Northern Illinois Huskies

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Northern Illinois University, located in DeKalb, Illinois, It was founded on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as a satellite campus for the Illinois State Normal School (now Illinois State University), located in Normal, Illinois. The DeKalb campus was originally called Northern Illinois State Normal School. Today named Northern Illinois University, it has become an independent public university, and has grown into a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of more than 25,000—larger even than its parent school.

Men's Basketball

The Northern Illinois Huskies Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1996. The Huskies are coached by Ricardo Patton.