2022–23 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

2022–23 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
2022–23 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	11–21 (6–14 MVC)
Head coach	Ryan Pedon (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Walter Offut; Rob Judson; Andrew Dakich;
Home arena	CEFCU Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds played their home games at Doug Collins Court at CEFCU Arena in Normal, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Ryan Pedon. They finished the season 11–20, 6–14 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Northern Iowa in the opening round of the MVC tournament.

2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bradley	16	–	4	.800	25	–	10	.714
Drake †	15	–	5	.750	27	–	8	.771
Southern Illinois	14	–	6	.700	23	–	10	.697
Belmont	14	–	6	.700	21	–	11	.656
Indiana State	13	–	7	.650	23	–	13	.639
Missouri State	12	–	8	.600	17	–	15	.531
Murray State	11	–	9	.550	17	–	15	.531
Northern Iowa	9	–	11	.450	14	–	18	.438
Illinois State	6	–	14	.300	11	–	21	.344
Valparaiso	5	–	15	.250	11	–	21	.344
UIC	4	–	16	.200	12	–	20	.375
Evansville	1	–	19	.050	5	–	27	.156

† 2023 MVC tournament winner

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2021–22 season 13–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Indiana State in the first round of the MVC tournament before losing to Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals.

Head coach Dan Muller was fired by the school after the first 26 games of the season after 10 years as head coach, but the school stated he would finish out the season.^[1] A day later, Muller announced he would step down immediately and associate head coach Brian Jones was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] On March 7, 2022, the school named Ohio State assistant coach Ryan Pedon as the team's new head coach.^[3]

Preseason

The Redbirds were picked to finish in 10th place in the conference's preseason poll.^[4]

Roster

2022–23 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Luke Kasubke	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Kansas State	St. Louis, Missouri
G	1	Malachi Poindexter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Virginia	Mineral, Virginia
G	3	Seneca Knight	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	BYU	New Orleans, Louisiana
F	5	Alston Andrews	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Ocoee HS	Detroit, Michigan
G	10	Darius Burford	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Elon	Bolingbrook, Illinois
F	13	Liam McChesney	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Utah State	Prince Rupert, British Columbia
G	14	Nik Stadelman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Guilford HS	Rockford, Illinois
G	15	Colton Sandage	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Western Illinois	Bloomington, Illinois
F	22	Kendall Lewis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Appalachian State	Snellville, Georgia
F	23	Harouna Sissoko	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Grand View Christian School	Kayes, Mali
G	24	Jayden Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Batavia HS	Batavia, Illinois
F	25	Alex Kotov	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	Daytona State	Moscow, Russia
F	33	Joe Petrakis	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	GS	Western Carolina	Wichita, Kansas
G	34	Malcolm Miller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Shelbyville HS	Shelbyville, Illinois
F	50	Ryan Schmitt	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Des Moines Area CC	Van Meter, Iowa

Head coach

Ryan Pedon (Wooster)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 19, 2023

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prior school
Darius Burford	G	6'0"	165	Junior	Bolingbrook, IL	Elon
Malachi Pondexter	G	6'2"	190	Junior	Mineral, VA	Virginia
Luke Kasubke	G	6'5"	190	Junior	St. Louis, MO	Kansas State
Seneca Knight	G	6'7"	210	Senior	New Orleans, LA	BYU
Colton Sandage	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Blommington, IL	Western Illinois
Joe Petrakis	F	6'10"	224	GS	Wichita, KS	Western Carolina

