The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth-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 18–14, 12–6 in conference play, to finish in a tie for second place. As the number three seed in the MVC tournament, they were defeated by Indiana State in their quarterfinal game.
Previous season The Redbirds finished the 2014–15 season 22–13, 11–7 in conference play, to finish in a tie for third place. For the Missouri Valley tournament they were the number four seed, defeating Evansville in a quarterfinal game and eighth ranked Wichita State in a semifinal game before succumbing to eleventh ranked Northern Iowa in the final. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they won over Green Bay in the first round before losing to Old Dominion in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name # Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Comment Bobby Hunter 4 G 5'10" 194 RS Sr Reno, NV Graduation John Jones 10 C 6'9" 260 Sr Saint Michael, Barbados Graduation Daishon Knight 3 G 6'1" 175 Sr Baltimore, MD Graduation Will Ransom 42 F 6'8" 240 Jr Fort Worth, TX North Carolina Central Mark Hall 5 G 6'3" 170 RS So Round Lake Beach, IL St. Cloud State Reggie Lynch 22 C 6'10" 255 So Edina, MN Minnesota
Arrivals Transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Prior School Quentin Brewer F 6'8" 220 RS Sr Tampa, FL Bethune–Cookman
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition Season
!colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference Regular Season
!colspan=9 style=|Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season
!colspan=9 style=|State FarmMissouri Valley Conference {MVC} tournament
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