The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1996.

The Northern Illinois University athletic department celebrated 100 years of Huskies basketball in the 2000–01 season.

Eighty-six different Huskie players received at least one vote, including 33 Northern Illinois Hall of Famers, plus 12 performers either drafted or signed as free agents by the National Basketball Association.

Members of the All-Century Team were acknowledged at halftime of the NIU-Ball State Cardinals men's basketball game on Saturday February 17, 2001 in Chick Evans Field House.

The Huskies appeared in one NCAA Division II tournament.