2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record	1–1 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach	Dan Muller (5th year)
Assistant coach	Luke Yaklich
Assistant coach	Dean Oliver
Assistant coach	Brian Reese
Home arena	Redbird Arena

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola–Chicago	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Missouri State	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Bradley	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Evansville	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Indiana State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Illinois State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Drake	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200


† 2017 MVC Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fifth year head coach Dan Muller, play their home games at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2015–16 season 18–14, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Indiana State. Despite having 18 wins and a better than .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Preseason

The Redbirds were picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll.^[1] MiKyle McIntoshand Paris Lee were selected to the All-MVC preseason team.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Nick Banyard	0	F	6'8"	225	RS Junior	Flower Mound, TX	Graduate transferred to Central Florida
Quintin Brewer	2	F	6'8"	215	RS Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Justin McCloud	15	G	6'4"	198	Senior	Bottineau, ND	Graduated
Elvis Harvey	22	F	6'8"	210	Freshman	South Bay, FL	Transferred to Tallahassee CC
Roland Griffin	35	F	6'7"	210	Freshman	Aurora, IL	Transferred to Midland College
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell	44	G	6'5"	185	Senior	Orlando, FL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Derrick Clayton	2	F	6'6"	184	Junior	Oakland, CA	Junior college transferred from Palm Beach State College
Phil Fayne	10	F	6'9"	200	Sophomore	Elk Grove, CA	Junior college transferred from Western Nebraska CC
Milik Yarbrough	13	F	6'6"	230	Junior	Zion, IL	Transferred from Saint Louis. Under NCAA transfer rules, Yarbrough will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Christian Romine	34	F/C	6'9"	220	Sophomore	Mahomet, IL	Transferred from UTEP. Under NCAA transfer rules, Romine will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2016 Signing class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Madison Williams SG	Augusta, GA	Academy of Richmond County	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jul 28, 2015
Madison Williams SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Andre Washington PF	Fort Worth, TX	Arlington Heights High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Aug 18, 2015
Andre Washington PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Gassman, IsaacIsaac Gassman	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Ottawa Township HS	Utica, IL
1.5 !G	1	Lee, ParisParis Lee	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Proviso East HS	Maywood, IL
1.5 !G	2	Clayton, DerrickDerrick Clayton	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Elev8 Academy Western Kentucky/Palm Beach State College	Oakland, CA
1.5 !G	3	Evans, KeyshawnKeyshawn Evans	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Sagemont School	Plantation, FL
5.0 !C	4	Ndiaye, DaoudaDaouda Ndiaye	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2.0 !So	Windermere Prep	Dakar, Senegal
1.5 !G	5	Hein, MattMatt Hein	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Windermere Prep	Windermere, FL
3.5 !F	10	Fayne, PhilPhil Fayne	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Franklin HS Western Nebraska College	Elk Grove, CA
3.5 !F	11	McIntosh, MiKyleMiKyle McIntosh	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	22 Feet Academy	Pickering, ON
1.5 !G	12	Willis, TonyTony Willis	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Ben Davis HS	Indianapolis, IN
3.5 !F	13	Yarbrough, MilikMilik Yarbrough (I)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Zion-Benton HS Saint Louis	Zion, IL
3.5 !F	15	Washington, AndreAndre Washington	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Arlington Heights HS	Fort Worth, TX
3.5 !F	23	Hawkins, DeontaeDeontae Hawkins	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Dunbar HS	Dayton, OH
1.5 !G	25	Williams, MadisonMadison Williams	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Academy of Richmond County	Augusta, GA
1.5 !G	31	Thompson, JavakaJavaka Thompson (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Whitney M. Young Magnet HS Knox College	Chicago, IL
4.5 !F/C	34	Romine, ChristianChristian Romine (I)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Mahomet-Seymour HS UTEP	Mahomet, IL

Head coach

Dan Muller (Illinois State)

Assistant coach(es)

Luke Yaklich (Illinois State)
Dean Oliver (Iowa)
Brian Reese (North Carolina)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 3:00 PM	Quincy	W 84–62		Redbird Arena (3,797) Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	at Murray State	L 70–73	0–1	CFSB Center (4,321) Murray, KY
11/16/2016* 6:00 PM	IPFW	W 75–57	1–1	Redbird Arena (4,081) Normal, IL
11/21/2016* 5:00 PM, FSSW	at TCU	L 71–80	1–2	Schollmaier Arena (5,938) Fort Worth, TX
11/27/2016* 3:00 PM	Ferris State	W 81–67	2–2	Redbird Arena (3,704) Normal, IL
11/30/2016* 6:00 PM, ESPN3	IUPUI	W 77–63	3–2	Redbird Arena (3,717) Normal, IL
12/03/2016* 7:00 PM	New Mexico MW–MVC Challenge			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Tulsa			Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
12/10/2016* 2:00 PM	UT Martin			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
12/17/2016* 3:00 PM	Saint Joseph's			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
12/23/2016* 12:30 AM, ESPN2	at Hawaii Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals			Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/23/2016* 9:00 PM or 11:30 PM, ESPN2/ESPNU	vs. San Francisco or Utah Diamond Head Classic			Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/25/2016*	vs. Diamond Head Classic			Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 PM	Evansville			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/01/2017 1:00 PM	at Loyola–Chicago			Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
01/04/2017 8:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	Missouri State			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/07/2017 1:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	at Indiana State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
01/11/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois			SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN2	Wichita State			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/18/2017 8:00 PM, CBSSN	at Bradley			Carver Arena Peoria, IL
01/21/2017 7:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	Drake			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/25/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Indiana State			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/29/2017 3:00 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	at Evansville			Ford Center Evansville, IN
02/01/2017 7:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	Northern Iowa			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
02/04/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN2	at Wichita State			Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
02/07/2017 7:00 PM	at Drake			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
02/11/2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU	Bradley			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
02/15/2017 8:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	at Missouri State			JQH Arena Springfield, IL
02/19/2017 3:00 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	Loyola–Chicago			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
02/22/2017 6:00 PM, FSMW/CSNC	Southern Illinois			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
02/25/2017 1:00 PM	at Northern Iowa			McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/02–05/2017	vs.			Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time^[2].

References

1 2 TN, Streamline Technologies - Nashville,. "Shockers Tabbed as MVC Men's Hoops Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
↑ http://www.goredbirds.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball

Venues	John W. Cook Hall (1898–1925) McCormick Gymnasium (1925–1963) Horton Fieldhouse (1963–1988) Redbird Arena (1989–present)

Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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