What wasn't lacking was a parade of top talent coming through Redbird Arena.
Led by the 2017 Larry Bird Trophy winner as the Missouri Valley Conference's most outstanding player in Paris Lee, ISU fans were treated to plenty of star power brought in by head coaches Tim Jankovich and Dan Muller during the last 10 seasons.
Four ISU players were named to the all-MVC first team from the 2010-11 through 2019-20 seasons. Another nine were on the second team. The Redbirds had the MVC Newcomer of the Year twice — DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (2016) and Milik Yarbrough (2018).