For the second consecutive season, NIUs men’s basketball Head Coach Mark Montgomery will host a monthly luncheon, Mondays With Monty, at Fanatico Cucina Italiana, 1215 Blackhawk Road, in DeKalb.  Each month, Montgomery will provide an in-depth update on Huskie men’s basketball while taking questions and interacting with Huskie fans in attendance. Coach Monty will be...

With the first day of spring still a few days away, Northern Illinois University Athletics has announced the dates and locations for the 2016 Huskie Summer Circuit, the annual “tour” that brings NIU Athletics head coaches and staff in contact with fans and alumni throughout the region. The Huskie Summer Circuit, which made its debut...

NIU men’s basketball senior Chuck Iroegbu has been selected as one of college basketball’s Top 16 “dark horse dunkers,” a head-to-head, bracket-style competition to determine the final participant in the Slam Dunk Championship presented by State Farm. Winners of each round are selected online through fan votes. Quarterfinal round voting ends at noon Wednesday, Feb....

NIU Athletics has unveiled a multi-layered display at the Convocation Center to permanently commemorate an iconic moment in its history – the October 1971 Sports Illustrated photo shoot of the Huskies’ basketball “Player of the Century” Jim Bradley, by world-renowned sports photographer Heinz Kluetmeier. Bradley, NIU’s sophomore phenom, was photographed by Kluetmeier for Sports Illustrated’s...

UPDATED! The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is hosting a series of faculty-staff appreciate nights for home NIU men’s and women’s basketball games at the Convocation Center throughout the months of January and February. “We very much appreciate all that our faculty and staff do for Northern Illinois University and for their continued effort to put...

NIU Athletics will host “Mondays with Monty” and “Coffee with Carlsen” events Monday, Dec. 14, and Tuesday, Dec. 15, to provide Huskie fans with an inside look at the men’s and women’s basketball teams. “Mondays with Monty” begins at noon Monday, Dec. 14, at Fanatico Cucina Italiana, 1215 Blackhawk Road. The $10 cost includes a...

NIU men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery invites the NIU faculty and staff for lunch and the latest updates on Huskie basketball during “Mondays With Monty.” The monthly luncheon will take place at noon Monday, Nov. 9, at Fanatico Cucina Italiana, 1215 Blackhawk Road. The cost is $10 at the door for the first-come, first-served...

Hey, Huskies! Show your Northern PACT pride Saturday by wearing PACT shirts to the NIU women’s and men’s basketball games in the Convocation Center. Students can wear any PACT shirt. Prizes will be given out during both games; the women tip off at 5 p.m. The men tip at 7 p.m. To learn more on...

Senior Anthony Johnson (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young/Purdue) led the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team with a career-high 21 points Wednesday night, but the Huskies were unable to overcome 50 percent shooting by Buffalo, falling to the Bulls, 82-63, at Alumni Arena. Sophomore guard Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) added 16 points in the loss....

In a contest that featured 13 ties and 14 lead changes, a pair of late free throws led Kent State to a 67-65 victory over Northern Illinois University on Saturday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored a season-high 21 points and added nine rebounds but the Huskies...

Despite playing without leading scorer Darrell Bowie, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team earned a 70-60 victory over Ohio University on Wednesday night at Ohio’s Convocation Center in the Mid-American Conference opener. Sophomore Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) scored a game-high 17 points and junior Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) added 15 off...

The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team led by as much as 18 in the second half en route to a 71-64 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior Anthony Johnson (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young/Purdue) scored a team-high 14 points to lead five Huskies with nine-or-more points in the...