DePaul University's sudden announcement Thursday that its women's basketball program would leave the North Star Conference after the 1990-91 season has done little to diffuse the rivalry between DePaul and NIU. According to NIU women's basketball coach...

DePaul University officially announced its departure from the North Star Conference to form the Great Midwest Conference Thursday during a press conference at the Chicago Athletic Club. "It's official," DePaul Associate Athletics Director, Jean nsetto...

CHICAGO—For the second consecutive year, the NIU women's basketball team was picked to finish first in the North Star Conference by its eight head coaches. The announcement came Tuesday at the North Star Conference Luncheon at Ditka's restaurant in...

Members of the NIU women's basketball team have selected Lisa Foss and Toby Meeks as co-captains for the upcoming season. Already in leadership positions as seniors, the two guards will be directing the team on and off the floor, a task that Meeks compares...

At the first men's exhibition basketball game tonight, a new group will try to start a tradition of support for NIU athletic teams. The Huskie Spirit Council is made up of students interested in changing the perception that there is "no school spirit"...

For the "new" NIU women's basketball team, Thursday's exhibition game at Chick Evans Field House produced much of the same "old" results as the Huskies humiliated Norway's best, 97-48. Propelled by the hanging of the 1989-90 North Star Conference Championship...

Thursday night's 97-48 victory by the NIU women's basketball team left the Norwegian National team and their head coach Roy Porter totally impressed, totally intimidated, and totally beaten. Porter had nothing but praise for the Huskies who quickly dictated...

November 8th is like December 25th for at least 13 women at NIU. It's Christmas come early for the NIU women's basketball team as the Huskies host a Norwegian National women's basketball squad Thursday at 7 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. NIU is eager...

Athletes at NIU generally agree with the locker room policy at Huskie sporting events and even took it a step further. Controversy about the whole situation arises with the fact that the NIU policy allows male or female reporters to enter a men's locker...

NIU's women's basketball team began their journey toward the NCAA tournament by opening practice last week. The defending North Star Conference champions began practicing on Oct. 15 for the season opener in late November at the University of Central Florida's...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

The Huskies' women's basketball team is sweating through its preseason, with one exception. Freshman phenom and prize recruit, E.C. Hill is not working out with the team so she can hit the books. The 5-7 Hill, out of Chicago's Whitney Young High School,...