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2007–08 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball

Missouri Valley Conference
25–10 (13–5 MVC)
Tim Jankovich (1st season)
Rob Judson
Anthony Beane
Paris Parham
Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena

The 2007–08 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Tim Jankovich, played their home games at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena and were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

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 Missouri State University and semifinal game versus the University of Northern Iowa but lost their final game versus Drake University.

The Redbirds received an at-large bid to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament and were assigned the number two seed in the Ohio State University regional. They were victorious over Utah State University in the first round and were defeated by Dayton University in the second round.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
November 7, 20077:05 pm		Quincy	W 81–61		19 – Dyer	10 – Eldridge	6 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena Normal, IL
November 11, 2007*1:05 pm		Missouri–St. Louis	W 70–37	1–0	12 – Slack	7 – Slack	3 – Dyer,Johnson,Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (4,185)Normal, IL
November 14, 2007*7:05 pm		Southeast Missouri State Chicago Invitational Challenge[Campus Site]	W 90–71	2–0	27 – Eldridge	13 – Slack	6 – Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (4,522)Normal, IL
November 18, 2007*2:05 pm		North Carolina–Wilmington Chicago Invitational Challenge[Campus Site]	W 89–73	3–0	30 – Eldridge	7 – Eldridge	6 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (4,433)Normal, IL
November 23, 2007*7:30 pm, BTN		vs. No. 8 Indiana Chicago Invitational Challenge[Semifinal]	L 57–70	3–1	18 – Dyer	8 – Odiakosa	5 – Eldridge	Sears Centre (4,500)Hoffman Estates, IL
November 24, 2007*5:00 pm		vs. Kent State Chicago Invitational Challenge[Third Place]	L 59–65	3–2	11 – Eldridge	9 – Slack	3 – Johnson,Richardson,Holtz	Sears Centre (4,000)Hoffman Estates, IL
November 27, 2007*7:05 pm		Chicago State	W 81–49	4–2	16 – Dyer	10 – Dyer	7 – Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (4,818)Normal, IL
December 1, 2007*7:05 pm		Illinois–Chicago	W 73–47	5–2	25 – Dyer	8 – Slack	8 – Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (4,749)Normal, IL
December 4, 2007*6:00 pm		at Eastern M⁬ichigan	L 63–72	5–3	18 – Eldridge	13 – Eldridge	5 – Richardson	Convocation Center (385)Ypsilanti, MI
December 8, 2007*7:05 pm		Cincinnati	W 62–52	6–3	20 – Eldridge	9 – Eldridge	4 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (6,529)Normal, IL
December 16, 2007*1:00 pm		at Bowling Green State	W 69–58	7–3	16 – Johnson	11 – Eldridge	4 – Richardson,Holloway	Anderson Arena (659)Bowling Green, OH
December 22, 2007*1:00 pm		at Ball State	W 65–49	8–3	16 – Richardson	12 – Odiakosa	6 – Richardson	John E. Worthen Arena (2,636)Muncie, IN
December 29, 20077:05 pm, CSN/FSN		at Creighton	W 80–67	9–3(1–0)	20 – Dyer	11 – Slack	5 – Johnson,Richardson,Slack	Qwest Center Omaha (16,808)Omaha, NE
January 1, 20087:05 pm		at Wichita State	W 49–46	10–3(2–0)	11 – Eldridge	8 – Eldridge	4 – Richardson	Charles Koch Arena (10,478)Wichita, KS
January 5, 20087:05 pm		Southern Illinois	W 56–47	11–3(3–0)	14 – Dyer	6 – Slack	4 – Johnson,Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (9,437)Normal, IL
