Hi-Line Coaching Profile: Shawn Huse

The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team reached some ultimate successes less than a year ago. The Lights cut down the nets as Frontier Conference champions last March in Helena, then a week later, made a trip to Kansas City for the NAIA national tournament.

That success seemed likely to carry over to the 2011-12 season given the fact Northern head coach Shawn Huse returned his entire team and even added more quality players. So it would have been easy for Northern to have a success hangover this fall. Instead, the Lights, who are ranked 19th in the NAIA, have gotten off to...