Xavier Silas has been told by many people close to him that he needs to find an escape from basketball. After a summer in which he literally traveled around the world, his friends, family and peers soon realized that the NIU men's basketball forward needed...

MINNEAPOLIS | Add Minnesota to NIU's Big 10 victims.Senior running back Chad Spann ran for 223 of NIU's 297 rushing yards as the Huskies (2-2) took down their second Big 10 opponent for the second straight season, which is the program's third victory...

Xavier Silas didn't waste a second of his summer. Instead of enjoying his free time off from school and the basketball team, the Huskies' guard/forward kept himself busy by traveling and working on his game with many basketball minds. Silas first traveled...