January 8, 20087:05 pm		Northern Iowa	W 51–46	12–3(4–0)	13 – Eldridge	9 – Eldridge	3 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (5,082)Normal, IL
January 12, 20087:05 pm, CSN/FSN		Evansville	W 74–66	13–3(5–0)	17 – Eldridge	8 – Sampay	4 – Sampay	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (7,117)Normal, IL
January 16, 20087:05 pm		Wichita State	W 72–51	14–3(6–0)	21 – Eldridge	4 – Dyer,Slack	5 – Dyer	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (6,723)Normal, IL
January 19, 20087:05 pm		at Drake	L 73–79	14–4(6–1)	21 – Slack,Eldridge	9 – Eldridge	4 – Johnson	The Knapp Center (7,152)Des Moines, IA
January 23, 20087:05 pm, CSN		at Bradley	L 75–76	14–5(6–2)	17 – Richardson	7 – Sampay,Eldridge	4 – Richardson	Carver Arena (11,421)Peoria, IL
January 27, 20082:05 pm		Indiana State	W 65–62	15–5(7–2)	15 – Eldridge,Odiakosa	9 – Sampay	5 – Richardson,Eldridge	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (8,016)Normal, IL
January 30, 20087:05 pm		at Northern Iowa	L 61–69	15–6(7–3)	17 – Johnson	7 – Sampay	2 – Vandello	McLeod Center (4,454)Cedar Falls, IA
February 2, 20087:05 pm		at Missouri State	W 64–63	16–6(8–3)	23 – Johnson	8 – Slack	6 – Richardson	John Q. Hammons Student Center (7,003)Springfield, MO
February 5, 20087:05 pm		No. 15 Drake	L 70–73	16–7(8–4)	17 – Johnson	10 – Slack	8 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (8,185)Normal, IL
February 9, 20087:05 pm		Bradley	W 72–68	17–7(9–4)	24 – Eldridge	9 – Odiakosa	8 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (10,200)Normal, IL
February 13, 20087:05 pm		Missouri State	W 69–57	18–7(10–4)	24 – Eldridge	10 – Slack	5 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (5,446)Normal, IL
February 16, 20081:00 pm		at Indiana State	L 72-76	18–8(10–5)	34 – Eldridge	8 – Odiakosa	3 – Richardson,Odzic	Hulman Center (4,570)Terre Haute, IN
February 20, 20087:05 pm		at Evansville	W 49–47	19–8(11–5)	10 – Richardson,Holloway	12 – Slack	3 – Richardson	Roberts Municipal Stadium (4,907)Evansville, IN
February 24, 2008*5:30 pm, ESPNU		Wright State O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters	W 54–46	20–8	16 – Holloway	8 – Slack	4 – Holloway	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (6,089)Normal, IL
February 27, 20087:05 pm		Creighton	W 68–54	21–8(12–5)	15 – Slack,Eldridge	20 – Slack	7 – Richardson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (6,563)Normal, IL
March 1, 20087:30 pm		at Southern Illinois	W 57–49	22–8(13–5)	27 – Eldridge	9 – Odiakosa	2 – Richardson	SIU Arena (9,345)Carbondale, IL
March 7, 20086:05 pm, CSN/FSN	(2)	vs. (7) Missouri State Quarterfinal	W 63–58	23–8	14 – Richardson	7 – Sampay	3 – Holloway	Scottrade Center (15,204)St. Louis, MO
March 8, 20084:05 pm, CSN/FSN	(2)	vs. (6) Northern Iowa Semifinal	W 56–42	24–8	13 – Eldridge	8 – Eldridge	5 – Richardson	Scottrade Center (16,829)St. Louis, MO
March 9, 20081:05 pm, CBS	(2)	vs. (1) No. 20 Drake Final	L 49–79	24–9	14 – Eldridge	5 – Slack,Odiakosa	4 – Holloway	Scottrade Center (11,088)St. Louis, MO
March 19, 20089:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	(7) Utah State Ohio State Regional[First Round]	W 61–57	25–9	14 – Eldridge	7 – Slack	6 – Eldridge	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (6,397)Normal, IL
March 24, 20086:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	(3) Dayton Ohio State Regional[Second Round]	L 48–55	25–10	14 – Odiakosa	14 – Slack	6 – Johnson	Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena (8,802)Normal, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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