ST. LOUIS — The tragedy that befell the Illinois State basketball team, athletic program and Bloomington-Normal community last spring is being remembered during this week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
The “Redbird Remembrance” banner hangs with the other school and conference flags in the Scottrade Center rafters this weekend. The flag depicts the logo that has been worn by ISU student-athletes on a patch on uniforms this school year in honor of the seven men who lost their lives in a plane crash on April 7, 2015 while returning from The Final Four in Indianapolis.
That group included ISU associate basketball coach Torrey Ward.