image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Just eight weeks away from tipoff, the Illinois State University men’s basketball schedule is officially finalized as the Missouri Valley Conference released its full slate Tuesday. The Redbirds will host Missouri State on Dec. 1, a rare MVC matchup in the middle of the non-conference part of the schedule and the earliest conference opener in ISU history. Otherwise, the MVC will return to its […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State men's basketball released its non-conference schedule Wednesday, which includes a trip to Cancun and a true road game against a Big Ten Conference foe for the second straight season. The Redbirds will open their season on Nov. 9 as they welcome North Carolina-Wilmington of the Colonial Athletic Association to Redbird Arena. Six more home games round out the Redbirds home non-conference schedule […]
photo courtesy of goredbirds.com This weekend the Redbirds men’s basketball team will take on the Southern Illinois Salukis. The program is coming off a tough weekend where they dropped two games to Missouri State and remain at the bottom of the valley. However, they look to change their fortune against another young team. The Redbirds are 2-11 in conference play this season but can make up some ground with a […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com The stench of desparation could be smelled from the second level as the Illinois State Redbirds and Missouri State Bears both put everything they had into ending their four-game losing streaks. The difference in the end was that MSU played as a team, while the Redbirds could only find offense from DJ Horne and Antonio Reeves. Horne had 23 points against the Bears, followed by 17 […]
Story by Andrew Evola NORMAL Ill. - The ISU men’s basketball team fell to Valparaiso 69-60 Friday evening at Redbird arena in game one of the two game series against the Crusaders. The Redbirds had a slow start to the game trailing 10-2 early in the first half and could not find a way to come back from that, scoring just 23 points in the first half. After a slow […]
After spending last week in Florida for spring break, the crew is finally back. Andy, Julie, and Hector open up this week's show recapping their experiences covering the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference and what they did over spring break (2:28-15:22). Next, Andy and Hector sat down with News Director, Zach Wilson, to talk MLB baseball (15:34-27:16). After, Andy and Julie welcomed in Redbird baseball star, Jordan Libman, to talk the […]
