The Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of th ...

, located in

Normal, Illinois Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statist ...

, in

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

Division I

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

competition. They are currently led by head coach Ryan Pedon and play their home games at CEFCU Arena as a member of the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest. History The MVC was established ...

. They have the distinction of earning the most

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York Cit ...

berths (14) without making the semifinals, and also have the longest current NCAA tournament drought (22 seasons) among

members.

Season-by-season records

NCAA Division I

Source

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

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

NIT results

The Redbirds have appeared in 14

s (NIT). Their combined record is 11–14. Source

CBI results

The Redbirds have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 2–1. They turned down a bid in the 2015–16 season and again in the 2017–18 season. Source

Players

Retired numbers

Illinois State has retired only one number in program history, that of first-team All-American and Olympian Doug Collins.

Redbirds drafted into the NBA

Redbirds in international leagues

Jackie Carmichael Jackie Carmichael (born January 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Igokea of the Adriatic League (ABA) and the Bosnian League. He was a standout college player at Illinois State University before playing professionally in ...

(born 1990)

Rivalries

The I-74 Rivalry is the rivalry between

Illinois State Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of th ...

and Bradley.

Plane crash

On April 7, 2015, while flying home from the NCAA Tournament Final game in Indianapolis, a plane carrying Illinois State assistant coach Torrey Ward and six others crashed just outside Bloomington, Illinois, leaving no survivors.

References

External links

* * {{Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball navbox