2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	22–11 (11–7 MVC)
Head coach	Tim Jankovich (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Rob Judson; Anthony Beane; Paris Parham;
Home arena	Doug Collins Court; at Redbird Arena
	Seasons ← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa †	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
Wichita State	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Illinois State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Creighton	10	–	8	.556	18	–	16	.529
Bradley	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Indiana State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Missouri State	8	–	10	.444	24	–	12	.667
Drake	7	–	11	.389	14	–	19	.424
Southern Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	15	.500
Evansville	3	–	15	.167	9	–	21	.300

† 2010 MVC tournament winner As of March 20, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Tim Jankovich, played their home games at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena and were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Redbirds finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in conference play to finish in third place. They were the number three seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They won their quarterfinal game versus Indiana State University but lost their semifinal game versus Wichita State University.

The Redbirds received an at-large bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament and were assigned the number six seed in the University of Illinois regional. They were defeated by the University of Dayton in the first round.

Roster

2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Osiris Eldridge	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Chicago, IL
F	42	Dinma Odiakosa	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Akwukwu, Nigeria
G	12	Lloyd Phillips	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Washington, DC
G	4	Matt Coates	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Jr	Peoria, IL
F	24	Bobby Hill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	St. Louis, MO
F	50	Blake Mishler	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS Jr	Metamora, IL
G	13	Austin Hill	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Covington, KY
F	34	Tony Lewis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Chicago, IL
G	3	Alex Rubin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Plymouth, MN
F	21	Kellen Thornton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	So	Country Club Hills, IL
F	31	Jeremy Robinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Decatur, IL
F	32	Jackie Carmichael	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Manhattan, KS
G	33	Justin Clark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Independence, MO
G	10	Terry Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Chicago, IL
F	22	Jon Ekey	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Independence, MO

