George Ferguson Column: Northern hoops is early, but it's certainly back

There's still leaves on the trees, in fact so many so, people have to be dreading when they all finally come down. That's a lot of raking yet to do.

There's still some nice weather outside. People can still fish, hunting season has begun and golf season isn't quite over yet.

And above all, we're only halfway through football season.

So forgive me if it seemed just a little odd to be sitting inside the Armory Gymnasium on a Saturday afternoon in early October watching the MSU-Northern Lights and Skylights play meaningful college basketball games. It was a little odd to me considering the Nor...