First ISU basketball coaches shows of 2015 on WJBC tonight

Posted on January 12, 2015

ISU basketball coaches Dan Muller and Barb Smith will be at Pub II in Normal tonight. (WJBC file photo)

By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – The first Barb Smith and Dan Muller shows of 2015 are tonight at Pub II in Normal. 

WJBC's Zach Dietmeier will talk to the ISU women's coach at 6 p.m. as the Redbirds prepare for a weekend home stand against Evansville and Indiana State.

Coach Smith will be joined by junior guard Stekara Hall. 

Then at 7, coach Muller will talk to WJBC's Dick Luedke and Mike Matthews as the Birds get ready for a road trip to Indiana State on Wednesday. 

The player guest will be junior transfer guard Justin McCloud. 

The shows are presented by Pub II, Country Financial representatives Steve Petersen and Melissa Isenburg and by Miller Lite. 

Listen live at 6 p.m. on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com and the WJBC app.

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