University of Southern Indiana Athletics

First USI Men’s Basketball team to advance to the NCAA II Elite Eight and the first to play on national television in the national championship game. The 1993-94 team holds the USI record for scoring over 100 points, surpassing the plateau 18 times that season; points in a season; best field goal percentage in a season; best three-point field goal percentage in a season; and most assists.

Team members included Chris Bowles, Scott Boyden, Ronnie Combs, Neil Coyle, Jeff Doyle, Stan Gouard, Marc Hostetter, Brian Huebner, Todd Jones, Craig Martin, Brett Melton, Tyrone Tate and Scott Taylor. It was under the direction of Head Coach Bruce Pearl and assistant coach Rick Herdes.

Season Statistics

1993-94 Record: 28-4 (16-2 GLVC)
Home Record: 17-1; Road Record: 9-2; Neutral Record: 2-1
GLVC CHAMPIONS; NCAA II GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
NCAA II NATIONAL FINALIST

USI     OPPONENT            OPP 130     GRACELAND            79 118     CAMPBELLSVILLE      100 105    #SOUTHWEST BAPTIST    73  95    #MISSOURI SOUTHERN   103  99    *Northern Kentucky    89 121     Wisconsin-Parkside   76  89    *Indianapolis         79 110     SIU-EDWARDSVILLE    105

USI     OPPONENT            OPP  96    *LEWIS                92  72    *SAINT JOSEPH'S       66 107    *Ashland              76  85    *IUPU Ft. Wayne       75 106     QUINCY               82 102    *KENTUCKY WESLEYAN    88 112     WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE   75  97    *BELLARMINE           80

USI     OPPONENT            OPP 106    *KENTUCKY STATE       71  92    *Saint Joseph's       66  75    *Lewis                79 108    *IUPU FT. WAYNE       73 120    *ASHLAND              98 112    SIU-EDWARDSVILLE      96  87    *Kentucky Wesleyan    94 105    *Kentucky State       89

USI     OPPONENT            OPP  96    *Bellarmine           89 112    *NORTHERN KENTUCKY    83 113    *INDIANAPOLIS         74  78    +KENTUCKY WESLEYAN    67 112    +WAYNE STATE          84  98    !South Dakota         77 111    !New Hampshire        89  86    !Cal St. Bakersfield  92

*GLVC; #-Kenny Kent Toyota National Shootout;  +-NCAA II Great Lakes Regional (at USI); !-NCAA II Elite Eight (Springfield, Mass.)