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Huskies edge IBC, fall to W-GB

By Wes Swietek | January 22, 1991

Evidence that there is no such thing as a sure win in college basketball was provided at Chick Evans Field House Monday night, courtesy of Illinois Benedictine College. The Division III Eagles (14-4) took the heavily favored Huskies (13-2, 4-1) to the...

Run-and-gun offense sparks win for women

By Steve Dennis | January 22, 1991

VALPARAISO—NIU's women's basketball team stuck with the game plan Monday night and consequently ran the Crusaders out of their own gym by a 95-82 tally. That game plan was simple: run, run, run. The Huskies came into the game averaging just over 81...

Huskies await Mid-Con clash

By Wes Swietek | January 18, 1991

The prevailing theme around the NIU men's basketball team going into Saturday's 7 p.m. home match against Wisconsin-Green Bay concerns records. Records such as 12-1, the Huskies' season mark which ties the all-time NIU record for best starts. Records...

Layton out for season

By Roger Moreano | January 18, 1991

Next to losing and suffering injuries, the worst feeling that a collegiate athlete can experience is being ineligible due to academics. NIU freshman guard Mark Layton is going to miss the rest of the 1990-91 campaign due to his inability to meet NIU's...

Netters await Big Ten contest

By Hyun Moon | January 18, 1991

Hearing the words "Big Ten" doesn't frighten second-year NIU Men's Tennis Coach Charles Merzbacher. This Spring, the Huskies will face six Big Ten opponents, who are all ahead of NIU in the Midwest Region Poll. Merzbacher's crew, ranked No. 13 in the...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

Wrestlers face road challenge

By Jennifer Hutchins | January 17, 1991

With the Huskies' wrestling season kicked into full gear, head coach Ed Vatch is driving the NIU wrestling team straight ahead to three dual meets in just four days. A tough enough task made even more impressive because none of the matches are at home....

Fans co-star in Huskies victory

By Roger Moreano | January 17, 1991

Just when the NIU men's basketball team seemed to be running out of gas near the end of Tuesday night's contest against DePaul, NIU's sixth man, the fans, came to the rescue. The delirious crowd of 6,261 screaming Huskies fans not only produced the electricity...

NIU eyes football conference

By Hyun Moon | January 17, 1991

NIU joined a number of independent universities who met recently at Nashville, Tenn., to discuss better scheduling opportunities for their football programs and the possibility of combining to form a football-only conference. Louisiana Tech, Southwestern...

Wright State invades NIU

By Steve Dennis | January 17, 1991

There's more on the minds of the NIU women's basketball team than just the Wright State team that the Huskies are facing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chick Evans Field House. Thursday's North Star Conference battle marks the first game the Huskies (9-4, 2-0)...

NSC gains experience, competition

By Steve Dennis | January 16, 1991

Remember those lopsided scores the NIU women's basketball team compiled just one season ago ... NIU 122, Valparaiso 86; NIU 108, Akron 78; NIU 96, Cleveland State 48, etc. Well, forget ‘em. The North Star Conference won't have very many blowouts during...

‘D-Train’ derails DePaul

By Roger Moreano | January 16, 1991

Tuesday night's anticipated showdown between NIU (12-1) and DePaul (8-6), lived up to its billing and became a showcase for the Huskies' Donnell Thomas. In NIU's 70-61 win, Thomas showed the Blue Demons, the SportsChannel TV audience, and the record-setting...

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