The Huskies will have an open tryout on Sept. 8

Northwestern, Temple, Mizzou highlight non-conference schedule

Huskies will travel to Temple and Mizzou, kick off against Northwestern at home

Jackson, Tenn., guard visited DeKalb last weekend

Northwestern, DePaul, UIC highlight non-conference games

Northern Illinois granted former center Sean Kowal his release from the school late Tuesday night, Director of Athletics Jeff Compher told the Daily Chronicle on Wednesday morning, ending a back-and-forth process that started with Kowal’s decision to transfer in mid-June.

Northern Illinois Director of Athletics Jeff Compher told the Daily Chronicle on Wednesday morning that NIU had granted former center Sean Kowal a release from his scholarship.

Huskies take on Jake Anderson and the Cyclones

Former Northern Illinois center Sean Kowal said Monday in a phone interview that he will follow up on any options available to get a release from his scholarship.

DETROIT – Bowl Championship Series director Bill Hancock reminded media members and Mid-American Conference coaches and players at the MAC Football Media Day Preview that “there is no such thing as a non-BCS conference” in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

DETROIT – Northern Illinois athletic director Jeff Compher said he was surprised by former NIU basketball player Sean Kowal’s statement to a St. Louis TV station that he felt NIU’s decision to not release him from his scholarship was made out of vengeance.

Werner joins staff to cover NIU on July 26, Sahly moved to sports editor of Daily Chronicle

Broncos will come to DeKalb on Nov. 29

Our Q&A with NIU guard Michael Patton

From The Associated Press:

An offer in basketball and NIU checks in at No. 55 in a countdown

I spoke briefly late tonight with Sean Kowal as he was driving home from DeKalb to the St. Louis area and Kowal informed me that he was denied a release from his scholarship by a Northern Illinois University appeals committee on Wednesday.

Senior declines comment on decision to leave

Senior center Sean Kowal will not return to Northern Illinois University this fall, Kowal confirmed Tuesday morning.

INDIANAPOLIS – Prep players may have to wait a little longer to start accepting scholarship offers.

Report: NIU hoops gets 2011 commitment, plus NIU to visit Temple

Aksel Bolin is a shooting guard that comes from Norway

Northern Illinois announced the latest additions to its Athletics Hall of Fame on Tuesday as one team and four individuals make up the 2010 class and will be inducted into prestigious company on Oct. 22 as the Huskies celebrate Hall of Fame Weekend/Varsity Club Day during the fall home football weekend.

All 17 of Northern Illinois University’s intercollegiate athletic team have surpassed the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate for 2008-09, marking the fifth consecutive year that every NIU team has made the grade. The NCAA released its complete 2008-09 Division I APR report Wednesday.

Townsend reportedly instrumental in offer

The top Mid-American Conference institutional awards were handed out Wednesday as Kent State was awarded the Reese Trophy representing the top men's athletic program and the Jacoby Trophy representing the top women's athletic program.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – After scoring just 22 points all season in mop-up duty, Missouri freshman forward Tyler Stone has no illusions of bolting college for the NBA after a single year.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The NCAA has a message for would-be college athletes hoping to use online courses to bolster their high school transcripts: proceed with caution.

Jake Anderson has transferred to Iowa State and will immediately be eligible next season to play for the Cyclones pending graduation and a waiver from the NCAA, according to an Iowa State news release.

New country. New culture. New position?

Former NIU guard will sit out 2010-11 season per NCAA transfer rules

A two-part exploration into NIU men's basketball recruiting

Recruiting isn't an exact science, nor is it easy to pinpoint and evaluate.

When Ricardo Patton arrived at Northern Illinois in 2007, he identified Chicago as an area he would target often in recruiting, much to the delight of fans and supporters of NIU basketball.

Will play on Reach USA basketball team coached by former NIU assistant Dennis Gates

SPRINGFIELD – The Daily Chronicle on Friday won the James S. Copley Memorial Trophy as the top newspaper in its circulation class in the Illinois Press Association's annual Excellence in News contest.

Silas is back, what do the 2010-11 Huskies look like?

Will return to the Huskies for his senior season

Northern Illinois guard Xavier Silas has pulled his name out of the NBA Draft and will return to the Huskies for his senior season, the Daily Chronicle confirmed this afternoon.

Daily Chronicle sports editor Jon Styf and sports reporter John Sahly spend their days covering the area's sports scene, Every week, they give their viewpoint on those local sports.

Madlock final piece of recruiting puzzle for 2010-11 class

Former NIU guard would have one year of eligibility remaining

After undergoing an 18-month, campus-wide effort to study its intercollegiate athletics program as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics certification program, Northern Illinois University has received the highest classification of "certified," the NCAA announced Thursday. This is the third time Northern Illinois has successfully gone through the organization's certification process.

NIU men’s basketball coach Ricardo Patton announced Thursday the additions of freshman Kyree Jones, and junior college transfers Tim Toler and Cameron Madlock, who will all join early period signee Nate Rucker in the 2010-11 Northern Illinois men’s basketball recruiting class.   

DiNunno, Fakuade not returning to Huskies next season

Former Northern Illinois guard Jake Anderson said today his relationship with NIU coach Ricardo Patton is basically non existant and emphasized that the decision for Anderson not to return for his senior season was not his.

NIU guard saw numbers dip in his sophomore year

NIU junior guard won't hire an agent

Danville Area Community College forward gives a verbal commitment to the Huskies

Danville Area Community College forward Tim Toler averaged 14.7 points and 8.6 rebounds a game last season.