Celebrating their 25th anniversary, members of the 1989-1990 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament-champion Illinois State men’s basketball team gathered for a Redbird for Life (RB4L) reunion September 6 at Redbird Arena.
For the second consecutive year, Illinois State’s Red Alert was named the Missouri Valley Conference 2014 Naismith Student Section of the Year, as announced by The Collegiate Licensing Co. (CLC) and Atlanta Tipoff Club earlier this month.
Fans who watch Redbird women’s basketball player Chloe Nelson generally come away impressed by her wits and determination. What’s not immediately apparent is the strength in the face of tragedy that’s become a driving force for her.
Bobby Hunter’s unusual path to the Redbird men’s basketball team included two successful stints at smaller colleges in Florida and Oregon. Now he’s a team captain at Illinois State.
Redbird fans and alumni heading down to St. Louis for the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) men’s and women’s basketball championships don’t need to wait to reserve their seats.
The Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournaments will again be in the St. Louis area during the first two weekends of March.
Freshman tennis standout Madie Baillon is a bit impatient. Baillon’s high school didn’t have a tennis team, so she started one as a freshman, and then became a state qualifier three straight years.
Illinois State fans will have the opportunity to watch several Redbird men’s and women’s basketball games on Comcast SportsNet Chicago in December and January.
Illinois State fans will have the opportunity to watch the Redbird men’s and women’s basketball teams on Comcast SportsNet Chicago eight times during the 2013-2014 season. The men’s team will have six broadcasts, while the women’s team will have two.
Former Illinois State administrator and coach Linda Herman, M.S. ’72, Ed.D. ’83, was selected as a member of the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Athletics Hall of Fame induction class.
