One more win, that's all it's going to take. Just one more win and the NIU men's basketball team will achieve something never before accomplished—an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies can achieve this feat by winning the championship...

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Around here women's basketball takes the name of "Hammer Time" and appropriately so. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay pounded out a 91-79 victory over NIU Saturday as the Phoenix clinched their first-ever North Star Conference regular-season...

Thanks to T.C. Dantzler, the NIU wrestling program will have a competitor in the NCAA Championships for a 20th consecutive season. Dantzler started strong at Saturday's NCAA West Regional Championships with a 13-0 shutout, followed by a 6-1 decision....

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Some observers felt that the Huskies' biggest obstacle in the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament would be their first-round game against Illinois-Chicago. After Sunday's 77-52 rout of the Flames, the Huskies hope that turns out to be...

Is it possible for NIU to defeat a Big Ten school like the University of Illinois and still be just a little disappointed? It is possible only when dealing with the NIU women's gymnastics team which settles for nothing less than the best. NIU's undefeated...

Illinois' gymnastics is about to have its eyes opened to the powerful performances of the NIU women's gymnastic team. In one of the most crucial meets of the year, NIU hosts the State of Illinois Classic Meet Saturday at Chick Evans Field House. Beginning...

Chances are high that the NIU women's basketball team will win its postseason conference championship. The Huskies have lost only one North Star Conference game in the past two seasons. But what if the Huskies somehow commit the unforeseeable and lose...

As the North Star Conference Championship Tournament draws closer, count on senior leadership to be the backbone of the Huskies' game plan. At the same time, count on that leadership to be the strength, the confidence and the example to be followed in...

March brings with it the beginning of college basketball's postseason tournaments. Both NIU's men's and women's squads are preparing to partake in its respective conference tourneys. The men's tournament at Wisconsin-Green Bay begins first-round play...

One of the lures that encouraged the NIU men's basketball team to join a conference was the attraction of a legitimate shot at an NCAA Tournament bid. Evidence that it wasn't a false hope is surfacing this season. Going into the Mid-Continent Conference...

DePaul has been a thorn in NIU's side ever since the Huskies joined the North Star Conference in 1987. So it seemed only fitting that the Blue Demons sever NIU's North Star Conference winning string at 26-straight and leave the four Huskie seniors with...

‘Tis the season when college basketball teams entertain thoughts of participating in the NCAA Tournament. And this season, unlike others, the NIU women's basketball team has a gift under the NCAA tree with their names already on it. The NCAA allots...