2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team


The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fifth-year head coach Dan Muller, played their home games at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 17–1 to finish in a tie for first place in MVC play. They defeated Evansville and Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament before losing to Wichita State in the championship game. As a No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament title, Illinois State received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed where they defeated UC Irvine in the first round before losing in the second round to UCF.

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2015–16 season 18–14, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Indiana State. Despite having 18 wins and a better than.500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Preseason

The Redbirds were picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll. MiKyle McIntosh and Paris Lee were selected to the All-MVC preseason team.

Departures

Incoming transfers

2016 Signing class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NIT