missed free throws. Layton missed a chance...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell was at the University of South Florida in Tampa this week, apparently working as a consultant for an organization with ties to a firm that has done work for NIU. South Florida has established a task force to look into...

Three NIU football standouts—fullback Adam Dach, inside linebacker Steve Henriksen and wide receiver Larry Wynn—were named to the 1991 Football News "Almost" All-America squad in the weekly newspaper's Dec. 10 edition. Dach (Rockford/Byron) hung up...