Overall: 17-14, .548 W-L% (143rd of 330)
Conference: 8-10, 5th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Marty Simmons (17-14)
PS/G: 67.1 (175th of 330) ▪ PA/G: 65.7 (116th of 330)
SRS: 1.87 (119th of 330) ▪ SOS: 2.29 (98th of 330)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 70 | 62 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | REG | Oakland City | W | 75 | 51 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | REG | Buffalo | MAC | W | 64 | 49 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | REG | @ | Butler | Horizon | L | 59 | 75 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 2, 2008 | REG | Southern Illinois-Edwardsville | OVC | W | 89 | 58 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 73 | 63 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 80 | 76 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 72 | 40 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 73 | 91 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | REG | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | W | 73 | 66 | 8 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 76 | 65 | 9 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 50 | 80 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sun, Jan 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 65 | 59 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 7, 2009 | REG | Missouri State | MVC | W | 66 | 61 | OT | 11 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 63 | 70 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | REG | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 47 | 58 | 11 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 63 | 57 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Jan 20, 2009 | REG | Creighton | MVC | L | 57 | 79 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Jan 25, 2009 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 50 | 51 | 12 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 65 | 62 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 60 | 54 | 14 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 4, 2009 | REG | @ | Missouri State | MVC | L | 62 | 65 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 61 | 52 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 68 | 70 | 15 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 79 | 86 | 15 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 84 | 89 | 15 | 11 | L 3 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 75 | 61 | 16 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 56 | 49 | 17 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 62 | 69 | 17 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 6, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Illinois State | MVC | L | 68 | 78 | 17 | 13 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | CIT | Belmont | A-Sun | L | 76 | 92 | 17 | 14 | L 3 |