2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds Basketball Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png 175 Missouri Valley Conference 18–14 12–6 MVC Dan Muller 4th Luke Yaklich Dean Oliver Jeremy Ballard Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth-year head coach Dan Muller, played their home games at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in conference play, to finish in a tie for second place. As the number three seed in the MVC tournament, they were defeated by Indiana State in their quarterfinal game. Previous season The Redbirds finished the 2014–15 season 22–13, 11–7 in conference play, to finish in a tie for third place. For the Missouri Valley tournament they were the number four seed, defeating Evansville in a quarterfinal game and eighth ranked Wichita State in a semifinal game before succumbing to eleventh ranked Northern Iowa in the final. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they won over Green Bay in the first round before losing to Old Dominion in the second round. Offseason Departures Name # Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Comment Bobby Hunter 4 G 5'10" 194 RS Sr Reno, NV Graduation John Jones 10 C 6'9" 260 Sr Saint Michael, Barbados Graduation Daishon Knight 3 G 6'1" 175 Sr Baltimore, MD Graduation Will Ransom 42 F 6'8" 240 Jr Fort Worth, TX North Carolina Central Mark Hall 5 G 6'3" 170 RS So Round Lake Beach, IL St. Cloud State Reggie Lynch 22 C 6'10" 255 So Edina, MN Minnesota Arrivals Transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Prior School Quentin Brewer F 6'8" 220 RS Sr Tampa, FL Bethune–Cookman Recruiting class no 2015 no Keyshawn Evans PG Plantation, FL The Sagemont School 5 11 150 September 14, 2014 0 3 0 NR Roland Griffin SG Aurora, IL Aurora West High School 6 6 195 June 29, 2014 0 0 0 NR Elvis Harvey PF South Bay, FL Oxford Academy 6 8 215 April 28, 2015 0 0 0 NR Matt Hein PG Orlando, FL Windermere Preparatory School 6 2 170 August 26, 2014 0 0 0 NR Daouda Ndaiye C Orlando, FL Windermere Preparatory School 6 11 205 August 25, 2014 0 0 0 NR 2015 June 30, 2015 yes 2015 Illinois State Signees 2015 Illinois State Signees 2015 Illinois State Signees Roster y Illinois State Redbirds 2015 yes F 0 y Nick Banyard 6 8 225 jr yes Edwards Marcus High SchoolNew Mexico Flower Mound, TX G 1 y Paris Lee 6 0 185 jr Proviso East High School Maywood, IL F 2 Quintin Brewer 6 8 215 sr y Howard Blake High SchoolBethune–Cookman Atlanta, GA G 3 Keyshawn Evans 6 0 170 fr The Sagemont School Plantation, FL C 4 Daouda Ndaiye 6 11 210 fr Windermere Preparatory School Dakar, Senegal G 5 Matt Hein yes 6 3 185 fr Windermere Preparatory School Windermere, FL F 11 y MiKyle McIntosh 6 7 234 so y 22 Feet Academy Pickering, ON G 12 Tony Wills 6 3 180 jr Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, IN G 15 Justin McCloud 6 4 198 sr Bottineau High SchoolBismarck State College Bottineau, ND F 22 Elvis Harvey 6 8 210 fr Oxbridge Academy South Bay, FL F 23 Deontae Hawkins 6 8 219 so y Dunbar High School Dayton, OH G 31 Javaka Thompson W yes 6 4 191 jr Whitney Young Magnet High SchoolKnox College Chicago, IL F 35 Roland Griffin 6 7 210 fr West Aurora High School Aurora, IL G 44 y DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 6 5 185 sr West Oaks AcademyEastern Oklahoma State College Orlando, FL Dan Muller (Illinois State) Luke Yaklich (Illinois State) Dean Oliver (Iowa) Jeremy Ballard (Colgate) https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2015-16 March 6, 2016 Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Illinois State Redbirds|Exhibition Season November 8, 2015 yes 2:00 pm Southern Indiana 88–81 Akoon–Purcell 25 Banyard 14 Lee,Wills 3 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,022 Normal, IL |- !colspan=9 style=Illinois State Redbirds|Non-Conference Regular Season November 13, 2015 yes 9:00 pm ESPN3 yes San Diego State Mountain West–Missouri Valley Challenge 60–71 0–1 Griffin 13 McCloud 7 Lee 7 Viejas Arena 12,414 San Diego, CA November 16, 2015 yes 7:00 pm ESPN3 Morehead State 67–66 1–1 Akoon–Purcell 23 Akoon–Purcell,Banyard,Griffin 4 Lee 7 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,698 Normal, IL November 19, 2015 yes 7:00 pm ESPN3 South Dakota State Cancún Challenge[Campus Site] 67–83 1–2 Akoon–Purcell 15 Hawkins 7 McCloud 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,107 Normal, IL November 21, 2015 yes 6:00 pm ESPN3 Houston Baptist Cancún Challenge[Campus Site] 72–56 2–2 Akoon–Purcell 20 Hawkins 6 Lee 5 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,100 Normal, IL November 24, 2015 yes 7:30 pm CBSSN yes 2 Maryland Cancún Challenge{Riviera Division}[Semifinal] 66–77 2–3 McIntosh 17 Hawkins 6 Lee 3 Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya 