Illinois State Redbirds Men's Basketball School History

Location: Normal, Illinois

Coverage: 67 seasons (1898-99 to 2025-26)

Record (since 1898-99): 1030-737 .583 W-L%

Conferences: MVC and Ind

Conference Champion: 6 Times (Reg. Seas.), 4 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 6 Years (3-6), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 11 Weeks (Total)

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Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

67 Seasons

SRS back to 1949-50

67 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2025-26	MVC	23	13	.639	12	8	.600	6.51	1.46	74.7	68.5						Ryan Pedon (23-13)
2	2024-25	MVC	22	14	.611	10	10	.500	1.91	-0.57	75.8	71.8						Ryan Pedon (22-14)
3	2023-24	MVC	15	17	.469	9	11	.450	-1.38	0.43	66.5	67.7						Ryan Pedon (15-17)
4	2022-23	MVC	11	21	.344	6	14	.300	-7.38	-3.38	66.5	70.5						Ryan Pedon (11-21)
5	2021-22	MVC	13	20	.394	5	13	.278	-0.78	0.74	74.2	74.7						Brian Jones (2-5), Dan Muller (11-15)
6	2020-21	MVC	7	18	.280	4	14	.222	-5.45	0.38	72.0	74.8						Dan Muller (7-18)
7	2019-20	MVC	10	21	.323	5	13	.278	-2.70	1.97	66.1	70.0						Dan Muller (10-21)
8	2018-19	MVC	17	16	.515	9	9	.500	-2.06	0.25	68.4	70.1						Dan Muller (17-16)
9	2017-18	MVC	18	15	.545	10	8	.556	1.07	3.67	71.6	73.3						Dan Muller (18-15)
10	2016-17	MVC	28	7	.800	17	1	.944	10.30	2.71	69.1	61.3						Dan Muller (28-7)
11	2015-16	MVC	18	14	.563	12	6	.667	3.40	2.59	67.2	66.1						Dan Muller (18-14)
12	2014-15	MVC	22	13	.629	11	7	.611	7.96	2.87	68.1	62.0						Dan Muller (22-13)
13	2013-14	MVC	18	16	.529	9	9	.500	1.08	1.77	68.3	68.5						Dan Muller (18-16)
14	2012-13	MVC	18	15	.545	8	10	.444	9.61	3.70	74.5	68.6						Dan Muller (18-15)
15	2011-12	MVC	21	14	.600	9	9	.500	6.33	2.64	69.7	66.0						Tim Jankovich (21-14)
16	2010-11	MVC	12	19	.387	4	14	.222	-3.37	-0.66	61.1	63.8						Tim Jankovich (12-19)
17	2009-10	MVC	22	11	.667	11	7	.611	5.73	1.16	69.2	64.1						Tim Jankovich (22-11)
18	2008-09	MVC	24	10	.706	11	7	.611	7.83	1.52	71.0	63.4						Tim Jankovich (24-10)
19	2007-08	MVC	25	10	.714	13	5	.722	8.64	3.44	65.3	59.3						Tim Jankovich (25-10)
20	2006-07	MVC	15	16	.484	6	12	.333	5.73	4.63	66.7	65.0						Porter Moser (15-16)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2005-06	MVC	9	19	.321	4	14	.222	-0.15	3.71	55.5	59.1						Porter Moser (9-19)
22	2004-05	MVC	17	13	.567	8	10	.444	3.59	3.34	66.8	65.4						Porter Moser (17-13)
23	2003-04	MVC	10	19	.345	4	14	.222	-0.60	3.12	62.9	65.3						Porter Moser (10-19)
24	2002-03	MVC	8	21	.276	5	13	.278	-3.41	2.17	64.6	70.2						Tom Richardson (8-21)
25	2001-02	MVC	17	14	.548	12	6	.667	0.73	1.51	67.1	67.9						Tom Richardson (17-14)
26	2000-01	MVC	21	9	.700	12	6	.667	5.97	0.57	75.2	69.8						Tom Richardson (21-9)
27	1999-00	MVC	10	20	.333	5	13	.278	-2.32	2.72	67.7	71.7						Tom Richardson (10-20)
28	1998-99	MVC	16	15	.516	7	11	.389	5.80	4.73	69.1	68.1						Kevin Stallings (16-15)
29	1997-98	MVC	25	6	.806	16	2	.889	9.64	3.41	76.2	69.1		24		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Kevin Stallings (25-6)
