Tipoff: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, NIU Convocation Center
Media: 1360AM/98.9 FM, ESPN3
Records: Broncos 11-17 overall, 5-10 in MAC West; Huskies 18-10, 7-8 in MAC West
Last game: The Broncos lost 73-62 at Eastern Michigan; the Huskies lost 76-64 at Central Michigan
Who to watch: Western Michigan sophomore guard Thomas Wilder is second in the conference with 18.4 points per game. ... Northern Illinois sophomore big man Marin Maric has recorded a double-double in seven straight games, the most by a Huskie player since Allen Rayhorn (1981).