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Men’s basketball to take on Toledo

By Brian Thomas | January 17, 2012

After earning its first MAC victory over Central Michigan Saturday, NIU men's basketball travels to Ohio to take on another MAC opponent, Toledo. With their first MAC win, the Huskies (2-13, 1-2 MAC) gained some confidence and look to continue this level...

Men’s basketball falls to Nebraska Omaha

By Brian Thomas | December 4, 2011

Despite scoring a season-high in points, NIU men's basketball fell to Nebraska Omaha at home Saturday, 77-72. The Huskies (0-7) lost their seventh game in a row. NIU once again started the game playing from behind and got off to a slow start, a reoccurring...

Men’s basketball still looking for first win

By Brian Belford | December 1, 2011

Despite its winless status, NIU's men basketball will take the floor Saturday night to try for its first win of the season against the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks."Our heads aren't down," said NIU senior forward Tim Toler. "Everyone still has that hungry...

Men’s basketball falls flat versus Wolverines

By Brian Belford | November 29, 2011

A long road trip and jet lag might have helped factor into another loss for NIU men's basketball Monday night 58-47.Coming off a loss to Boise State, the Huskies (0-6) traveled to Utah and dropped their second straight road game out west to the Utah Valley...

Meghan Connell, Northern Star File Photo- NIU's Antone Christian
pushes off Eastern Illinois' L.C. Doss to make a play in a game
earlier this season.

Huskies fall to Brocos Saturday

By Brian Thomas | November 27, 2011

Still looking for its first win of the season, NIU men's basketball journeyed west to Idaho to take on Boise State Saturday. To the Huskies' (0-5) dismay, they fell to the Broncos 71-57, dropping their fifth game in a row.Boise State red shirt junior...

Huskies hope mountains are not too rocky

By Brian Belford | November 21, 2011

Sometimes, a change of scenery is all it takes to reverse bad fortunes. Perhaps a glimpse of the rocky mountains will help NIU men's basketball turn things around. The Huskies (0-4) are winless after dropping their fourth loss in a row at home to Eastern...

Men's basketball

NIU men’s basketball falls to Eastern Illinois Sunday

By Matt Hopkinson | November 20, 2011

College basketball games are played for 40 minutes barring overtime, no more and no less. Oddly enough, NIU men's basketball (0-4) seemed to get complacent when it was most crucial in its match-up against Eastern Illinois (2-1), falling 67-55 Sunday....

NIU has big appetite for Big Ten opponents

By Brian Belford | November 16, 2011

Another game, another quality Big Ten opponent.Tonight, NIU men's basketball (0-2) will continue its trend of playing Big Ten teams when it travels to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes.Both players and coaches agree the Huskies have to play the best...

Late run not enough for NIU

By Brian Thomas | November 14, 2011

A halfcourt buzzer-beater would not be in the cards for NIU men's basketball last night at the end of regulation. The Huskies (0-2) dropped their season opener as well as Mark Montgomery's coaching debut to Milwaukee, 59-57 at the Convocation Center.With...

The beginning of a new era

By Brian Belford | November 10, 2011

The floors are waxed and the lineups are set.College basketball season has arrived, and new head coach Mark Montgomery and NIU will tip-off the year against Purdue in L-afayette, Ind., Friday night.This could be a difficult matchup for a young Huskies'...

Exhibition could answer questions for Huskies

By Brian Thomas | November 3, 2011

The Mark Montgomery era officially begins for NIU men's basketball today as it hosts Carthage for its only exhibition game.The Huskies are a young team returning just one starter, senior Tim Toler, and have nine newcomers this season, eight of them freshmen....

Breakdown: NIU men’s basketball frontcourt

By Brian Thomas | November 2, 2011

The loss of center Nate Rucker, along with power forward Lee Fisher, has created a hole in the NIU men's basketball team's front court that needs to be addressed. Although Rucker did not lead the team in either points or rebounds, he was a force on the...