http://uncbears.prestosports.com en-us en-us http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112309_mbk_mmpoll The Bears, who defeated Air Force 70-46 on Saturday night to stay perfect five games into a season for just the fifth time in school history, received 99 points in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll and are now ranked in a Division I poll for the first time in school history. Northern Colorado is the only Big Sky team in the poll's top 25. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112309_mbk_mmpoll 2009-11-23T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109_mbk_afa_minton Northern Colorado scored the first 12 points Saturday night against Air Force and didn't look back in cruising to a 70-46 win in the championship game of the Reggie Minton Classic. Junior Devon Beitzel poured in a season-high 26 points against the Falcons, with 17 coming in the second half, to earn the tournament's Most Valuable Player honors and help the Bears win their second tournament is as many weeks and improve to 5-0 for just the fifth time in program history. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109_mbk_afa_minton 2009-11-21T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009_mbk_tsu Northern Colorado moved to 4-0 on the season Friday night with a 66-62 victory against Texas Southern on the first day of the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic at Clune Arena. This is first time since 1984 that the Bears have been perfect after four games and just the sixth time overall in the 108 year history of the program. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009_mbk_tsu 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909_mbk_notes_2 Northern Colorado will play this weekend in the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic. The Bears will take on Texas Southern on Friday and either Air Force or Dickinson State on Saturday. The Bears have only played previously against the Air Force Academy. Northern Colorado has lost 12 straight times to the Falcons and is 2-12 all-time against them since 1956. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909_mbk_notes_2 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111609_mbk_uh_rc_title Northern Colorado basketball earned a spot on the national stage Monday night, and the Bears didn't let the opportunity slip away in an 81-75 victory against Hawai'i in the title game of the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic. Northern Colorado put together an impressive 17-0 run during the latter stages of the second half and then got some clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch inside the Stan Sheriff Center to stave off a furious Rainbow Warrior rally and claim its first tournament victory since joining the ranks of NCAA Division I. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111609_mbk_uh_rc_title 2009-11-16T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111509_mbk_suu Two nights after putting on an offensive show that Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center had never seen before, Northern Colorado basketball showed it can play a little defense, too. The Bears forced the Thunderbirds into 31 turnovers Sunday night and sticky-fingered their way to 14 steals in cruising to a 73-51 victory on the second day of the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Hawaii Rainbow Classic. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111509_mbk_suu 2009-11-15T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111309_mbk_mnst Northern Colorado men's basketball emphatically moved past the Jabril Banks and Robert Palacios era Friday night with a 101-73 victory against McNeese State during the first night of the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Hawaii Rainbow Classic at Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. Senior Will Figures scored a team-high 19 points in the win, and he led a quintet of Bears scoring in double figures to help Tad Boyle earn the biggest win of his four-year head-coaching career. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111309_mbk_mnst 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111009_mbk_notes Bears travel to Honolulu, Hawai'i, on Wednesday to begin a promising season in the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Hawai'i Rainbow Classic. Northern Colorado will first face McNeese State on Friday night before taking on Southern Utah on Sunday and the host-Warriors late Monday night in a ESPN-televised contest. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111009_mbk_notes 2009-11-10T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/110609_spt_recruiting_guide_release With a $14.5 million renovation project ongoing at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion, Northern Colorado's Department of Athletics continues to progress towards a state-of-the-art future. Bears athletic officials are also now pleased to announce that matching those sparkling new facilities will be an all-new recruiting approach, headlined by its "next-level" Northern Colorado Athletics Recruiting Guide. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/110609_spt_recruiting_guide_release 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/110509_mbk_bsc_call Northern Colorado coach Tad Boyle took part Thursday morning in the Big Sky men's basketball coaches preseason conference call. He got to share his thoughts on this year's recruiting class, the upcoming Rainbow Classic and what he thinks his team needs to do this year to take that next step toward the upper tier of the Big Sky Conference. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/110509_mbk_bsc_call 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z