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Edwin_Bambino · November 2021

Well football is over so time for the 4 of us who care about hoops to get in here. I didn’t watch the pre season game but family members who did seemed to like what they saw. Also rumors that they smacked Boise in a close door game. I have no idea how good they will be this year but until I know for certain they suck I will be interested in seeing how this team performs.

Edwin_Bambino · November 2021

NIU was 18-13 last year, and randomly it looks like that was good enough for Michigan State to hire their head coach, bizarre. Haven’t made the NCAA tournament in forever.

ChillyDawg · November 2021

2020-21 Northern Illinois Huskies (2-12/3-16)

Northern Illinois University Roster https://niuhuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

NIU has a new head coach in former Arizona State associate head coach Rashon Burno who should be very familiar with the UW and Mike Hopkins having faced the UW on the basketball court over the past four seasons in Pac-12 conference play.

NIU brings back six returnees from a season ago, led by senior G 6’2 Trendon Hankerson who averaged 13.9 points per game while starting all 19 contests a season ago. Each of NIU’s other five returnees also started games last season as C 6’9 Adong Makuoi (Sr) made 14 starts, G 6’8 Anthony Crump (Sr) started 11 games, F 6’7 Zool Kueth (Sr) made nine starts, F 6’7 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu (Sr) started five contests and G 6’0 Kaleb Thornton (Jr) was in the starting lineup three times.

Among NIU’s seven newcomers, three bring Division I experience, including F 6’9 Chris Osten (Sr) who joins the Huskies after playing 24 games, including six starts, with the Arizona State Sun Devils a season ago. G 6’3 Keshawn Williams (So) returns to Chicagoland following one season at Tulsa while G 6’5 Darweshi Hunter (Jr) spent last season in the Big Sky Conference at Weber State.

Edwin_Bambino · November 2021

Edwin_Bambino said:
NIU was 18-13 last year, and randomly it looks like that was good enough for Michigan State to hire their head coach, bizarre. Haven’t made the NCAA tournament in forever.

Wikipedia lied, that was 2 season ago. They were 3-16 last season. Whoops.

FremontTroll · November 2021

Edwin_Bambino said:
NIU was 18-13 last year, and randomly it looks like that was good enough for Michigan State to hire their head coach, bizarre. Haven’t made the NCAA tournament in forever.

Damn you had me thinking I missed an Izzo retirement announcement for a minute there.

Edwin_Bambino · November 2021

FremontTroll said:

Edwin_Bambino said:
NIU was 18-13 last year, and randomly it looks like that was good enough for Michigan State to hire their head coach, bizarre. Haven’t made the NCAA tournament in forever.
Damn you had me thinking I missed an Izzo retirement announcement for a minute there.

Their coach went back to MSU to be an assistant under Izzo. Ill chalk up my lack of reading comprehension to a little academic prowess.

FremontTroll · November 2021

Edwin_Bambino said:

FremontTroll said:

Edwin_Bambino said:
NIU was 18-13 last year, and randomly it looks like that was good enough for Michigan State to hire their head coach, bizarre. Haven’t made the NCAA tournament in forever.
Damn you had me thinking I missed an Izzo retirement announcement for a minute there.
Their coach went back to MSU to be an assistant under Izzo. Ill chalk up my lack of reading comprehension to a little academic prowess.

Yeah I figured that out. He was a long-time Izzo assistant before going to NIU.