After installing the Matrix Project Plug-in 1.7.1 on a new Jenkins instance and restarting the Windows service, get the exception below when accessing Jenkins UI. We're installing plug-ins manually via the UI since the server is in a locked down environment without internet access. Attached a screenshot of other plug-ins currently installed.

hudson.util.HudsonFailedToLoad: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:244)
Caused by: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.execute(Reactor.java:269)
at jenkins.InitReactorRunner.run(InitReactorRunner.java:45)
at jenkins.model.Jenkins.executeReactor(Jenkins.java:1009)
at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:877)
at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:85)
at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:81)
at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:227)
Caused by: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:110)
at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder$TaskImpl.run(TaskMethodFinder.java:175)
at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.runTask(Reactor.java:282)
at jenkins.model.Jenkins$7.runTask(Jenkins.java:998)
at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$2.run(Reactor.java:210)
at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$Node.run(Reactor.java:117)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:104)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeHi(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeAt(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeCollapse(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ArrayList.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Collections.sort(Unknown Source)
at hudson.ExtensionList.sort(ExtensionList.java:369)
at hudson.ExtensionList.ensureLoaded(ExtensionList.java:289)
at hudson.ExtensionList.iterator(ExtensionList.java:156)
at hudson.diagnosis.NullIdDescriptorMonitor.verify(NullIdDescriptorMonitor.java:67)
... 13 more