There comes a point in life when you have to realize you suck at certain things. For NIU, the time has come to realize that the athletic potential of recruits, for some programs, are on par with a couch-potato. I am frustrated by NIU spending $6 million...
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) presented its annual All-Sports awards for the 2010-11 competition at its Monday night meeting. First place was awarded to the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Second place went to Pi Kappa Alpha and third went to Sigma Alpha...
Pat Summitt is a legend in women's college basketball. She's won eight national championships, accumulated the NCAA record for all-time victories, both men and women's basketball, and is a hall-of-famer. Tennessee's head coach has done it all, but her...
Graduating next month is a bummer for so many reasons. One: There won't be any more days of waking up at noon and stumbling to class. Two: The real world will be front and center in my face. The biggest reason why I don't want to graduate, though, is...
When this column was originally written several weeks ago, it looked better suited for the trash than the paper. I felt that way until early last week when two former University of San Diego men's basketball players and one former assistant coach were...
Recently resigned Saginaw boy's basketball coach Lou Dawkins contacted the Northern Star on Wednesday evening to inform the public that he had accepted an offer to become an assistant on the NIU men's basketball team. Dawkins also revealed that Saginaw...
DeKALB | Twin brothers Keith and Kevin Gray of Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy announced their commitment to the NIU men's basketball team on Monday afternoon. The 6'7" forwards are first-year head coach Mark Montgomery's first commitments....
Two weeks into his new job as the head men's basketball coach at NIU, Mark Montgomery took some time out Wednesday afternoon to discuss the whirlwind of events that have taken place in the past few days. Northern Star: Take us through the interview process,...
Todd Townsend will be retained as a member of NIU men's basketball coach Mark Montgomery's staff, according to a press release. The Marquette alumnus spent the previous two seasons with the Huskies as an assistant coach under former head coach Ricardo...
NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher confirmed on Wednesday evening that Michigan State assistant coach Mark Montgomery has been hired as the head men's basketball coach. Montgomery has been at Michigan State with head coach Tom Izzo since the 2001-2002...
Ricardo Patton received his walking papers from NIU on Wednesday, four seasons and 83 losses after being hired as the men's head basketball coach. NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher confirmed through niuhuskies.com that Patton will not return next season....
On a night where its seniors were revered, NIU guard Jeremy Landers came through with a huge performance. With senior Xavier Silas still nursing an ankle injury from the Central Michigan matchup on Feb. 23, Landers tied a career-high with 17 points, leading...
