Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO (10,776) | 3–7 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" | 11 | December 31 | Utah Valley | W 86–76 | Xavier Silas- 26 | Tim Toler- 6 | Tim Toler/ Xavier Silas- 3 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (853) | 4–7 (0–0) |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | January 3 | At Iowa State | L 72–63 | Xavier Silas- 18 | Tim Toler- 10 | Xavier Silas- 4 | Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA (11,469) | 4–8 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | January 8 | Ball State | L 75–70 | Tim Toler- 22 | Nate Rucker/ Jeremy Landers- 5 | 4 players with 3 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (1,041) | 4–9 (0–1) |- align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" | 14 | January 11 | Eastern Michigan | W 71–69 | Xavier Silas- 31 | Tim Toler – 7 | Jeremy Landers- 7 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (490) | 5–9 (1–1) |- | 15 | January 15 | Toledo | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 16 | January 20 | At Central Michigan | | | | | McGuirk Arena, Mount Pleasant, MI | |- | 17 | January 22 | At Western Michigan | | | | | University Arena, Kalamazoo, MI | |- | 18 | January 26 | Akron | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 19 | January 29 | At Buffalo | | | | | Alumni Arena, Buffalo, NY | |- |- | 20 | February 2 | Bowling Green | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 21 | February 5 | At Ohio | | | | | Convocation Center, Athens, OH | |- | 22 | February 9 | At Miami (OH) | | | | | Millett Hall, Oxford, OH | |- | 23 | February 12 | Kent St) | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 24 | February 15 | Western Michigan | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 25 | February 19 | ESPNU BracketBusters, TBD | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 26 | February 23 | Central Michigan | | | | | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL | |- | 27 | February 26 | At Toledo | | | |