 In addition to the conference schedule, the league office also
announced that all 10 Valley members will participate in the ESPN
BracketBusters series during the 2007-08 campaign. Five of the
Valley teams, including Illinois State, will host home games on Feb.
24.The 'Birds will begin conference play with two consecutive
road games, at Creighton on Dec. 29 and at Wichita State on Jan. 1.
Four consecutive home contests follow, highlighted by a Jan. 5
meeting with in-state rival Southern Illinois at Redbird Arena.
Illinois State finishes off the month of January with
three-of-four games on the road. On Jan. 23, the Redbirds will
travel to Peoria for the first of two games against rival Bradley.
In between road dates with Drake on Jan. 19 and Northern Iowa on
Jan. 30, ISU will host Indiana State on Jan. 27 to round out the
first month of 2008.
Four of Illinois State's seven conference games in the month of
February will be at home, as the Redbirds will host Drake, Feb. 5;
Bradley, Feb. 9; Missouri State, Feb. 13; and Creighton, Feb. 27.
Road contests complete the last full month of the Valley schedule:
at Missouri State, Feb. 2; at Indiana State, Feb. 16; and at
Evansville, Feb. 20.
ISU will conclude regular-season play at Southern Illinois on
March 1, before heading to St. Louis for the State Farm MVC
Tournament at Scottrade Center, March 6-9.
Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovich also announced that the
Redbirds' originally scheduled Dec. 16 game against
Illinois-Springfield will be moved to next season. ISU's 30
scheduled games are one more than the NCAA limit of 29.
"Coach (Kevin) Gamble is a friend of mine, and he thought, and I
agreed, that he would rather play this game (against
Illinois-Springfield) next year," Jankovich said. "We will be glad
to have them on our schedule next year in some capacity."
Season tickets for the 2007-08 men's basketball season are
available at the ticket office at Redbird Arena or online at
GoRedbirds.com. For more
information, contact the ticket office at 309-438-8000.
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Illinois State men's basketball
schedule
(Home games in bold)
+ Chicago Invitational Challenge,
Sears Centre, Chicago
* Missouri Valley Conference game
|
Date |
Opponent |
Time |
|
Nov. 7 |
Quincy
(exhibition) |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Nov. 11 |
Missouri-St.
Louis |
1:05 p.m. |
|
Nov. 14 |
Southeast
Missouri State |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Nov. 18 |
UNC-Wilmington |
2:05 p.m. |
|
Nov. 23 |
vs. Indiana+ |
7:30 p.m. |
|
Nov. 24 |
vs. Xavier/Kent
State+ |
TBA |
|
Nov. 27 |
Chicago State |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Dec. 1 |
Illinois-Chicago |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Dec. 4 |
at Eastern
Michigan |
TBA |
|
Dec. 8 |
Cincinnati |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Dec. 18 |
at Bowling
Green |
TBA |
|
Dec. 22 |
at Ball State |
TBA |
|
Dec. 29 |
at Creighton* |
TBA |
|
Jan. 1 |
at Wichita
State* |
TBA |
|
Jan. 5 |
Southern
Illinois* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 8 |
Northern Iowa* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 12 |
Evansville* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 16 |
Wichita State* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 19 |
at Drake* |
TBA |
|
Jan. 23 |
at Bradley* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 27 |
Indiana State* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Jan. 30 |
at Northern
Iowa* |
TBA |
|
Feb. 2 |
at Missouri
State* |
TBA |
|
Feb. 5 |
Drake* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Feb. 9 |
Bradley* |
TBA |
|
Feb. 13 |
Missouri State* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Feb. 16 |
at Indiana
State* |
TBA |
|
Feb. 20 |
at Evansville* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
Feb. 24 |
ESPN
BracketBusters |
TBA |
|
Feb. 27 |
Creighton* |
7:05 p.m. |
|
March 1 |
at Southern
Illinois* |
TBA |
|
March
6-9 |
at State Farm
MVC Tournament, St. Louis, Scottrade Center |
|
[Text from file received from
Keith Trivitt, athletics media relations graduate assistant,
Illinois
State University]
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