Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball

Illinois State Redbirds
Illinois State Redbirds
	2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
University	Illinois State University
Head coach	Dan Muller (5th season)
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Arena	Redbird Arena ; (capacity: 10,200)
Nickname	Redbirds
Colors	Red and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1984, 1985, 1998
NCAA tournament appearances
	1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998
Conference tournament champions
	1983, 1990, 1997, 1998
Conference regular season champions
	1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1978, 1989, 1991

The Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents Illinois State University, located in Normal, Illinois, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They are currently led by head coach Dan Muller and play their home games at Redbird Arena as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Season by season records

Season	Head Coach	W	L	PCT	Conf. Record	Postseason
Independent
1971–72	Will Robinson	16	10	.615
1972–73	Will Robinson	13	12	.520
1973–74	Will Robinson	17	9	.654
1974–75	Will Robinson	16	10	.615
1975–76	Gene Smithson	20	7	.741
1976–77	Gene Smithson	22	7	.759		NIT Quarterfinals
1977–78	Gene Smithson	24	4	.857		NIT First Round
1978–79	Bob Donewald	20	10	.667
1979–80	Bob Donewald	20	9	.690		NIT Sweet Sixteen
1980–81	Bob Donewald	16	11	.593
Missouri Valley Conference
1981–82	Bob Donewald	17	12	.586	9–7
1982–83	Bob Donewald	24	7	.774	13–5	NCAA First Round
1983–84	Bob Donewald	23	8	.742	13–3	NCAA Second Round
1984–85	Bob Donewald	22	8	.733	11–5	NCAA Second Round
1985–86	Bob Donewald	15	14	.517	9–7
1986–87	Bob Donewald	19	13	.594	7–7	NIT Elite Eight
1987–88	Bob Donewald	18	13	.581	9–5	NIT First Round
1988–89	Bob Donewald	13	17	.433	6–8
1989–90	Bob Bender	18	13	.581	9–5	NCAA First Round
1990–91	Bob Bender	5	23	.179	4–12
1991–92	Bob Bender	18	11	.621	14–4
1992–93	Bob Bender	19	10	.655	13–5
1993–94	Kevin Stallings	16	11	.593	12–6
1994–95	Kevin Stallings	20	13	.606	13–5	NIT Sweet Sixteen
1995–96	Kevin Stallings	22	12	.647	13–5	NIT Elite Eight
1996–97	Kevin Stallings	24	6	.800	14–4	NCAA First Round
1997–98	Kevin Stallings	25	6	.806	16–2	NCAA Second Round
1998–99	Kevin Stallings	16	15	.516	7–11
1999–2000	Tom Richardson	10	20	.333	5–13
2000–01	Tom Richardson	21	9	.700	12–6	NIT First Round
2001–02	Tom Richardson	17	14	.548	12–6
2002–03	Tom Richardson	8	21	.276	5–13
2003–04	Porter Moser	10	19	.345	4–14
2004–05	Porter Moser	17	13	.567	8–10
2005–06	Porter Moser	9	19	.321	4–14
2006–07	Porter Moser	15	16	.484	6–12
2007–08	Tim Jankovich	25	10	.714	13–5	NIT Sweet Sixteen
2008–09	Tim Jankovich	24	10	.706	11–7	NIT First Round
2009–10	Tim Jankovich	22	10	.688	11–7	NIT First Round
2010–11	Tim Jankovich	12	19	.387	4–14
2011–12	Tim Jankovich	21	14	.600	9–9	NIT Sweet Sixteen
2012–13	Dan Muller	18	15	.545	8–10
2013–14	Dan Muller	18	16	.529	9–9	CBI Semifinals
2014–15	Dan Muller	22	13	.629	11–7	NIT Second Round
2015-16	Dan Muller	18	14	.563	12-6
2016-17	Dan Muller
Regular season		805	553	.593

Postseason

NCAA Tournament results

The Redbirds have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–6.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1983	#6	Round of 64	#11 Ohio	L 51–49
1984	#8	Round of 64 Round of 32	#9 Alabama #1 DePaul	W 49–48 L 75–61
1985	#9	Round of 64 Round of 32	#8 USC #1 Oklahoma	W 58–55 L 75–69
1990	#14	Round of 64	#3 Michigan	L 76–70
1997	#11	Round of 64	#6 Iowa State	L 69–57
1998	#9	Round of 64 Round of 32	#8 Tennessee #1 Arizona	W 82–81 ^OT L 82–49

NIT results

The Redbirds have appeared in 13 National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 10–13.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1977	First Round Quarterfinals	Creighton Houston	W 65–58 L 91–90
1978	First Round	Indiana State	L 73–71
1980	First Round Sweet Sixteen	West Texas State Illinois	W 80–63 L 75–65
1987	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Akron Cleveland State La Salle	W 79–72 W 79–77 L 70–50
1988	First Round	Cleveland State	L 89–83
1995	First Round Sweet Sixteen	Utah State Washington State	W 93–87 L 83–80
1996	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Mount St. Mary's Wisconsin Tulane	W 73–49 W 77–62 L 83–72
2001	First Round	Purdue	L 90–79
2008	First Round Sweet Sixteen	Utah State Dayton	W 61–57 L 55–48
2009	First Round	Kansas State	L 83–79^OT
2010	First Round	Dayton	L 63–42
2012	First Round Second Round	Ole Miss Stanford	W 96–93^OT L 92–88^OT
2015	First Round Second Round	Green Bay Old Dominion	W 69–56 L 50–49

CBI results

The Redbirds have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 2–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2014	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Morehead State Texas A&M Siena	W 77–67 W 62–55 L 61–49

Redbirds drafted into the NBA

Draft Year	Player	Position	Round	Overall	NBA Team
1999	Rico Hill	SF	2	31	LA Clippers
1977	Jeff Wilkins (basketball)	C	2	37	San Antonio Spurs
1975	Robert Hawkins	SF	3	51	Golden State Warriors
1973	Doug Collins	SG	1	1	Philadelphia 76ers

I-74 Rivalry

The I-74 Rivalry is the rivalry game between the Illinois State and Bradley University.

Plane Crash

In 2015, while flying home from the NCAA tournament in Indianapolis, a plane carrying Illinois State assistant coach Torrey Ward and 6 others crashed just outside Bloomington, Illinois, leaving no survivors.

External links

^ Redbird Athletics Identity Manual (PDF). November 29, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[1] Redbird Athletics Identity Manual (PDF). November 29, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

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Venues	John W. Cook Hall (1898–1925) McCormick Gymnasium (1925–1963) Horton Field House (1963–1988) CEFCU Arena (1989–present)
Rivalries	Bradley
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Illinois State University
Academic colleges	Applied Science and Technology Business Education Fine Arts
Athletics	Men's basketball Women's basketball Fight song Football Reggie Redbird
Facilities	Duffy Bass Field Fell Arboretum Hancock Stadium John W. Cook Hall Horton Fieldhouse CEFCU Arena University High School Watterson Towers
News and radio	The Vidette WGLT WZND-LP
Related	List of Illinois State University alumni

v t e Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball
Teams	Belmont Bruins Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Missouri State Bears Murray State Racers Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis Valparaiso Beacons UIC Flames
Tournament & awards	MVC Basketball Tournament MVC Coach of the Year Larry Bird Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23