2013–14 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

2013–14 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
2013–14 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
CBI, Semifinal
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	18–16 (9–9 MVC)
Head coach	Dan Muller (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Dana Ford; Torrey Ward; Luke Yaklich;
Home arena	Doug Collins Court; at Redbird Arena
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Wichita State †	18	–	0	1.000	35	–	1	.972
Indiana State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Northern Iowa	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Missouri State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Illinois State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Southern Illinois	9	–	9	.500	14	–	19	.424
Bradley	7	–	11	.389	12	–	20	.375
Drake	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Evansville	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Loyola Chicago	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313


† 2014 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2013–14 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by second-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 18–16, 9–9 in conference play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the number five seed in the MVC tournament, they were defeated by Missouri State in a quarterfinal game. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they won over Morehead State in the first round and Texas A&M in the quarterfinal round before losing to Siena in the semifinal round.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kaza Keane	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Christian Faith Center Academy	Ajax, Ontario
G	1	Paris Lee	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Proviso East High School	Maywood, IL
G	3	Daishon Knight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Lake Clifton Eastern High School Odessa College	Baltimore, MD
G	4	Bobby Hunter	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Bishop Manogue High School Santa Fe College	Reno, NV
F	5	Jamaal Samuel	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	O. Perry Walker High School South Plains College	New Orleans, LA
C	10	John Jones	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Jr	The Howe School	Saint Michael, Barbados
F	11	MiKyle McIntosh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	22 Feet Academy	Pickering, ON
G	12	Tony Wills	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis, IN
G	15	Nick Zeisloft	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Lyons Township High School	LaGrange, IL
C	22	Reggie Lynch	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Edina High School	Edina, MN
G	23	Zach Lofton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Quakerdale Prep School San Jacinto College	Saint Paul, MN
F	24	Deontae Hawkins	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Dunbar High School	Dayton, OH
F	25	Michael Middlebrooks	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Rainier Beach High School North Idaho College	Seattle, WA
G	31	Matt Stacho (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Naperville North High School	Naperville, IL

Head coach

Dan Muller (Illinois State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 27, 2014