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2022* 2:00 pm		Wooster	W 84–49		CEFCU Arena (1,010) Normal, IL
Regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, Marquee		Western Illinois	L 68–71	0–1	CEFCU Arena (4,133) Normal, IL
November 10, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Illinois	W 54–49	1–1	Lantz Arena (1,385) Charleston, IL
November 12, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northwestern State	W 69–67	2–1	Prather Coliseum (1,295) Natchitoches, LA
November 17, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northwestern State	L 67–70	2–2	CEFCU Arena (3,098) Normal, IL
November 21, 2022* 10:00 am, FloHoops		vs. LSU Cayman Islands Classic Quarterfinal	L 61–77	2–3	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 22, 2022* 10:00 am, FloHoops		vs. Western Kentucky Cayman Islands Classic Consolation Semifinal	L 66–78	2–4	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
November 23, 2022* 10:00 am, FloHoops		vs. Rhode Island Cayman Islands Classic Seventh Place	L 44–57	2–5	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, Cayman Islands
December 1, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Murray State	L 67–70 ^OT	2–6 (0–1)	CFSB Center (5,471) Murray, KY
December 4, 2022 1:00 pm, MVC TV/ESPN+		Belmont	W 87–77	3–6 (1–1)	CEFCU Arena (3,1654) Normal, IL
December 7, 2022* 9:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Michigan	W 87–81	4–6	CEFCU Arena (3,331) Normal, IL
December 10, 2022* 3:00 pm, Marquee		SIU Edwardsville	W 77–71	5–6	Horton Field House (3,420) Normal, IL
December 17, 2022* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		vs. Ball State Indy Classic	L 69–83	5–7	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (9,242) Indianapolis, IN
December 19, 2022* 7:00pm, ESPN+		Chicago State	W 66–52	6–7	CEFCU Arena (2,964) Normal, IL
December 28, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UIC	L 51–55	6–8 (1–2)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,014) Chicago, IL
December 31, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Iowa	L 60–66	6–9 (1–3)	CEFCU Arena (3,208) Normal, IL
January 4, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Indiana State	L 67–76	6–10 (1–4)	CEFCU Arena (2,832) Normal, IL
January 7, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Evansville	W 69–61	7–10 (2–4)	Ford Center (6,487) Evansville, IN
January 11, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Missouri State	W 76–66 ^OT	8–10 (3–4)	CEFCU Arena (3,112) Normal, IL
January 14, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	L 57–69	8–11 (3–5)	Banterra Center (5,523) Carbondale, IL
January 18, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 63–65	8–12 (3–6)	McLeod Center (2,935) Cedar Falls, IA
January 21, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Valparaiso	L 51–71	8–13 (3–7)	CEFCU Arena (3,642) Normal, IL
January 25, 2023 7:00 pm, MVC TV/ESPN+		at Bradley I-74 Rivalry	L 75–79 ^OT	8–14 (3–8)	Carver Arena (6,046) Peoria, IL
January 29, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Illinois	W 72–66	9–14 (4–8)	CEFCU Arena (4,377) Normal, IL
February 1, 2023 7:00 pm, Marquee		UIC	W 68–62 ^OT	10–14 (5–8)	CEFCU Arena (3,409) Normal, IL
February 4, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Belmont	L 75–90	10–15 (5–9)	Curb Event Center (2,410) Nashville, TN
February 8, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Bradley I-74 Rivalry	L 61–79	10–16 (5–10)	CEFCU Arena (5,374) Normal, IL
February 11, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	L 76–81	10–17 (5–11)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,102) Valparaiso, IN
February 15, 2023 7:00 pm, Marquee		Murray State	L 75–76	10–18 (5–12)	CEFCU Arena (3,161) Normal, IL
February 18, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	L 64–80	10–19 (5–13)	Hulman Center (5,862) Terre Haute, IN
February 22, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Drake	L 51–82	10–20 (5–14)	The Knapp Center (3,818) Des Moines, IA
February 26, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Evansville	W 72–53	11–20 (6–14)	CEFCU Arena (3,415) Normal, IL
MVC Tournament
March 2, 2023 12:00 pm, MVC TV/ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) Northern Iowa Opening Round	L 62–75	11–21	Enterprise Center (3,161) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[5]

References

^ "ISU to fire men's basketball coach Dan Muller at end of the season". WGLT. February 13, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Muller Steps Down; Brian Jones To Take Over As Interim Coach". WZND Fuzed Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ Jardy, Adam. "Illinois State hires Ohio State assistant coach Ryan Pedon for head coaching job". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
^ "The 2022 MVC preseason poll is out. See where Bradley men's basketball was ranked". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ "2022-23 Illinois State Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

[1] "ISU to fire men's basketball coach Dan Muller at end of the season". WGLT. February 13, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[2] "Muller Steps Down; Brian Jones To Take Over As Interim Coach". WZND Fuzed Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[3] Jardy, Adam. "Illinois State hires Ohio State assistant coach Ryan Pedon for head coaching job". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

[4] "The 2022 MVC preseason poll is out. See where Bradley men's basketball was ranked". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[5] "2022-23 Illinois State Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

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