Overall: 23-11, .676 W-L% (60th of 330)
Conference: 14-4, 1st in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ben Jacobson (23-11)
PS/G: 67.4 (173rd of 330) ▪ PA/G: 63.5 (68th of 330)
SRS: 5.63 (87th of 330) ▪ SOS: 2.24 (99th of 330)
NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (61-56) versus #5 Purdue
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | REG | Denver | Sun Belt | W | 61 | 56 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | Horizon | L | 77 | 84 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 74 | 67 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | REG | Chicago State | Ind | W | 81 | 70 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | REG | N | Marquette | Big East | L | 43 | 73 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | REG | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 67 | 61 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 3, 2008 | REG | Iowa State | Big 12 | L | 66 | 71 | OT | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | REG | North Dakota | W | 69 | 49 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 9, 2008 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 46 | 65 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | REG | N | Wyoming | MWC | L | 65 | 74 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | REG | South Dakota State | Summit | W | 72 | 55 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | L | 84 | 85 | 2OT | 6 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 59 | 51 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 3, 2009 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 78 | 54 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Jan 6, 2009 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 69 | 66 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | REG | Missouri State | MVC | W | 78 | 64 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | REG | @ | Evansville | MVC | W | 58 | 47 | 11 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 81 | 59 | 12 | 6 | W 6 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 66 | 61 | 13 | 6 | W 7 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Jan 25, 2009 | REG | @ | Missouri State | MVC | W | 78 | 69 | 14 | 6 | W 8 | |
| 21 | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | W | 59 | 55 | 15 | 6 | W 9 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 61 | 57 | 16 | 6 | W 10 | |
| 23 | Tue, Feb 3, 2009 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | W | 61 | 58 | 17 | 6 | W 11 | |
| 24 | Sun, Feb 8, 2009 | REG | Creighton | MVC | L | 71 | 77 | 17 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 81 | 55 | 18 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 61 | 69 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | REG | Drake | MVC | L | 46 | 47 | 18 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | REG | @ | Siena | MAAC | L | 75 | 81 | 18 | 10 | L 3 | |
| 29 | Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 69 | 67 | 2OT | 19 | 10 | W 1 |
| 30 | Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | REG | Evansville | MVC | W | 69 | 62 | 20 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 6, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Indiana State | MVC | W | 73 | 69 | 21 | 10 | W 3 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 7, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Bradley | MVC | W | 76 | 62 | 22 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 8, 2009 | CTOURN | N | Illinois State | MVC | W | 60 | 57 | OT | 23 | 10 | W 5 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | NCAA | N | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 56 | 61 | 23 | 11 | L 1 |