30	1996-97	MVC	24	6	.800	14	4	.778	10.81	2.28	74.1	65.7				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Kevin Stallings (24-6)
31	1995-96	MVC	22	12	.647	13	5	.722	5.53	2.89	71.8	69.2						Kevin Stallings (22-12)
32	1994-95	MVC	20	13	.606	13	5	.722	4.04	3.36	76.1	75.2						Kevin Stallings (20-13)
33	1993-94	MVC	16	11	.593	12	6	.667	4.14	0.69	73.8	70.4						Kevin Stallings (16-11)
34	1992-93	MVC	19	10	.655	13	5	.722	3.76	0.97	66.6	63.4						Bob Bender (19-10)
35	1991-92	MVC	18	11	.621	14	4	.778	1.01	-0.51	65.9	64.3						Bob Bender (18-11)
36	1990-91	MVC	5	23	.179	4	12	.250	-10.34	1.62	59.9	71.5						Bob Bender (5-23)
37	1989-90	MVC	18	13	.581	9	5	.643	4.09	3.18	72.1	71.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Bob Bender (18-13)
38	1988-89	MVC	13	17	.433	6	8	.429	-1.69	1.98	64.7	68.4						Bob Donewald (13-17)
39	1987-88	MVC	18	13	.581	9	5	.643	3.88	3.47	69.7	69.1						Bob Donewald (18-13)
40	1986-87	MVC	19	13	.594	7	7	.500	5.61	2.80	70.5	68.0						Bob Donewald (19-13)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1985-86	MVC	15	14	.517	9	7	.563	2.35	2.10	61.4	61.0						Bob Donewald (15-14)
42	1984-85	MVC	22	8	.733	11	5	.688	8.66	3.21	70.4	65.0				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Bob Donewald (22-8)
43	1983-84	MVC	23	8	.742	13	3	.813	11.53	1.63	73.2	63.2				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Bob Donewald (23-8)
44	1982-83	MVC	24	7	.774	13	5	.722	6.92	0.82	65.9	59.1		16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Bob Donewald (24-7)
45	1981-82	MVC	17	12	.586	9	7	.563	6.16	0.33	66.4	60.2						Bob Donewald (17-12)
46	1980-81	Ind	16	11	.593				3.69	-0.82	66.9	60.2						Bob Donewald (16-11)
47	1979-80	Ind	20	9	.690				7.13	2.87	68.5	62.4						Bob Donewald (20-9)
48	1978-79	Ind	20	10	.667				2.26	-0.57	80.0	72.7						Bob Donewald (20-10)
49	1977-78	Ind	24	4	.857				7.13	-1.30	83.7	74.3		13				Gene Smithson (24-4)
50	1976-77	Ind	22	7	.759				5.75	1.40	83.0	75.4						Gene Smithson (22-7)
51	1975-76	Ind	20	7	.741				3.12	-0.08	84.4	76.0						Gene Smithson (20-7)
52	1974-75	Ind	16	10	.615				3.22	-0.78	91.3	81.3						Will Robinson (16-10)
53	1973-74	Ind	17	9	.654				1.52	-2.38	88.5	81.2						Will Robinson (17-9)
54	1972-73	Ind	13	12	.520				2.02	0.14	89.1	79.9						Will Robinson (13-12)
55	1971-72	Ind	16	10	.615				-2.92	-0.20	88.2	81.9						Will Robinson (16-10)
56	1909-10	Ind	8	5	.615													George Binnewies (8-5)
57	1908-09	Ind	9	0	1.000													George Binnewies (9-0)
58	1907-08	Ind	5	1	.833													William Bawden (5-1)
59	1906-07	Ind	5	3	.625													William Bawden (5-3)
60	1905-06	Ind	6	2	.750													John Stewart (6-2)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
61	1904-05	Ind	4	4	.500													John Stewart (4-4)
62	1903-04	Ind	7	1	.875													John Stewart (7-1)
63	1902-03	Ind	3	3	.500													John Stewart (3-3)
64	1901-02	Ind	3	1	.750													B.C. Edwards (3-1)
65	1900-01	Ind	4	1	.800													B.C. Edwards (4-1)
66	1899-00	Ind	5	0	1.000													B.C. Edwards (5-0)
67	1898-99	Ind	2	0	1.000													B.C. Edwards (2-0)

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