My inner Huskie voice chuckled with delight last week.
Every time I drove toward downtown DeKalb, past the Hickey’s Food Mart convenience store on West Lincoln Highway and Pearl Street, there it was. Local fan validation.
Literally, a small sign on the Hickey’s marquee. Figuratively, maybe a much larger one.
“Hello Old Friend
We Missed You
Go NIU B-Ball”
Combined with the season-high 3,166 attendance figure Jan. 22 against Toledo at the Convocation Center, the decipherable buzz in the arena that evening and in the community lately, plus the Huskies’ 16-4 start, the question is obvious: Is Northern Illinois University men’s basketball back?