In the aftermath of NIU's heartbreaking 76-74 loss at Georgetown Wednesday night in the opening round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, low spirits weren't the norm. While the Lady Hoyas celebrated at midcourt with the biggest crowd (1,517) ever...

"Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great...

Ah, home sweet home. For most of NIU's athletic teams, home is where the heart is—or at least the victories. The men's basketball team went 12-2, the women's basketball team went a record 16-0, and the men's tennis team holds a perfect 4-0 ledger amidst...

Feel the cold breeze that's been hitting the NIU women's basketball team's bench this year. Other than the coaches, trainers and redshirts who for the most part remain attached to their seats during a game, there's not much warming taking place with the...

Saturday night, two teams went where they have never been before under their current regimes. What happened at Illinois-Chicago's Physical Education Building certainly had the qualifications needed for an episode of "The Twilight Zone" as UIC's women's...

No need for panic. But leave some room for concern. This will be the last day you'll view ‘Northern Illinois' as No. 21 in Mel Greenburg's AP Poll. If that doesn't shock you, how about Saturday's loss to the UIC Flames. "Basically, we didn't do what...

Wednesday night, NIU's women's basketball team confessed the truth. In their 103-57 pounding of Eastern Illinois at Chick Evans Field House, the Huskies revealed their real identities. All 11 healthy players—although some were fighting the sick bug—got...

Mirror, mirror, on the court: who's the focused of them all? Based on what's taken place the last month, NIU's women's basketball team just may lay claim to that distinction. Furthermore, the performance executed Tuesday night lends even more support...

Shake, rattle and roll. That's what type of effort was needed by the NIU women's basketball team Tuesday night to record its 13th win in 14 games—an 86-80 non-conference thriller over Florida State before 2,294 at Chick Evans Field House. The shaking...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Everyone wants it but very few get it. Just ask Jane Albright-Dieterle and her women's basketball team. They're a mighty ‘respectable' 14-3, coasting along in a different time zone from the rest of the Mid-Con with a mark of 9-0, sitting...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Everyone wants it but very few get it. Just ask Jane Albright-Dieterle and her women's basketball team. They're a mighty ‘respectable' 14-3, coasting along in a different time zone from the rest of the Mid-Con with a mark of 9-0, sitting...

Just as NIU's women's basketball team was ready to put to rest the headache it received last Tuesday at Iowa, on came another migraine—only this time, it was of the Huskies' own doing. Cindy Conner caught an elbow from teammate Leslie Pottinger toward...