The 2007–08 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach

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, played their home games at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena and were a member of the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

. The Redbirds finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in conference play to finish in second place. They were the number two seed for the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. They won their quarterfinal game versus

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and semifinal game versus the

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but lost their final game versus

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. The Redbirds received an at-large bid to the

2008 National Invitation Tournament The 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Divi ...

and were assigned the number two seed in the

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regional. They were victorious over

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in the first round and were defeated by Dayton University in the second round.

Roster

Schedule

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National Invitation tournament

References

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