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Topic: Athletics
Redbirds advance to NCAA Tournament
The women’s basketball team extended its season and played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference championship in March. The NCAA appearance was the sixth overall for the women’s basketball program, with the most recent occurring in 2008.
Illinois State officially breaks ground on Indoor Practice Facility
Many years in the making, Illinois State University held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Indoor Practice Facility.
Illinois State named Play4Kay national winner
The Illinois State women’s basketball program was recognized as a 2022 Play4Kay National Award Winner, as announced by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Title IX anniversary adds meaning to women’s basketball NCAA tournament berth
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX makes the Redbird women’s basketball March Madness appearance that much more meaningful because of Illinois State’s rich history in women’s athletics.
NCAA Tournament tickets, fan bus, and Redbird parties
Get your tickets, hop on the bus or join a watch party to cheer for our Birds.
Redbird women’s basketball win Missouri Valley Conference championship, headed to NCAA Tournament
The Redbirds defeated the University of Northern Iowa 50-48 in the tightly contested championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Sunday to win their first conference title since 2008 and their fifth overall.
Redbird women’s basketball team ‘hungry’ for conference tournament success
The fourth-seeded Illinois State women’s basketball team tips off Missouri Valley Conference Tournament play Friday, March 11 at 2:30 p.m. against fifth-seeded Loyola Chicago at TaxSlayer Center in Moline.
Arch Madness: ‘Everyone comes into this 0-0’
The march to Arch Madness, otherwise known as the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, has presented plenty of challenging twists and turns for the Illinois State University Redbird men’s basketball team this year, but as the 2022 post-season tips off this week at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, there’s little time for looking backward.
Redbird student-athletes excel in classroom during fall semester
linois State student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom despite the academic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, as they posted a semester departmental grade-point average (GPA) of 3.31 during the Fall 2021 semester, as announced by Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Life Skills Joe Klausner on Thursday.