982 Cancún, Mexico November 25, 2015 yes 5:00 pm CBSSN yes TCU Cancún Challenge{Riviera Division}[Third Place] 60–71 2–4 Lee 16 McIntosh 9 Akoon–Purcell 2 Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya 982 Cancún, Mexico November 27, 2015 yes 2:00 pm ESPN3 Quincy 73–63 3–4 Akoon–Purcell 18 Wills,Hawkins 7 Akoon–Purcell,Lee 5 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 3,853 Normal, IL November 30, 2015 yes 6:00 pm ESPN2 yes 1 Kentucky 63–75 3–5 Akoon–Purcell 22 Brewer 8 Akoon–Purcell,McIntosh 2 Rupp Arena 21,894 Lexington, KY December 5, 2015 yes 7:00 pm ESPN3 UAB 61–74 3–6 Akoon–Purcell 18 Akoon–Purcell 8 Lee 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 5,093 Normal, IL December 13, 2015 yes 3:00 pm ESPN3 Murray State 63–61 4–6 Hawkins 16 Hawkins 9 Lee 7 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,239 Normal, IL December 16, 2015 yes 8:00 pm CSNC+ yes UIC 72–60 5–6 Akoon–Purcell 18 McIntosh 11 Lee,McIntosh 4 UIC Pavilion 4,499 Chicago, IL December 19, 2015 yes 1:00 pm A-10Digital Network yes Saint Joseph's 65–79 5–7 McIntosh 16 Akoon–Purcell,McIntosh 7 Lee 4 Hagan Arena 3,516 Philadelphia, PA December 22, 2015 yes 6:00 pm ESPN3 Tennessee State 66–55 6–7 Akoon–Purcell,Hawkins,Griffin 10 Banyard 11 Griffin 3 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,205 Normal, IL |- !colspan=9 style=Illinois State Redbirds|Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season December 30, 2015 7:00 pm ESPN3 Missouri State 74–61 7–7 1–0 Hawkins 17 McIntosh 7 McIntosh 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 5,680 Normal, IL January 3, 2016 1:00 pm ESPN3 yes Drake 67–62 8–7 2–0 Akoon–Purcell 28 Akoon–Purcell 9 Banyard,Lee 2 The Knapp Center 2,803 Des Moines, IA January 6, 2016 7:00 pm ESPN3 Loyola–Chicago 54–52 9–7 3–0 Akoon–Purcell 14 Brewer 8 McIntosh 3 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,106 Normal, IL January 9, 2016 1:00 pm CSNC/FSMW yes Indiana State 65–77 9–8 3–1 McIntosh 20 Brewer,Lee 6 Lee 5 Hulman Center 3,801 Terre Haute, IN January 12, 2016 7:00 pm ESPN3 yes Southern Illinois 78–81 9–9 3–2 McIntosh 25 Hawkins 9 Akoon–Purcell,Lee,Hawkins 4 SIU Arena 4,441 Carbondale, IL January 15, 2016 8:00 pm ESPN2 Evansville 55–65 9–10 3–3 Akoon–Purcell,Lee 12 Hawkins 10 Lee,Wills 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 5,148 Normal, IL January 20, 2016 7:00 pm ESPN3 yes Bradley I–74 Rivalry 55–52 10–10 4–3 Lee 16 Hawkins 15 Lee,Wills 4 Carver Arena 7,300 Peoria, IL January 23, 2016 3:00 pm CSNC/FSMW Northern Iowa 76–67 11–10 5–3 McIntosh 18 Brewer 7 Lee 6 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 7,103 Normal, IL January 26, 2016 7:00 pm CSNC+/FSMW Drake 76–64 12–10 6–3 McIntosh 25 McIntosh 7 Wills 7 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,182 Normal, IL January 30, 2016 3:00 pm ESPN3 yes Missouri State 81–84 OT 12–11 6–4 Akoon–Purcell 18 Akoon–Purcell 9 Lee 6 JQH Arena 3,546 Springfield, MO February 3, 2016 7:00 pm ESPN3 yes Loyola–Chicago 78–70 13–11 7–4 McIntosh 21 McIntosh 6 Akoon–Purcell 5 Joseph J. Gentile Arena 1,691 Chicago, IL February 6, 2016 9:00 pm ESPN2 21 Wichita State 58–53 14–11 8–4 Lee 19 Hawkins 10 Akoon–Purcell 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 8,284 Normal, IL February 11, 2016 8:00 pm CBSSN yes Evansville 70–60 15–11 9–4 Banyard 18 Hawkins 9 Lee 9 Ford Center 4,195 Evansville, IN February 14, 2016 3:00 pm ESPN3 Bradley I–74 Rivalry 75–60 16–22 10–4 McIntosh 14 Hawkins,McIntosh 6 Brewer,McIntosh 3 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 7,888 Normal, IL February 17, 2016 7:00 pm ESPN3 Indiana State 78–50 17–11 11–4 Lee 18 Brewer,Hawkins 8 Wills 5 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 4,456 Normal, IL February 20, 2016 3:00 pm CBSSN yes Northern Iowa 66–75 17–12 11–5 Lee 14 Brewer,Lee 6 Lee 7 McLeod Center 6,145 Cedar Falls, IA February 24, 2016 6:00 pm CSNC+/FSMW Southern Illinois 73–50 18–12 12–5 Lee 21 Akoon–Purcell,Banyard,Hawkins 7 Lee 4 Doug Collins Courtat Redbird Arena 6,052 Normal, IL February 27, 2016 1:00 pm ESPN2 yes Wichita State 58–74 18–13 12–6 Akoon–Purcell 15 Hawkins 7 Akoon–Purcell 4 Charles Koch Arena 10,506 Wichita, KS |- !colspan=9 style=Illinois State Redbirds|State FarmMissouri Valley Conference {MVC} tournament |- March 3, 2016 yes 8:30 pm CSNC/FSMW 3 yes 6 Indiana State Quarterfinal 57–65 18–14 McIntosh 17 Akoon–Purcell 14 Lee,Wills 2 Scottrade Center 8,468 St. Louis, MO |- AP Poll Central Standard Time Sourcehttps://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2015–16 2015–16 Men's Basketball Schedule GoRedbirds.com March 14, 2016 en References Category:Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball seasons Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball Illinois State Redbirds