2021-22 Basketball Preview: NKU Basketball is Back

In her first season as a member of the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team, guard Lindsey Duvall was nothing short of remarkable for the Norse. In her redshirt junior season in 2020-21, Duvall led the Norse in points per game (16.9), rebounds per game (7.8) and three-pointers made (33), while also finishing a close second in minutes per game. The do-it-all guard returning for her senior seas...

Heading into the 2020-21 season, the central theme of the Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team was turnover, as the Norse lost their top three scorers in forward Dantez Walton and guards Tyler Sharpe and Jalen Tate, and were replacing four of their five starters. This season, the script has almost totally flipped. Led by a pair of players named to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team, Tre...

When thinking about college basketball programs to feature multiple international players, schools like Saint Mary’s or Gonzaga may come to mind. Both are on the west coast and have the resources to recruit internationally. The Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team features three players with international roots, the most in at least 13 years. David Böhm, a sophomore, hails from the Czech Republic. ...

In October of 2020, the NCAA announced their decision to grant an extra year of eligibility to all winter sports athletes, after previously announcing the same for spring and fall sports student athletes. At NKU, the move affected several different sports and athletes, including women’s basketball and a player that has become an integral part of the program since 2017, forward Grayson Rose. R...

As BB&T Arena prepares to open its doors to fans for the first time since February of 2020, here are the games that Norse supporters should have circled on their calendar. Men UNC Greensboro: Friday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. The Spartans are coming off a 21-9 season in which they lost to Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. After losing head coach Wes Miller and multiple tra...

As the basketball season begins, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Dietz and Assistant Sports Editor Brendan Connelly made several predictions for the upcoming season. Suffice to say, if several of these predictions end up coming true, fans should expect fun times at BB&T Arena for the 2021-22 seasons. Also, continue reading to the end of the article, where several Norse fans were kind enough to provide the...