Illinois St. Redbirds
 Illinois St. Redbirds
25-10 (13-5), 2nd Missouri Valley
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Mar 24 (3) Dayton, L 48-55
NIT 2nd Round
Dayt: Brian Roberts 4-12, 16 Pts
ILSt: Dinma Odiakosa 7-9, 14 Pts
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Illinois State Team Report
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Illinois State Team Report Apr 16, 2008
Coach Tim Jankovich juiced up the Missouri Valley Conference's biggest underachiever in recent seasons. Illinois State has the facilities, tradition, location and support to be one of MVC's better programs.
Jankovich took inherited talent and gave it direction and purpose. The Redbirds finished second in the MVC and won a game in the NIT. It was the program's first postseason appearance since 2001. The Redbirds were a good NCAA at-large candidate before upsets squeezed them out.
Jankovich turned the Redbirds from an athletic and inconsistent team into a defensive force. They held opponents to fewer than 60 points in their final eight victories. Four of those opponents didn't reach 50. ...More |
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Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Tickets |
Audio/Video |
Video Highlights |
| | Sun, Nov 11 |
Missouri St. Louis |
W 70-37 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Nov 14 |
SE Missouri St. |
W 90-71 |
-- | -- | | | | Sun, Nov 18 |
N.C. Wilmington |
W 89-73 |
-- | -- | | | | Fri, Nov 23 |
(8) Indiana |
L 57-70 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Nov 24 |
at Kent St. |
L 59-65 |
-- | -- | | | | Tue, Nov 27 |
Chicago St. |
W 81-49 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Dec 1 |
Ill. Chicago |
W 73-47 |
-- | -- | | | | Tue, Dec 4 |
at East. Michigan |
L 63-72 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Dec 8 |
Cincinnati |
W 62-52 |
-- | -- | | | | Sun, Dec 16 |
at Bowling Green |
W 69-58 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Dec 22 |
at Ball St. |
W 65-49 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Dec 29 |
at Creighton |
W 80-67 |
-- | -- | | | | Tue, Jan 1 |
at Wichita St. |
W 49-46 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Jan 5 |
Southern Ill. |
W 56-47 |
-- | -- | | | | Tue, Jan 8 |
Northern Iowa |
W 51-46 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Jan 12 |
Evansville |
W 74-66 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Jan 16 |
Wichita St. |
W 72-51 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Jan 19 |
at Drake |
L 73-79 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Jan 23 |
at Bradley |
L 75-76 |
-- | -- | | | | Sun, Jan 27 |
Indiana St. |
W 65-62 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Jan 30 |
at Northern Iowa |
L 61-69 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Feb 2 |
at Missouri St. |
W 64-63 |
-- | -- | | | | Tue, Feb 5 |
(15) Drake |
L 70-73 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Feb 9 |
Bradley |
W 72-68 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Feb 13 |
Missouri St. |
W 69-57 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Feb 16 |
at Indiana St. |
L 72-76 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Feb 20 |
at Evansville |
W 49-47 |
-- | -- | | | | Sun, Feb 24 |
Wright St. |
W 54-46 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Feb 27 |
Creighton |
W 68-54 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Mar 1 |
at Southern Ill. |
W 57-49 |
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Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Tickets |
Audio/Video |
Video Highlights |
| | Fri, Mar 7 |
Missouri St. |
W 63-58 |
-- | -- | | | | Sat, Mar 8 |
Northern Iowa |
W 56-42 |
-- | -- | | | | Sun, Mar 9 |
at (20) Drake |
L 49-79 |
-- | -- | | | | Wed, Mar 19 |
Utah St. |
W 61-57 |
-- | -- | | | | Mon, Mar 24 |
Dayton |
L 48-55 |
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| Individual Leaders |
| PPG | Osiris Eldridge | 15.8 |
| REB | Anthony Slack | 7.1 |
| AST | Boo Richardson | 3.7 |
| FG% | Anthony Slack | 66.0 |
| FT% | Brandon Holtz | 83.3 |
| 3PT% | Brandon Holtz | 42.9 |
| BLK | Anthony Slack | 1.4 |
| STL | Boo Richardson | 1.6 |
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