2011–12 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

2011–12 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
2011–12 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	21–14 (9–9 The Valley)
Head coach	Tim Jankovich (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Anthony Beane; Rob Judson; Paris Parham;
Home arena	Redbird Arena
	Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Wichita State	16	–	2	.889	27	–	5	.844
No. 19 Creighton †	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
Evansville	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Illinois State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northern Iowa	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Missouri State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Drake	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Indiana State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Southern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
Bradley	2	–	16	.111	7	–	25	.219

† 2012 MVC tournament winner As of March 19, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fifth year head coach Tim Jankovich, played their home games at Redbird Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in a five way tie for third place. They lost in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Basketball Tournament to Creighton. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Ole Miss in the first round before falling in the second round to Stanford.

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1	Tyler Brown	Guard	6–4	185	Junior	Owensboro, Kentucky
2	Bryant Allen	Guard	6–0	180	Sophomore	Maplewood, Missouri
3	Trey Blue	Guard	6–3	200	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
4	Darious Clark	Guard	6–3	208	Junior	Clinton, Maryland
5	Anthony Cousin	Guard	5–11	185	Junior	Anchorage, Alaska
10	John Jones	Forward	6–9	260	Freshman	Saint Michael, Barbados
11	Nic Moore	Guard	5–9	170	Freshman	Winona Lake, Indiana
13	John Wilkins	Forward	6–9	225	Junior	Antibes, France
15	Nick Zeisloft	Guard	6–4	185	Freshman	LaGrange, Illinois
23	Jon Ekey	Forward	6–7	215	Sophomore	Independence, Missouri
24	Zeke Upshaw	Guard	6–6	210	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
32	Jackie Carmichael	Forward	6–9	240	Junior	Manhattan, Kansas
42	Jordan Threloff	Center	6–10	255	Freshman	DeKalb, Illinois
44	Johnny Hill	Guard	6–3	170	Freshman	Glendale Heights, Illinois

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2011* 2:00 PM	Quincy	W 102–63		Redbird Arena Normal, IL
Regular Season
11/11/2011* 9:00 PM	at Fresno State	L 47–55	0–1	Save Mart Center (7,041) Fresno, CA
11/17/2011* 7:00 PM	SIU Edwardsville Cancún Challenge	W 68–38	1–1	Redbird Arena (3,403) Normal, IL
11/19/2011* 4:00 PM	Lipscomb Cancún Challenge	W 78–70	2–1	Redbird Arena (3,841) Normal, IL
11/22/2011* 6:00 PM, CBSSN	vs. Rutgers Cancún Challenge	W 76–70	3–1	Moon Palace Resort (980) Cancún, Mexico
11/23/2011* 7:00 PM, CBSSN	vs. Illinois Cancún Challenge	L 59–63	3–2	Moon Palace Resort (952) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2011* 2:00 PM	Bethune-Cookman	W 75–51	4–2	Redbird Arena (3,287) Normal, IL
11/30/2011* 7:00 PM	Chicago State	W 85–41	5–2	Redbird Arena (3,858) Normal, IL
12/03/2011* 7:00 PM	UNC Wilmington	L 54–63	5–3	Redbird Arena (5,157) Normal, IL
12/07/2011* 6:00 PM, CSN Chicago	at Morehead State	W 78–73	6–3	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,656) Morehead, KY
12/18/2011* 4:00 PM	Norfolk State	W 68–36	7–3	Redbird Arena (3,320) Normal, IL
12/20/2011* 6:00 PM	Arkansas–Little Rock	W 72–65	8–3	Redbird Arena (3,193) Normal, IL
12/29/2011 7:00 PM, Mediacom	Northern Iowa	W 65–61	9–3 (1–0)	Redbird Arena (5,625) Normal, IL
01/01/2012 2:00 PM, MVC-TV	at Southern Illinois	L 71–86	9–4 (1–1)	SIU Arena (2,686) Carbondale, IL
01/04/2012 7:00 PM	at Missouri State	W 68–60	10–4 (2–1)	JQH Arena (6,124) Springfield, MO
01/07/2012 1:00 PM	Evansville	W 75–73	11–4 (3–1)	Redbird Arena (5,333) Normal, IL
01/10/2012 7:00 PM	at Wichita State	L 62–65	11–5 (3–2)	Charles Koch Arena (10,078) Wichita, KS
01/13/2012 8:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 23 Creighton	L 78–87	11–6 (3–3)	Redbird Arena (8,771) Normal, IL
01/15/2012 7:00 PM, CSN Chicago	at Drake	L 60–77	11–7 (3–4)	Knapp Center (3,410) Des Moines, IA
01/18/2012 7:00 PM, MVC-TV	Indiana State	W 67–54	12–7 (4–4)	Redbird Arena (4,189) Normal, IL
01/21/2012 7:00 PM, CSN Chicago	at Evansville	L 71–79	12–8 (4–5)	Ford Center (6,187) Evansville, IN
01/25/2012 6:00 PM	Missouri State	W 76–69 ^OT	13–8 (5–5)	Redbird Arena (4,311) Normal, IL
01/28/2012 3:00 PM, CSN Chicago	Southern Illinois	W 60–40	14–8 (6–5)	Redbird Arena (6,268) Normal, IL
02/01/2012 7:00 PM, NET	at No. 13 Creighton	L 74–102	14–9 (6–6)	CenturyLink Center Omaha (17,311) Omaha, NE
02/04/2012 7:00 PM, CSN Chicago	Bradley	W 78–48	15–9 (7–6)	Redbird Arena (7,744) Normal, IL
02/08/2012 7:00 PM	Drake	W 64–53	16–9 (8–6)	Redbird Arena (4,196) Normal, IL
02/11/2012 7:00 PM, CSN Chicago	at Northern Iowa	L 63–78	16–10 (8–7)	McLeod Center (5,323) Cedar Falls, IA
02/14/2012 6:00 PM, CSN Chicago	at Indiana State	L 77–83 ^OT	16–11 (8–8)	Hulman Center (4,963) Terre Haute, IN
02/18/2012* 4:00 PM	Oakland ESPN BracketBusters	W 79–75	17–11	Redbird Arena (4,601) Normal, IL
02/22/2012 7:00 PM, Kansas 22	No. 19 Wichita State	L 55–68	17–12 (8–9)	Redbird Arena (7,111) Normal, IL
02/25/2012 1:00 PM, WTVP	at Bradley	W 54–53	18–12 (9–9)	Carver Arena (10,584) Peoria, IL
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
3/02/2012 6:00 PM, MVC TV	vs. Northern Iowa Quarterfinals	W 54–42	19–12	Scottrade Center (11,348) St.Louis, MO
3/03/2012 1:30 PM, MVC TV	vs. No. 15 Wichita State Semifinals	W 65–64	20–12	Scottrade Center (16,271) St.Louis, MO
03/04/2012 1:00 PM, CBS	vs. No. 25 Creighton Championship Game	L 79–83 ^OT	20–13	Scottrade Center (12,380) St.Louis, MO
2012 NIT
03/14/2012* 8:30 PM, ESPNU	at Ole Miss First Round	W 96–93 ^OT	21–13	Tad Smith Coliseum (3,010) Oxford, MS
03/19/2012* 10:00 PM, ESPN2	at Stanford Second Round	L 88–92 ^OT	21–14	Maples Pavilion (1,781) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

v t e Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Venues	John W. Cook Hall (1898–1925) McCormick Gymnasium (1925–1963) Horton Field House (1963–1988) CEFCU Arena (1989–present)
Rivalries	Bradley
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25