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North Carolina going for sixth title

By Patrick Smith | April 4, 2016

The NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship is set to take place tonight as Villanova University and the University of North Carolina face off in the 77th championship game.Villanova (34-5) destroyed the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday with a score...

March Madness party to be held in Huskies Den

By Northern Star staff | April 6, 2015

The Campus Activities Board and the Huskies Den will hold a March Madness Viewing Party 7:30 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center.The match will pit the Wisconsin Badgers against the four-time national championship-winning Duke Blue Devils.The event...

Men’s golf takes 10th place at Irish Creek Collegiate

By Sean Anderson | April 1, 2012

NIU men’s golf was in action over the weekend at the Irish Creek Collegiate, down in Kannapolis, N.C. The Huskies looked to continue their success of four straight events of placing of fourth or better, which dates back to them taking third place in...

Is your bracket busted? I know why…

By Matt Hopkinson | March 19, 2012

While this may be of little consent to those of you who took Duke or Missouri to win the whole tournament, NCAA basketball is displaying parity. The term “mid-major” is brandied about in game-time conversations, while realistically, statistics have...