Members of NIU's Athletic Board approved a proposal Wednesday to spend up to $22,000 out of the contingency fund (carryover) for postseason travel expenses. NIU's women's basketball squad competes in the eight-team NWIT in Amarillo, Texas, beginning Thursday....

GREEN BAY, Wis.—A disappointing season's end has the NIU women's basketball team NWIT bound. National Women's Invitational Tournament, that is. All hopes of NIU returning to the NCAA Tournament came to a halt March 10 when the selection committee bypassed...

Within a week's time, the NIU women's basketball team has gone from top-dog to underdog. Prior to the DePaul tip-off, the Huskies were seemingly in the driver's seat, as far as the North Star Conference was concerned. NIU checked in with a perfect 12-0...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

If anyone has ever warranted the use of the "I told you so" phrase, the 1990-91 women's basketball team should definitely qualify. Prior to the 1990-91 season, everyone and his brother questioned the Huskies' potential due to the losses of Carol Owens,...

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...

Women's college basketball rivalries just don't get any bigger than the one taking place at Chick Evans Field House Thursday night. At 6:30 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team (23-5, 12-0) squares off with the DePaul Blue Demons (14-11, 9-3) for their...

Good teams bounce back from tough losses. Less than 48 hours after the NIU women's basketball team's humiliating 91-66 defeat at Northwestern, the Huskies regained their winning form Thursday night by pouncing on Wright State, 86-55, in Ohio. Four Huskies...

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...