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University of Illinois fifth year guard Terrence Shannon Jr. (0) celebrates with graduate student guard/forward Marcus Domask (3) at the end of the Big Ten Championship game Sunday. Shannon Jr. and Domask are set to lead Illinois against Morehead State University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Northern Star Sports Staff predicts the ‘Final Four’

By Northern Star Sports Staff | March 19, 2024

The time has finally come for the biggest basketball event of the year: NCAA’s March Madness. Just like the Super Bowl, the Northern Star Sports Staff has returned to its prophetic ways to predict the Final Four of this year’s Big Dance. Join us as...

Street Interviews: Who do you want to win March Madness?

By Nanette Nkolomoni, Copy Editor | March 21, 2023

DeKALB – With the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) March Madness Basketball tournament taking place, many are tuning into the tournament eager for their favorite team to win.  Tuesday, NIU students gave their thoughts on the March...

Arizona guard Shaina Pellington walks past an NCAA March Madness sign in the hallways of McKale Center before Arizona's game against UNLV in the first round of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament March 19 in Tucson, Arizona. (Rebecca Sasnett/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

COLUMN: NCAA should shift March Madness to 32-team bracket

By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter | March 29, 2022

The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament continues to bolster its branding as “March Madness” with a number of upsets occurring in the past two weeks. Within the action of the postseason, the true madness lies within the playoff format that...

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...

Rantings: Powerhouses are slated as underdogs

By Steve Shonder | March 24, 2014

College basketball’s underdogs are wolves in sheep’s clothing, and they’re running wild.It’s time to batten down the hatches because March Madness is for real. Did anyone pick Stanford and the University of Dayton to play each in the Sweet 16?I...

5 Minutes With … Kathi Bennett

By Frank Gogola | March 19, 2014

The Northern Star sat down with Kathi Bennett, women’s basketball head coach, to talk about how the team’s season ended and what she expects next season. She also gave her thoughts about the men’s and women’s basketball NCAA tournament and No....

Rantings: Underdogs need to be embraced in college sports

By Steve Shonder | March 17, 2014

March Madness is the only time of year where people gather round their televisions and root for the underdog in college sports.You may think I’m crazy, but this is the only time America allows for the underdog to be embraced without the underlying hatred...

March Madness ends on a high note

By Ed Rietveld | April 9, 2013

The 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was a perfect illustration of why so many people love March Madness. The first weekend of the tournament had everything fans could’ve wanted. Upsets like a 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast University defeating No....

DeKalb showgoers have their own ‘March madness’

By Connor Rice | March 6, 2011

I've got March madness. While I don't follow college basketball, this month still has so much to offer someone like me. The next 24 days are jam-packed with enough awesome concerts and events to keep me plenty excited to stick around DeKalb and take it...

The Rant: March Madness channel changes are garbage

March 2, 2011

March is upon us. The greatest month in the history of months; It is a time when a jump shot can make a man into a legend. There is no better spectacle in all of sports than March Madness. Even the biggest college hoops fans, who claim that every month...