Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball

Northern Illinois Huskies
men's basketball
2025–26 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
UniversityNorthern Illinois University
Head coachRashon Burno (5th season)
LocationDeKalb, Illinois
ArenaNIU Convocation Center
(capacity: 10,000)
ConferenceMid-American
(Horizon League in 2026–27)
NicknameHuskies
ColorsCardinal and black
   
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
1958*, 1982, 1991, 1996
Conference tournament champions
IIAC: 1932
MAC: 1982
MCC: 1996
Conference regular-season champions
IIAC: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1941, 1945
Midwestern: 1972
MAC: 1981
Mid-Con: 1991
Conference division champions
MAC: 2006, 2020
Uniforms
Home
Away

* at Division II level
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The Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represents Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1996.