Head coach

Tim Jankovich (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Rob Judson (Illinois)
Anthony Beane (Kansas State)
Paris Parham (Minnesota State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
November 11, 2009 7:05 PM		Quincy	W 66–50		14 – Phillips	9 – Lewis	6 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena Normal, IL
Regular Season
November 15, 2009* 2:30 PM		at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville	W 82–60	1–0	19 – Eldridge	11 – Lewis	5 – Phillips	Sam M. Vadalabene Center (3,652) Edwardsville, IL
November 21, 2009* 4:05 PM		North Florida	W 71–55	2–0	24 – Eldridge	6 – Odiakosa	5 – Eldridge, Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,019) Normal, IL
November 23, 2009* 7:00 PM		at Illinois-Chicago	W 69–65	3–0	19 – Eldridge	8 – Odiakosa	4 – Rubin	UIC Pavilion (4,626) Chicago, IL
November 27, 2009* 6:05 PM		Norfolk State Basketball Travelers Classic [Round-Robin]	W 79–66	4–0	20 – Eldridge	8 – Thornton	4 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,757) Normal, IL
November 28, 2009* 6:05 PM		Southeast Missouri State Basketball Travelers Classic [Round-Robin]	W 93–53	5–0	19 – Eldridge, Odiakosa	6 – Lewis	5 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,945) Normal, IL
November 29, 2009* 3:35 PM		St. Bonaventure Basketball Travelers Classic [Round-Robin]	W 80–77	6–0	28 – Eldridge	10 – Carmichael	3 – Eldridge, Phillips, Rubin, Clark	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,112) Normal, IL
December 5, 2009* 7:05 PM, CSN		Central M⁬ichigan	W 75–62	7–0	16 – Odiakosa	10 – Odiakosa	4 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,060) Normal, IL
December 13, 2009* 2:05 PM, CSN		Niagara	L 68–76	7–1	14 – Odiakosa	13 – Odiakosa, Carmichael	6 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,088) Normal, IL
December 16, 2009* 6:00 PM, CSN		at Ohio	L 57–75	7–2	13 – Odiakosa	11 – Odiakosa	6 – Phillips	Convocation Center (3,694) Athens, OH
December 19, 2009* 5:00 PM, the mtn.		at Utah Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge	W 73–63	8–2	17 – Eldridge, Phillips	10 – Carmichael	5 – Phillips	Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,403) Salt Lake City, UT
December 22, 2009* 7:05 PM		Grambling State	W 80–56	9–2	23 – Eldridge	11 – Odiakosa	4 – Rubin	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,691) Normal, IL
December 29, 2009 7:05 PM		Wichita State	W 72–57	10–2 (1–0)	26 – Eldridge	8 – Odiakosa, Lewis	5 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,408) Normal, IL
January 1, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		at Missouri State	L 64–68	10–3 (1–1)	14 – Carmichael	9 – Odiakosa	3 – Eldridge, Phillips, A. Hill	JQH Arena (10,008) Springfield, MO
January 3, 2010 7:00 PM, ESPNU		Southern Illinois	W 68–61	11–3 (2–1)	21 – Phillips	7 – Lewis	3 – Eldridge, Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,578) Normal, IL
January 6, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		at Evansville	W 82–63	12–3 (3–1)	20 – Carmichael	8 – Eldridge, Thornton	9 – Phillips	Roberts Municipal Stadium (4,427) Evansville, IN
January 9, 2010 3:00 PM, ESPN2		Northern Iowa	L 44–59	12–4 (3–2)	13 – Rubin	14 – Odiakosa	6 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,755) Normal, IL
January 13, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		Evansville	W 70–56	13–4 (4–2)	18 – Phillips	11 – Odiakosa	4 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,329) Normal, IL
January 17, 2010 7:00 PM, ESPNU		at Drake	L 59–69	13–5 (4–3)	26 – Eldridge	7 – Odiakosa	3 – Phillips	The Knapp Center (4,273) Des Moines, IA
January 20, 2010 7:05 PM		Creighton	W 71–62	14–5 (5–3)	17 – Eldridge	11 – Odiakosa	4 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,288) Normal, IL
January 23, 2010 2:05 PM, CSN		at Southern Illinois	L 80–81 ^OT	14–6 (5–4)	16 – Eldridge, Odiakosa, Lewis	7 – Odiakosa	4 – Phillips	SIU Arena (6,367) Carbondale, IL
January 27, 2010 6:05 PM, CSN/FSN		at Wichita State	L 66–74	14–7 (5–5)	22 – Phillips	8 – Odiakosa	8 – Phillips	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
January 30, 2010 4:35 PM, CSN/FSN		Bradley	W 66–47	15–7 (6–5)	25 – Odiakosa	13 – Lewis	4 – Rubin	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (10,200) Normal, IL
February 3, 2010 6:00 PM, CSN		at Indiana State	L 65-72	15–8 (6–6)	21 – Odiakosa	9 – Odiakosa	5 – Eldridge	Hulman Center (4,322) Terre Haute, IN
February 6, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		Drake	W 71–69	16–8 (7–6)	17 – Phillips	9 – Eldridge	6 – Rubin	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,291) Normal, IL
February 9, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		at Bradley	W 62–61	17–8 (8–6)	14 – A. Hill	15 – Odiakosa	3 – Phillips	Carver Arena (11,281) Peoria, IL
February 13, 2010 2:05 PM, CSN		at Creighton	W 67–63	18–8 (9–6)	12 – Eldridge, Odiakosa	9 – Odiakosa	6 – Phillips	Qwest Center Omaha (16,209) Omaha, NE
February 17, 2010 8:05 PM, CSN/FSN		Missouri State	W 76–72	19–8 (10–6)	30 – Odiakosa	7 – Odiakosa	6 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,039) Normal, IL
February 20, 2010* 4:05 PM		Morehead State ESPNU BracketBuster	W 71–62	20–8	26 – Eldridge	11 – Odiakosa	5 – Rubin	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,953) Normal, IL
February 24, 2010 7:05 PM, CSN		Indiana State	W 75–58	21–8 (11–6)	21 – Odiakosa	12 – Odiakosa	4 – Phillips	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,024) Normal, IL
February 27, 2010 7:00 PM, ESPN2		at No. 25 Northern Iowa	L 55–61	21–9 (11–7)	14 – Eldridge	10 – Lewis	3 – Phillips	McLeod Center (7,332) Cedar Falls, IA
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference {MVC} Tournament
March 5, 2010 8:35 PM, CSN/FSN	(3)	vs. (6) Indiana State Quarterfinal	W 69–65	22–9	17 – Eldridge, A. Hill	13 – Odiakosa	2 – Phillips	Scottrade Center (10,182) St. Louis, MO
March 7, 2010 4:05 PM, CSN/FSN	(3)	vs. (2) Wichita State Semifinal	L 61–65	22–10	15 – Odiakosa	6 – Eldridge, Odiakosa, Lewis, Carmichael	5 – A. Hill	Scottrade Center (13,814) St. Louis, MO
National Invitation {NIT} Tournament
March 17, 2010 6:00 PM	(6)	at (3) Dayton Illinois Regional [First Round]	L 42–63	22–11	12 – Eldridge	5 – Eldridge, Thornton	7 – Phillips	University of Dayton Arena (5,127) Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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References

^ "2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "2009–10 Men's Basketball Schedule". Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[1] "2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[2] "2009–10 Illinois State Redbirds Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[3] "2009–10 Men's Basketball Schedule". Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

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