# 2007–08 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

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.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition Season |||||||||
| November 7, 2007 7:05 pm | | Quincy | W 81–61 | | 19 – Dyer | 10 – Eldridge | 6 – Eldridge | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena Normal, IL |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| November 11, 2007* 1:05 pm | | Missouri–St. Louis | W 70–37 | 1–0 | 12 – Slack | 7 – Slack | 3 – Dyer, Johnson, Richardson | Doug Collins Court at 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 Court at 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 Court at 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 Court at 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 Court at 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 Court at 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, 2007 7:05 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, 2008 7:05 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, 2008 7:05 pm | | Southern Illinois | W 56–47 | 11–3 (3–0) | 14 – Dyer | 6 – Slack | 4 – Johnson, Richardson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (9,437) Normal, IL |
| January 8, 2008 7:05 pm | | Northern Iowa | W 51–46 | 12–3 (4–0) | 13 – Eldridge | 9 – Eldridge | 3 – Eldridge | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,082) Normal, IL |
| January 12, 2008 7:05 pm, CSN/FSN | | Evansville | W 74–66 | 13–3 (5–0) | 17 – Eldridge | 8 – Sampay | 4 – Sampay | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,117) Normal, IL |
| January 16, 2008 7:05 pm | | Wichita State | W 72–51 | 14–3 (6–0) | 21 – Eldridge | 4 – Dyer, Slack | 5 – Dyer | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,723) Normal, IL |
| January 19, 2008 7:05 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, 2008 7:05 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, 2008 2:05 pm | | Indiana State | W 65–62 | 15–5 (7–2) | 15 – Eldridge, Odiakosa | 9 – Sampay | 5 – Richardson, Eldridge | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,016) Normal, IL |
| January 30, 2008 7:05 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, 2008 7:05 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, 2008 7:05 pm | | No. 15 Drake | L 70–73 | 16–7 (8–4) | 17 – Johnson | 10 – Slack | 8 – Johnson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,185) Normal, IL |
| February 9, 2008 7:05 pm | | Bradley | W 72–68 | 17–7 (9–4) | 24 – Eldridge | 9 – Odiakosa | 8 – Johnson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (10,200) Normal, IL |
| February 13, 2008 7:05 pm | | Missouri State | W 69–57 | 18–7 (10–4) | 24 – Eldridge | 10 – Slack | 5 – Johnson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,446) Normal, IL |
| February 16, 2008 1:00 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, 2008 7:05 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 Court at Redbird Arena (6,089) Normal, IL |
| February 27, 2008 7:05 pm | | Creighton | W 68–54 | 21–8 (12–5) | 15 – Slack, Eldridge | 20 – Slack | 7 – Richardson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,563) Normal, IL |
| March 1, 2008 7:30 pm | | at Southern Illinois | W 57–49 | 22–8 (13–5) | 27 – Eldridge | 9 – Odiakosa | 2 – Richardson | SIU Arena (9,345) Carbondale, IL |
| State Farm Missouri Valley Conference {MVC} tournament |||||||||
| March 7, 2008 6:05 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, 2008 4:05 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, 2008 1:05 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 |
| MasterCard National Invitation {NIT} tournament |||||||||
| March 19, 2008 9:00 pm, ESPNU | (2) | (7) Utah State Ohio State Regional [First Round] | W 61–57 | 25–9 | 14 – Eldridge | 7 – Slack | 6 – Eldridge | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,397) Normal, IL |
| March 24, 2008 6:00 pm, ESPNU | (2) | (3) Dayton Ohio State Regional [Second Round] | L 48–55 | 25–10 | 14 – Odiakosa | 14 – Slack | 6 – Johnson | Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,802) Normal, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. |||||||||