Illinois State Redbirds

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Illinois State football has started fall camp as the Redbirds look to make another run at a national championship.

The ISU men's and women's basketball teams both made long postseason runs last spring.

The Redbirds are set to play the Wildcats Oct. 18 in the second contest of a home-and-home series started last year.

Illinois State Athletics has announced plans to discontinue its men’s tennis program, effective at the end of the spring 2026 semester.

The Illinois State women's basketball team fell to Marshall University, 66-41, in the WNIT championship on Saturday in Huntington, West Virginia.

Illinois State is one of only two institutions that can boast that it had both of its basketball programs playing in the national semifinals.

The ISU men are set to make their first trip to the NIT since 2017, while the Redbird women are returning to the WNIT, where they were a semifinalist last year.

The Redbirds fell to No. 10 seed Evansville, 75-70, in the MVC Tournament semifinals at Xtreme Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

The third-seeded Redbirds, who improve to 20-12 on the season, advance to Saturday’s 4 p.m. semifinal against No. 10 seed Evansville which upset No. 2 seed Belmont, 76-63, earlier Friday.