AMARILLO, Texas—Based on the NIU women's basketball team's performance Thursday, the NCAA selection committee made the right decision when they chose the field for the NCAA Tournament. To the disappointment of all the Huskies, the committee didn't feel...

Nine of the 16 NIU sports teams get additional travel money to go on "special trips," which account for an extra $35,000 in the budget. These special trips include the winter team's voyages and the spring break trips. Teams can only take in-season trips....

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...

If the NIU women's basketball team plans to escape the NWIT with the championship trophy this weekend, the Huskies must overcome the good and the bad. So far this season, tournaments and the NIU women's basketball team seem to mesh. The 24-8 Huskies boast...

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....

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...

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...

‘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,...