Once upon a time, NIU made the daring decision to leave the confines of the Mid-American Conference and venture out into the great unknown of independence. What followed was an embarrassing saga that eventually brought the Huskies back to where they started. Four...

DeKALB – Three days earlier, NIU men’s basketball allowed an 11-point halftime lead to slip away. On Tuesday, it battled back from an identical deficit against the University at Buffalo. But upon the blare of the final buzzer, the result was the same...

NIU wrestling No. 31-ranked 157-pound redshirt sophomore Landen Johnson earned this week’s Mid-American Conference West Wrestler of the Week after claiming an overtime victory over a nationally ranked opponent Friday. Johnson matched up against previously...

After being named the Mid-American Conference Co-Singles Player of the Week and defeating an opponent from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, NIU women’s tennis freshman Lucia Yecora has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.   In...

DeKALB – NIU sophomore guard Quentin Jones and senior guard James Dent Jr. each scored 20-plus points in a losing effort as NIU men’s basketball came up short against the Mid-American Conference’s top team in the University of Akron on Tuesday night. The...

Freshman Irmak Budak has been named the Mid-American Conference Singles Player of the week, the conference announced on Monday.  Burdak went 2-0 over the weekend in the Huskies’ 7-0 victories against the University of Northern Iowa and Eastern Illinois...

DeKALB – In the early hours of Saturday morning, NIU men’s basketball head coach Rashon Burno got the news that junior forward Ethan Butler would be unavailable for the team’s game against Ball State University later that day. The University...

After trailing by 15 early in the second half, NIU men’s basketball battled back to have a chance at victory in the final seconds, but ultimately fell to Mid-American Conference foe Western Michigan University 72-70 on Tuesday night at University Arena...

DeKALB — The Northern Star has obtained a copy of NIU’s membership agreement with the Mountain West Conference through a Freedom of Information Act request to NIU.  However, the agreement has been heavily redacted. NIU cited Section 7(1)(g) of...

DeKALB – NIU men’s basketball remains winless in Mid-American Conference play after suffering its fourth-consecutive loss Tuesday night against Miami University at the Convocation Center. In their first game of the new semester, the Huskies (4-12,...

Editor’s note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. This story will be updated when more information becomes available. DeKALB – NIU will officially join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member starting in 2026, leaving the Mid-American...

DeKALB – After nearly four decades in the Mid-American Conference and months of speculation regarding its future, NIU appears poised to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member. According to the agenda for Tuesday’s special meeting...