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    Ball State Cardinals @ Northern Illinois Huskies

    BALL
    Ball State CardinalsBall StateBALL
    13-13, 5-8 MAC
    70
    13-13, 5-8 MAC
    Final
    12T
    Ball State
    BALL
    274370
    N Illinois
    NIU
    313263
    NIU
    Northern Illinois HuskiesN IllinoisNIU
    9-17, 3-10 MAC
    63
    9-17, 3-10 MAC
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    BALL @ NIU Videos

    Will Lovings-Watts shows off the swagger with deep 3
    • 0:19
    Basheer Jihad somehow gets the and-1 to fall
    • 0:21
    David Coit gets the hoop and the harm
    • 0:26
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    Game Information

    Dekalb, IL

    Referee:Alfred Smith

    Referee:Edwin Young

    Referee:Luke Schumer

    2025-26 Standings

    NCAA Division I
    Mid-American ConferenceMid-American ConferenceCONFGBOVR
    Miami (OH)18-0-32-2
    Akron17-1129-6
    Kent State14-4424-10
    Toledo11-7719-15
    Bowling Green9-9918-14
    Ohio9-9915-17
    Buffalo7-111117-15
    Massachusetts7-111117-16
    Ball State7-111112-19
    Central Michigan6-121210-21
    Western Michigan4-141410-21
    Eastern Michigan4-141410-21
    Northern Illinois4-14149-21
    Full Standings

    Men's College Basketball News

    NCAA discusses implementation of age-based eligibility model

    NCAA discusses implementation of age-based eligibility model

    The NCAA's Division I cabinet discussed possible implementation of an age-based eligibility model should it be approved and signaled it would consider voting on it at its meeting next month.

    3h

    Ex-Wisconsin guard John Blackwell withdraws from NBA draft, heads to Duke

    Ex-Wisconsin guard John Blackwell withdraws from NBA draft, heads to Duke

    Former Wisconsin guard John Blackwell is withdrawing from the NBA draft and will play at Duke next season.

    12h

    CEO of NIL enforcement reminds schools: These are your rules

    CEO of NIL enforcement reminds schools: These are your rules

    Bryan Seeley, the CEO of the 11-month-old College Sports Commission, has a simple reminder to schools frustrated by NIL: These are the rules you wrote.

    2d

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