2024–25 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2024–25
Prev Year:	2023–24
Next Year:	2025–26
Team:	Illinois State Redbirds
Conference:	Missouri Valley Conference
Short Conf:	MVC
Record:	4–4
Conf Record:	0–1
Hc Year:	3rd
Assoc Coach:	Jason Slay

The 2024–25 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds play their home games on Doug Collins Court at CEFCU Arena in Normal, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2023–24 season 15–17, 9–11 in the Missouri Valley Conference play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the seventh seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to tenth seeded Evansville in the opening round.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name		Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Comment
Kendall Lewis	22	F	6'8"	210	Fifth Year		Graduated (undrafted; signed with Bristol Flyers)
Ryan Schmitt	50	F	6'11"	220	Fifth Year		Graduated (Illinois Wesleyan Graduate Assistant)
Harouna Sissoko	23	F	6'7"	217	Redshirt Senior		Arkansas-Monticello
Darius Burford	10	G	6'0"	175	Senior		Texas-Arlington
Myles Foster	4	F	6'7"	235	Senior		Clemson
Luke Kasubke	0	G	6'5"	190	Senior		North Dakota State
Nik Stadelman	14	G	6'0"	180	Senior		Graduated (Radford Graduate Assistant)

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prior school
Boden Skunberg	G	6'5"	205	Graduate		North Dakota State
Caden Boser	F	6'8"	225	Fifth Year		Valdosta State
Landon Wolf	G	6'5"	205	Redshirt Junior		Northern Iowa
Cameron Barnes	F	6'10"	205	Redshirt Freshman		Mississippi

Preseason

The Redbirds were picked to finish in fourth place in the conference's preseason poll.^[2]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

1. Web site: State Farm MVC Tournament Game 3. 2024-11-03. MVC-Sports.com. March 7, 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Bradley Picked as MVC Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite . 2024-11-03 . Missouri Valley Conference Sports . October 2, 2024 . en-US.
3. News: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule. goredbirds.com. Illinois State University Athletics. November 3, 2024. en.
4. Web site: 2024-25 Illinois State Redbirds Schedule and Results. November 3, 2004. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. en.