College Basketball - Missouri Valley Conference
Illinois State Redbirds
| Location: Normal, IL University Founded: 1857 Enrollment: 20,757  Nickname: Redbirds Mascot: Reggie Redbird School Colors: Red and white Joined the The Valley: 1982 Varsity Teams: 17 U. President: Dr. Al Bowman Director of Athletics: Dr. Sheahon Zenger Basketball Head Coach: Tim Jankovic Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1984, '92, '97, '98 Tournament: 1983, '90, '97, '98 Basketball Arena: Redbird Arena Current Capacity: 10,200 |
The school men basketball team is known as the Redbirds and they are members of the MVC since 1982.
Illinois State have won the MVC regular season title and the post-season tournament four years each.
The team is coached by Tim Jankovich and assistants Anthony Beane, Rod Judson, Paris Parham, Kerry Darting and administrative assistant Igor Vrzina.
In his first year at the program Coach Tim Jankovich led Illinois State to the NIT. The next step is the NCAA Tournament for the 2008-09 season.
The team lost four of their top six scorers from the last 2007-08 period, but there is still sufficient talent coming in to make a run towards the NCAA Tournament, or perhaps another show in the NIT.
Illinois State 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 15-Nov | at SIU-Edwardsville | W 82-60 |
| 21-Nov | North Florida | W 71-55 |
| 23-Nov | at Illinois-Chicago | W 69-65 |
| 27-Nov | Norfolk State | W 79-66 |
| 28-Nov | Southeast Missouri State | W 93-53 |
| 29-Nov | St. Bonaventure | W 80-77 |
| 5-Dec | Central Michigan | W 75-62 |
| 13-Dec | Niagara | L 76-68 |
| 16-Dec | at Ohio | L 75-57 |
| 19-Dec | at Utah | W 73-63 |
| 22-Dec | Grambling State | W 80-56 |
| 29-Dec | Wichita State | W 72-57 |
| 1-Jan | at Missouri State | L 68-64 |
| 3-Jan | Southern Illinois | W 68-61 |
| 6-Jan | at Evansville | W 82-63 |
| 9-Jan | Northern Iowa | L 59-44 |
| 13-Jan | Evansville | W 70-56 |
| 17-Jan | at Drake | L 69-59 |
| 20-Jan | Creighton | W 71-62 |
| 23-Jan | at Southern Illinois | L 81-80 |
| 27-Jan | at Wichita State | L 74-66 |
| 30-Jan | Bradley | 5:35 PM ET MVC |
| 3-Feb | at Indiana State | 7:05 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | Drake | 8:05 PM ET |
| 9-Feb | at Bradley | 8:05 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | at Creighton | 3:05 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | Missouri State | 9:05 PM ET MVC |
| 24-Feb | Indiana State | 8:05 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at No. 25 Northern Iowa | TBA |
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