The 2007-2008 NIU men's basketball schedule features six teams that advanced to the postseason last season. The highlight of those matchups is a Nov. 17 against Southern Illinois in Carbondale, IL. Last season, the Salukis made the Sweet 16. The Huskies...

DeKALB | Just because they're freshmen doesn't mean NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons new recruiting class won't get a chance to be on the field this season. College Soccer News has ranked NIU's nine new soccer players as the 38th-best recruiting class...

DeKALB | For the first time in the current millennium, the NIU football team is predicted to finish fifth in the MAC West. The MAC News Media Association announced its prediction on Wednesday July 25 in Detroit Michigan. The association favored Western...

I threw out of a parking lot and qualified for nationals. What's your excuse? NIU thrower Ashley Morrow wanted that slogan on a T-shirt. All season, she practiced throwing, but not from a track, in a track facility or even in the grass. No, she, along...

DeKALB | Before training camp had even started, one former Huskie athlete had shown what they could do. The Chicago Sky's season started on Sunday May 20th. Since then, the team has played 11 games. Former Huskie guard Stephanie Raymond has been on the...

DeKALB | What's the best way to get over losing a guard like Stephanie Raymond? Sign an incoming freshman point guard with loads of potential, of course. Friday, women's basketball coach Carol Owens did just that, as she announced the signing of 5'10"...

DeKALB | The Gary Steelheads of the United States Basketball League have selected former NIU center James Hughes as the 11th overall pick in the draft. Hughes was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and averaged 12.1 points per game and a team-high...

DeKALB | With the 20th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft, the Chicago Sky selected NIU guard Stephanie Raymond. Raymond has dreamed of hearing these words her entire life. On Wednesday, the dream became reality. "Some young girls, when they are growing...

While most NIU students spent last weekend counting down the days until the end of the semester, NIU women's basketball guard Stephanie Raymond spent hers doing what she does best: playing basketball. No, the Huskies didn't somehow receive a last-minute...

DeKALB | NIU athletics director Jim Phillips was named a member of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee. Phillips begins his five-year term on the 10-person committee on Sept. 1 of this year. The committee is in charge of the administration...

There was a time when blaring music, full-throat public address and time-out gimmicks weren't necessary to get a crowd out of their seats. At NIU, that was the era of the Chick Evans Field House. "The thing about the Field House is that it was like the...

DeKALB | Check your excuses at the door. Ricardo Patton was introduced as the 26th men's basketball coach in the history of NIU Monday at the Convocation Center, and made a bold pronouncement for all in attendance. "We have no excuses," Patton said. "We...