2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth-year head coach Dan Muller, played their home games at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in conference play, to finish in a tie for second place. As the number three seed in the MVC tournament, they were defeated by Indiana State in their quarterfinal game.

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	18–14 (12–6 MVC)
Head coach	Dan Muller (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Luke Yaklich Dean Oliver Jeremy Ballard
Home arena	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wichita State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	9		.743
Evansville	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Illinois State	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Southern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Northern Iowa †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	13		.639
Indiana State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Missouri State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Loyola Chicago	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Bradley	3	–	15		.167			5	–	27		.156
Drake	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2016 MVC tournament winner

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2014–15 season 22–13, 11–7 in conference play, to finish in a tie for third place. For the Missouri Valley tournament they were the number four seed, defeating Evansville in a quarterfinal game and eighth ranked Wichita State in a semifinal game before succumbing to eleventh ranked Northern Iowa in the final. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they won over Green Bay in the first round before losing to Old Dominion in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	#	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Comment
Bobby Hunter	4	G	5'10"	194	RS Sr	Reno, NV	Graduation
John Jones	10	C	6'9"	260	Sr	Saint Michael, Barbados	Graduation
Daishon Knight	3	G	6'1"	175	Sr	Baltimore, MD	Graduation
Will Ransom	42	F	6'8"	240	Jr	Fort Worth, TX	North Carolina Central
Mark Hall	5	G	6'3"	170	RS So	Round Lake Beach, IL	St. Cloud State
Reggie Lynch	22	C	6'10"	255	So	Edina, MN	Minnesota

Arrivals

Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prior School
Quentin Brewer	F	6'8"	220	RS Sr	Tampa, FL	Bethune–Cookman

Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Keyshawn Evans PG	Plantation, FL	The Sagemont School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sep 14, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Roland Griffin SG	Aurora, IL	Aurora West High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jun 29, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Elvis Harvey PF	South Bay, FL	Oxford Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Apr 28, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Matt Hein PG	Orlando, FL	Windermere Preparatory School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 26, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Daouda Ndaiye C	Orlando, FL	Windermere Preparatory School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Aug 25, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Nick Banyard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Edwards Marcus High School New Mexico Flower Mound, TX G 1 Paris Lee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Proviso East High School Maywood, IL F 2 Quintin Brewer 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Howard Blake High School Bethune–Cookman Atlanta, GA G 3 Keyshawn Evans 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr The Sagemont School Plantation, FL C 4 Daouda Ndaiye 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Windermere Preparatory School Dakar, Senegal G 5 Matt Hein   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Windermere Preparatory School Windermere, FL F 11 MiKyle McIntosh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 234 lb (106 kg) RS So 22 Feet Academy Pickering, ON G 12 Tony Wills 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, IN G 15 Justin McCloud 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Bottineau High School Bismarck State College Bottineau, ND F 22 Elvis Harvey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Oxbridge Academy South Bay, FL F 23 Deontae Hawkins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) RS So Dunbar High School Dayton, OH G 31 Javaka Thompson (W)   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Jr Whitney Young Magnet High School Knox College Chicago, IL F 35 Roland Griffin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr West Aurora High School Aurora, IL G 44 DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr West Oaks Academy Eastern Oklahoma State College Orlando, FL	Head coach Dan Muller (Illinois State) Assistant coach(es) Luke Yaklich (Illinois State) Dean Oliver (Iowa) Jeremy Ballard (Colgate) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 6, 2016

