2008–09 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

	2008-09 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Standings
	Rankings from AP Poll; † MVC Tournament winner

Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
2008–09 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2008–09 record	24–10 (11–7 MVC)
Head coach	Tim Jankovich
Home arena	Redbird Arena

The 2008–09 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents Illinois State University in the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), is led by second-year head coach Tim Jankovich. In 2007-08, the Redbirds finished 25-10 (13-5 in the MVC).

Preseason

In the preseason, Illinois State played one game. They defeated the University of Illinois at Springfield 81-57.

Schedule

Date	Opponent*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
Missouri Valley Conference Standing: 3rd[1]
Exhibition Games
November 11, 2008	Illinois-Springfield	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 81-57	1-0	0-0
Regular Season Games
November 15, 2008	Wright State	Dayton, OH	6:00 p.m.	W 69-61	1-0	0-0
November 21, 2008	Alabama State	Normal, IL	5:00 p.m.	W 77-71	2-0	0-0
November 22, 2008	Houston Baptist	Normal, IL	5:00 p.m.	W 107-70	3-0	0-0
November 23, 2008	Southern Methodist	University Park, TX	7:30 p.m.	W 84-73	4-0	0-0
November 28, 2008	Nicholls State	Normal, IL	6:00 p.m.	W 75-65	5-0	0-0
November 29, 2008	Winston-Salem	Normal, IL	6:05 p.m.	W 53-33	6-0	0-0
November 30, 2008	California Santa Barbara	Normal, IL	3:35 p.m.	W 87-59	7-0	0-0
December 6, 2008	Bowling Green	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 78-65	8-0	0-0
December 14, 2008	Morehead State	Normal, IL	2:05 p.m.	W 76-70	9-0	0-0
December 17, 2008	Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, MI	6:00 p.m.	W 72-69	10-0	0-0
December 20, 2008	Illinois Chicago	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 67-60	11-0	0-0
December 28, 2008	Missouri State	Springfield, MO	2:05 p.m.	W 72-69	12-0	1-0
December 31, 2008	Evansville	Normal, IL	2:05 p.m.	W 80-50	13-0	2-0
January 3, 2009	Creighton	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 84-64	14-0	3-0
January 6, 2009	Bradley	Peoria, IL	7:05 p.m.	L 56-52	14-1	3-1
January 10, 2009	Indiana State	Terre Haute, IN	6:00 p.m.	L 75-70	14-2	3-2
January 14, 2009	Drake	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 65-61	15-2	4-2
January 18, 2009	Missouri State	Normal, IL	2:05 p.m.	W 72-69	16-2	5-2
January 21, 2009	Wichita State	Wichita, KS	7:05 p.m.	L 64-58	16-3	5-3
January 24, 2009	Southern Illinois	Normal, IL	4:05 p.m.	W 70-63	17-3	6-3
January 28, 2009	Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA	7:05 p.m.	L 59-55	17-4	6-4
January 31, 2009	Bradley	Normal, IL	3:05 p.m.	W 69-65	18-4	7-4
February 4, 2009	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 60-57	19-4	8-4
February 8, 2009	Indiana State	Normal, IL	6:00 p.m.	L 75-73	19-5	8-5
February 11, 2009	Evansville	Evansville, IN	7:05 p.m.	W 70-68	20-5	9-5
February 15, 2009	Drake	Des Moines, IA	6:00 p.m.	W 67-45	21-5	10-5
February 18, 2009	Wichita State	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	W 74-59	22-5	11-5
February 20, 2009	Niagara	Lewiston, NY	6:00 p.m.	L 70-56	22-6	11-5
February 24, 2009	Northern Iowa	Normal, IL	7:05 p.m.	L 69-67	22-7	11-6
February 28, 2009	Creighton	Omaha, NE	1:05 p.m.	L 74-70	22-8	11-7
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
March 6, 2009	Evansville	St. Louis, MO	8:35 p.m.	W 78-68	23-8	11-7
March 7, 2009	Creighton	St. Louis, MO	4:00 p.m.	W 73-49	24-8	11-7
March 8, 2009	Northern Iowa	St. Louis, MO	1:05 p.m.	L 60-57	24-9	11-7
National Invitation Tournament
March 18, 2009	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	7:00 p.m.	L 83-79	24-10	11-7
Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD*.

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References

http://www.mvc-sports.com/standings/Standings.dbml?SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600&DEF_FY=2008

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Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Venues	John W. Cook Hall (1898–1925) McCormick Gymnasium (1925–1963) Horton Fieldhouse (1963–1988) Redbird Arena (1989–present)
Rivalries	Bradley
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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

	Conf			Overall
2008-09 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Creighton	14	4	.778	27	8	.771
Northern Iowa†	14	4	.778	23	11	.677
Illinois State	11	7	.611	24	10	.706
Bradley	10	8	.556	21	15	.583
Evansville	8	10	.444	17	14	.548
Wichita State	8	10	.444	17	17	.500
Southern Illinois	8	10	.444	13	18	.419
Drake	7	11	.389	17	16	.515
Indiana State	7	11	.389	11	21	.344
Missouri State	3	15	.167	11	20	.344
Rankings from AP Poll † MVC Tournament winner