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The Mid-American Conference will still likely have three bowl tie-ins for football in 2010, but one trip is going to be a lot further west.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Northern Illinois baseball team had seven players record at least one hit but struggled to get started against UC Santa Barbara starter Jesse Meaux, and the Huskies (3-12) dropped the series finale, 13-4, on Sunday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

Is Xavier Silas really the sixth-best player in the MAC West? The league's coaches seem to think so.

Northern Illinois point guard Marke Freeman was named second team All-MAC today by the Mid-American Conference.

NIU volleyball player reaches goal of $2,000

Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill announced Monday in a news release that junior running back Me'co Brown has withdrawn from school for personal reasons.

Huskies finish year 10-20

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - The Northern Illinois University wrestling team will have two wrestlers competing for conference titles after Bryan Deutsch and Patrick McLemore each posted victories in their semifinal bouts of the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships at Central Michigan's Rose Center Saturday afternoon.

OXFORD, Ohio - In a game that saw nine ties and 13 lead changes, the Northern Illinois women's basketball team blinked first in a 67-66 loss at Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Saturday at Millett Hall.

NIU's new QBs coach ready for challenge

DeKALB – After beating Toledo on a last-second tip-in on Thursday, the Northern Illinois men's basketball team immediately turned its attention to the Mid-American Conference tournament.

NIU QB to have knee surgery

DeKALB – For spurts, Thursday looked like the game between the bottom two seeds in the upcoming Mid-American Conference Tournament.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Kylie York became the 25th member of the Northern Illinois women’s basketball teams' 1,000-point club, but the Huskies lost 54-47 to Western Michigan on Tuesday night at University Arena.

Four of their 1st 5 games on the road; long layoffs late

NIU men lose at Eastern Michigan

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team doesn’t have a deep bench.

Huskies end 10-game losing streak with win over Central Michigan

DeKALB – Northern Illinois athletic director Jeff Compher said Tuesday in a one-on-one interview with the Daily Chronicle that he is committed to men’s basketball coach Ricardo Patton.

Kyree Jones didn't know the history, but felt an instant connection with Northern Illinois men's basketball coach Ricardo Patton a few minutes later.

Huskies hold Toledo without a two-point basket for a 17:42 stretch.

DeKALB – Stop Dan Ruettiger if you've heard this one before.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – David Kool scored 33 points, including 11 in a row during a game-turning run in the second half, to lead Western Michigan past Northern Illinois, 90-81, on Wednesday night.

Northern Illinois has posted its roster for spring football.

DEKALB – Northern Illinois’ men’s basketball road game at Western Michigan on Wednesday will be carried live on Comcast SportsNet Chicago on the network’s “Plus” channel and will be available across most of the CSN Chicago coverage area.  Tipoff for the Mid-American Conference West Division game is at 6 p.m. from University Arena in Kalamazoo.

MT. PLEASANT, Mich – A pair of Northern Illinois women’s basketball players tallied double-doubles, but the opportunistic offense of Central Michigan proved to be too much for the Huskies in a 98-71 Valentine’s Day loss at Rose Arena.

NIU loses eighth straight conference game

DeKALB – It's hard to pick one area ahead of any other as to what's gone wrong with the Northern Illinois men's basketball team.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Junior center Sean Kowal (18 points) and junior guard Michael Patton (17) combined for 35 points off the bench, and the Huskies (8-15, 4-7 MAC) raced out to an 11-point halftime lead, but Bowling Green's (12-11, 5-6) Scott Thomas scored 26 points on nine field goals, leading the Falcons to a 73-69 win over the visiting Northern Illinois men's basketball team at Anderson Arena Wednesday night.      

DeKALB – It was just halftime, but the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team already had made progress.

Second-half rally falls short against red-hot RedHawks

DeKALB – Never one at a loss for an analogy, Northern Illinois basketball coach Ricardo Patton has been reminded of a TV show from his youth over the past few weeks.

AKRON, Ohio – Darryl Roberts had 18 points and eight rebounds and Akron had its highest-scoring game of the season to defeat Northern Illinois, 90-76, on Wednesday night.

Tyler Anderson

DeKALB – If you needed another reason to look forward to the Northern Illinois at Illinois game on Sept. 18, Vance (Charlotte, N.C.) High School safety Dechane Durante certainly gave one.

NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish might not be ready for spring football because of an injured right knee, coach Jerry Kill said after Wednesday's news conference. It is the same knee the quarterback injured during his sophomore season.

SYCAMORE – C.J. Compher is unassuming.

NIU coach touts class' ability to run

SYCAMORE – C.J. Compher is unassuming.

Cameron Stingily can rattle off the numbers just as easy as he shed blockers at Romeoville High School.

G-K’s Fischer signs with Ashford

KENT, Ohio – Junior guard Jake Anderson (12 points) was the lone Huskie in double figures, and the Northern Illinois men's basketball team (8-12, 4-4 MAC) shot a season-low 29.5 percent from the field, falling in a convincing 76-46 defeat against host Kent State (15-7, 6-2 MAC) at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center on Monday night.

DEKALB – Saturday’s contest against Buffalo was a game that the NIU men’s basketball team couldn’t afford to lose and stay in the hunt.

DEKALB – It seemed like the NIU women’s basketball team couldn’t get anything to go its way during the second half of Saturday’s 80-71 loss to Kent State.

DeKALB – Whether it will serve as a wake-up call or not remains to be seen, but the film from this past Wednesday's 99-84 home loss to Ohio didn't lie to Northern Illinois.

OXFORD, Ohio – Miami University shot 63.5 percent from the field and drained 12 three-pointers, boosting the RedHawks to a 96-51 win over Northern Illinois on Wednesday at Millett Hall.

Ohio freshman drops 29 points on Huskies

When old-timers talk Northern Illinois University football and the kicking game, the conversation started and ended with Tom Wittum. The same opinion prevailed for Huskie baseball buffs. Nearly four decades after the fact, the Wittum legacy, name and reputation resides among the finest in the all-time NIU athletics tribunal.

DeKALB – Tony Nixon's excitement for today started last year.

'It's the right time ... to walk away,' defensive end says

H-BR boys hoops defeats IMSA

ANTIOCH – Tom Wittum, a Pro Bowl punter for the San Francisco 49ers, two-sport standout at Northern Illinois University and NIU's first baseball Academic All-American, passed away Friday at the age of 60 in Antioch.

Hayes to be a preferred walk on

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. – Junior guard Xavier Silas poured in a game-high 26 points, and junior center Sean Kowal posted his second double-double of the season with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, but host Central Michigan (9-8, 4-1 MAC) outscored the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team (8-9, 4-1) 16-8 over the final 4:08, and held off the Huskies for an 81-75 win at Rose Arena on Saturday.

DeKALB – They spoke, and Marke Freeman listened.

Before the season, Central Michigan and Northern Illinois were picked to finish first and second, respectively, in the Mid-American Conference West division by the media.

The “Cram the Convo” basketball doubleheader on Jan. 30 has a couple of time changes to accommodate a request from Buffalo, which was forced to change its travel schedule on that day according to Northern Illinois.

TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior guard Xavier Silas poured in a game-high 19 points, including three-consecutive three-pointers with less than eight minutes remaining, and the Northern Illinois men's basketball team held host Toledo to just a 33.3 percent shooting effort in the second half, edging the Rockets (3-15, 0-4), 58-54, at John F. Savage Arena on Wednesday night.

NIU forward sent to locker room for undisclosed reason

Kaneland grad makes decision to leave DeKalb