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
November 8, 2015* 2:00 pm		Southern Indiana	W 88–81		25 – Akoon–Purcell	14 – Banyard	3 – Lee, Wills	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,022) Normal, IL
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 13, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN3		at San Diego State Mountain West– Missouri Valley Challenge	L 60–71	0–1	13 – Griffin	7 – McCloud	7 – Lee	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
November 16, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Morehead State	W 67–66	1–1	23 – Akoon–Purcell	4 – Akoon–Purcell, Banyard, Griffin	7 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,698) Normal, IL
November 19, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		South Dakota State Cancún Challenge [Campus Site]	L 67–83	1–2	15 – Akoon–Purcell	7 – Hawkins	4 – McCloud	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,107) Normal, IL
November 21, 2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Houston Baptist Cancún Challenge [Campus Site]	W 72–56	2–2	20 – Akoon–Purcell	6 – Hawkins	5 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,100) Normal, IL
November 24, 2015* 7:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. No. 2 Maryland Cancún Challenge {Riviera Division} [Semifinal]	L 66–77	2–3	17 – McIntosh	6 – Hawkins	3 – Lee	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2015* 5:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. TCU Cancún Challenge {Riviera Division} [Third Place]	L 60–71	2–4	16 – Lee	9 – McIntosh	2 – Akoon–Purcell	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico
November 27, 2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Quincy	W 73–63	3–4	18 – Akoon–Purcell	7 – Wills, Hawkins	5 – Akoon–Purcell, Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (3,853) Normal, IL
November 30, 2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 1 Kentucky	L 63–75	3–5	22 – Akoon–Purcell	8 – Brewer	2 – Akoon–Purcell, McIntosh	Rupp Arena (21,894) Lexington, KY
December 5, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UAB	L 61–74	3–6	18 – Akoon–Purcell	8 – Akoon–Purcell	4 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,093) Normal, IL
December 13, 2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Murray State	W 63–61	4–6	16 – Hawkins	9 – Hawkins	7 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,239) Normal, IL
December 16, 2015* 8:00 pm, CSNC+		at UIC	W 72–60	5–6	18 – Akoon–Purcell	11 – McIntosh	4 – Lee, McIntosh	UIC Pavilion (4,499) Chicago, IL
December 19, 2015* 1:00 pm, A-10 Digital Network		at Saint Joseph's	L 65–79	5–7	16 – McIntosh	7 – Akoon–Purcell, McIntosh	4 – Lee	Hagan Arena (3,516) Philadelphia, PA
December 22, 2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee State	W 66–55	6–7	10 – Akoon–Purcell, Hawkins, Griffin	11 – Banyard	3 – Griffin	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,205) Normal, IL
Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season
December 30, 2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	W 74–61	7–7 (1–0)	17 – Hawkins	7 – McIntosh	4 – McIntosh	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,680) Normal, IL
January 3, 2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	W 67–62	8–7 (2–0)	28 – Akoon–Purcell	9 – Akoon–Purcell	2 – Banyard, Lee	The Knapp Center (2,803) Des Moines, IA
January 6, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola–Chicago	W 54–52	9–7 (3–0)	14 – Akoon–Purcell	8 – Brewer	3 – McIntosh	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,106) Normal, IL
January 9, 2016 1:00 pm, CSNC/FSMW		at Indiana State	L 65–77	9–8 (3–1)	20 – McIntosh	6 – Brewer, Lee	5 – Lee	Hulman Center (3,801) Terre Haute, IN
January 12, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	L 78–81	9–9 (3–2)	25 – McIntosh	9 – Hawkins	4 – Akoon–Purcell, Lee, Hawkins	SIU Arena (4,441) Carbondale, IL
January 15, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2		Evansville	L 55–65	9–10 (3–3)	12 – Akoon–Purcell, Lee	10 – Hawkins	4 – Lee, Wills	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,148) Normal, IL
January 20, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bradley I–74 Rivalry	W 55–52	10–10 (4–3)	16 – Lee	15 – Hawkins	4 – Lee, Wills	Carver Arena (7,300) Peoria, IL
January 23, 2016 3:00 pm, CSNC/FSMW		Northern Iowa	W 76–67	11–10 (5–3)	18 – McIntosh	7 – Brewer	6 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,103) Normal, IL
January 26, 2016 7:00 pm, CSNC+/FSMW		Drake	W 76–64	12–10 (6–3)	25 – McIntosh	7 – McIntosh	7 – Wills	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,182) Normal, IL
January 30, 2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 81–84 ^OT	12–11 (6–4)	18 – Akoon–Purcell	9 – Akoon–Purcell	6 – Lee	JQH Arena (3,546) Springfield, MO
February 3, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Loyola–Chicago	W 78–70	13–11 (7–4)	21 – McIntosh	6 – McIntosh	5 – Akoon–Purcell	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,691) Chicago, IL
February 6, 2016 9:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 21 Wichita State	W 58–53	14–11 (8–4)	19 – Lee	10 – Hawkins	4 – Akoon–Purcell	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,284) Normal, IL
February 11, 2016 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Evansville	W 70–60	15–11 (9–4)	18 – Banyard	9 – Hawkins	9 – Lee	Ford Center (4,195) Evansville, IN
February 14, 2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley I–74 Rivalry	W 75–60	16–22 (10–4)	14 – McIntosh	6 – Hawkins, McIntosh	3 – Brewer, McIntosh	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (7,888) Normal, IL
February 17, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Indiana State	W 78–50	17–11 (11–4)	18 – Lee	8 – Brewer, Hawkins	5 – Wills	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,456) Normal, IL
February 20, 2016 3:00 pm, CBSSN		at Northern Iowa	L 66–75	17–12 (11–5)	14 – Lee	6 – Brewer, Lee	7 – Lee	McLeod Center (6,145) Cedar Falls, IA
February 24, 2016 6:00 pm, CSNC+/FSMW		Southern Illinois	W 73–50	18–12 (12–5)	21 – Lee	7 – Akoon–Purcell, Banyard, Hawkins	4 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,052) Normal, IL
February 27, 2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at Wichita State	L 58–74	18–13 (12–6)	15 – Akoon–Purcell	7 – Hawkins	4 – Akoon–Purcell	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference {MVC} tournament
March 3, 2016* 8:30 pm, CSNC/FSMW	(3)	vs. (6) Indiana State Quarterfinal	L 57–65	18–14	17 – McIntosh	14 – Akoon–Purcell	2 – Lee, Wills	Scottrade Center (8,468) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Source^[1]

References

1. "2015–16 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoRedbirds.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.