If you were at Monday night's men's basketball game, you probably noticed a group of fans donning red fire hats. No, it wasn't a field trip for a local fire department. It was a group of students known as the Organization of Particularly Rowdy A-------,...

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough should be more than ecstatic that Antwon Harmon was dressed in cardinal red and black in Monday night's home game against Eastern Illinois. The 6-foot-8 Huskie center, who fired the last-second shot to gun down...

Looking at all the new faces on the bench of the NIU men's basketball team, there is no doubt the Huskies are shallow when it comes to experience. However, the cagers' new graduate assistant, Mike Schalow, might be the exception. The 25-year-old graduate...

General George Patton would have been proud of the NIU men's basketball team last night. Not only did the Huskies win the battle, they also won the war the NIU coaching staff had anticipated. Antwon Harmon's 15-foot jumper, with one second remaining,...

For every pro there is always a con—so it seems. As the 1988-89 edition of Huskie women's basketball gets underway, there have been changes made in the North Star Conference since last season. The NSC, a conference for NCAA women's athletics, has witnessed...

Don't be alarmed. The ear-shattering sound you'll hear later this week will be courtesy of the 1988-89 men's basketball team. It will either be the shattering of the sound barrier as a squad of young and eager athletes soar to new heights, or the crash-landing...

As starting lineups go, this one is in a class by itself. Sophomore class—that is. With a roster that includes two junior transfers, six sophomores and four freshmen, what else is a coach to do? Actually, men's head basketball coach Jim Rosborough said...

...women's Huskie basketball squads Donald Whiteside "Anyone who questions his size has no idea what beats inside that young man's chest," NIU men's coach Jim Rosborough said. "He won't have to score a lot to be valuable to us." This 5-foot-10 sophomore...

By putting big-name opponents on its non-conference schedule, the NIU women's basketball program hopes to become a big name itself. With NCAA Division I powerhouses like Old Dominion (NIU lost 81-69 Friday), North Carolina State, Nevada-Las Vegas, New...

Although sophomores Donnell Thomas and Donald Whiteside have been declared co-captains of the NIU men's basketball team, another Huskie has taken on a different leadership role. Standing 6-foot-9 at 245 pounds, freshman Brent Varner has acquired the nickname...

From Saturday's opening tipoff, a scrappy NIU men's basketball team fit coach Jim Rosborough's description of a "young and restless" squad. But the Huskies' 120-75 demolishing of Division III Bethel College was pretty much a gimmee for NIU in its home...

Baseball legend Yogi Berra once said that the game isn't over until it's over. In the case of the NIU women's basketball team, head coach Jane Albright might have wished Saturday night's game only lasted the first 20 minutes. Despite leading 37-35 as...