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
November 3, 2013* 4:35 pm		Quincy	W 84–65		19 – Lofton	–	–	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (3,877) Normal, IL
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 8, 2013* 6:00 pm		at No. 14 VCU	L 58–96	0–1	12 – Lofton	7 – Jones, Zeisloft	2 – Hunter, Keane, Lee	Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,741) Richmond, VA
November 12, 2013* 7:05 pm, ESPN3		Drexel	L 70–78	0–2	14 – Hunter	15 – Middlebrooks	4 – Keane	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,313) Normal, IL
November 17, 2013* 7:30 pm		at Northwestern	W 68–64	1–2	15 – Knight, Lofton	11 – Middlebrooks	4 – Keane, Lee	Welsh–Ryan Arena (6,025) Evanston, IL
November 20, 2013* 7:05 pm		Manhattan	L 70–79	1–3	21 – Knight	10 – Middlebrooks	4 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,690) Normal, IL
November 27, 2013* 10:15 pm		vs. Vermont University of San Francisco Golden Gate Challenge [Round–Robin]	L 76–87	1–4	19 – Lofton	6 – Jones	4 – Knight	War Memorial Gymnasium (697) San Francisco, CA
November 29, 2013* 10:15 pm		vs. Sonoma State University of San Francisco Golden Gate Challenge [Round–Robin]	W 75–58	2–4	21 – Knight	7 – Lynch	4 – Hunter	War Memorial Gymnasium (475) San Francisco, CA
November 30, 2013* 10:15 pm		at San Francisco University of San Francisco Golden Gate Challenge [Round–Robin]	W 90–76	3–4	15 – Hunter, Lofton, Lee	8 – Knight	6 – Knight	War Memorial Gymnasium (1,414) San Francisco, CA
December 4, 2013* 7:05 pm		Chicago State	W 75–56	4–4	15 – Knight	7 – Knight, Zeisloft	3 – Hunter, Lofton	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,211) Normal, IL
December 7, 2013* 7:05 pm, CSN Chicago		No. 25 Dayton	W 81–75	5–4	20 – Knight	6 – Knight, Lynch	4 – Knight	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (6,697) Normal, IL
December 16, 2013* 6:00 pm		at Oakland	L 75–90	5–5	14 – Knight, Lee	6 – Wills	4 – Wills	Athletics Center O'rena (1,005) Rochester, MI
December 19, 2013* 7:05 pm		Tennessee State	W 64–58	6–5	16 – Knight	6 – Zeisloft, Lynch	6 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,061) Normal, IL
December 22, 2013* 3:35 pm		DePaul	W 69–64	7–5	16 – Knight	6 – Knight	5 – Lofton	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,345) Normal, IL
Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season
January 2, 2014 7:05 pm		at Missouri State	L 70–78 ^OT	7–6 (0–1)	15 – Knight	7 – Knight	5 – Lee	JQH Arena (4,945) Springfield, MO
January 5, 2014 1:05 pm		Southern Illinois	W 66–48	8–6 (1–1)	18 – Lofton	7 – Lee	5 – Keane	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (1,060) Normal, IL
January 8, 2014 7:00 pm		at No. 6 Wichita State	L 47–66	8–7 (1–2)	11 – Hunter	7 – Lofton	3 – Hunter, Lofton	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
January 11, 2014 7:05 pm		Loyola–Chicago	W 59–50	9–7 (2–2)	12 – Zeisloft	7 – Jones	4 – Lofton	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,354) Normal, IL
January 15, 2014 7:05 pm		Evansville	W 79–78 ^OT	10–7 (3–2)	21 – Lofton	6 – Lofton, Lynch, Wills	3 – Lofton	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,375) Normal, IL
January 18, 2014 7:05 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	W 77–63	11–7 (4–2)	17 – Knight	7 – Knight, Lynch	6 – Hunter	The Knapp Center (3,701) Des Moines, IA
January 22, 2014 7:05 pm		No. 5 Wichita State	L 55–70	11–8 (4–3)	12 – Knight	8 – Knight	2 – Keane	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (9,510) Normal, IL
January 25, 2014 5:05 pm		at Indiana State	L 62–76	11–9 (4–4)	13 – Hunter	7 – Lynch	3 – Hunter	Hulman Center (6,528) Terre Haute, IN
January 29, 2014 7:00 pm		at Bradley I–74 Rivalry	L 45–64	11–10 (4–5)	8 – Knight, Lee	8 – Hunter	4 – Hunter	Carver Arena (8,403) Peoria, IL
February 1, 2014 3:05 pm		Drake	W 75–57	12–10 (5–5)	19 – Hunter	7 – Lofton	4 – Hunter	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (5,874) Normal, IL
February 5, 2014 7:05 pm		Northern Iowa	W 76–65	13–10 (6–5)	17 – Hunter	6 – Lynch	5 – Lee	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,021) Normal, IL
February 9, 2014 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Loyola–Chicago	L 69–79	13–11 (6–6)	14 – Lee	4 – Hunter, Knight	5 – Knight	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,664) Chicago, IL
February 12, 2014 7:05 pm		at Evansville	L 98–104 ^OT	13–12 (6–7)	18 – Zeisloft	9 – Hunter	6 – Hunter	Ford Center (3,151) Evansville, IN
February 15, 2014 6:05 pm		Bradley I–74 Rivalry	W 70–54	14–12 (7–7)	26 – Knight	8 – Samuel	5 – Hunter	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (8,111) Normal, IL
February 18, 2014 7:05 pm		Missouri State	W 67–63	15–12 (8–7)	17 – Knight	5 – K⁬night	5 – Knight	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,682) Normal, IL
February 23, 2014 4:00 pm		at Northern Iowa	L 59–72	15–13 (8–8)	24 – Lofton	7 – Lynch	5 – Knight	McLeod Center (4,385) Cedar Falls, IA
February 26, 2014 7:05 pm		Indiana State	W 77–59	16–13 (9–8)	20 – Knight	8 – Knight, Lynch	4 – Hunter	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (4,684) Normal, IL
March 1, 2014 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	L 65–66	16–14 (9–9)	15 – Knight	5 – Knight	2 – Zeisloft, Lee	SIU Arena (8,339) Carbondale, IL
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference {MVC} tournament
March 7, 2014* 2:35 pm	(5)	vs. (4) Missouri State Quarterfinal	L 48–53	16–15	25 – Lofton	8 – Lynch	3 – Wills	Scottrade Center (10,260) St. Louis, MO
College Basketball Invitational {CBI}
March 19, 2014* 7:05 pm		Morehead State [First Round]	W 77–67	17–15	18 – Knight	8 – Lynch	3 – Wills	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (2,080) Normal, IL
March 24, 2014* 8:05 pm, CBSSN		Texas A&M [Quarterfinal]	W 62–55	18–15	17 – Knight	9 – Knight	5 – Hunter	Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena (3,251) Normal, IL
March 26, 2014* 6:00 pm		at Siena [Semifinal]	L 49–61	18–16	15 – Lynch	7 – Lynch	2 – Keane, Lee	Times Union Center (3,980) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[1]

References[edit]

^ "2013–14 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoRedbirds.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[1] "2013–14 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoRedbirds.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

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