2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	6–21 (4–12 OVC)
Head coach	Rick Samuels (24th season);
Home arena	Lantz Arena
	Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Austin Peay	16	–	0	1.000	22	–	10	.688
Murray State †	14	–	2	.875	28	–	6	.824
Morehead State	10	–	6	.625	16	–	13	.552
Eastern Kentucky	8	–	8	.500	14	–	15	.483
Samford	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Jacksonville State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Tennessee Tech	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Tennessee State	6	–	10	.375	7	–	21	.250
UT Martin	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Eastern Illinois	4	–	12	.250	6	–	21	.222
Southeast Missouri State	4	–	12	.250	11	–	16	.407

† 2004 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented the Eastern Illinois University during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Rick Samuels' 24th season as head coach at Eastern Illinois. They finished the season with a record of 6–21, 4–12.

True sophomore Josh Gomes was the team's leading scorer with 13.6 points along with senior center Jesse Mackinson with 5.3 rebounds. Other statistical leaders include true freshman guard Derik Hollyfield with 2.7 assists.^[1]

Roster[edit]

2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Josh Gomes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Rick Samuels

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 22, 2003*	at Northern Illinois	L 78–83	0–1	Convocation Center DeKalb, Illinois
Nov 25, 2003* 7:05 pm	at No. 15 Wisconsin	L 47–81	0–2	Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 2, 2003*	Illinois-Chicago	L 60–77	0–3	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Dec 6, 2003*	Indiana State	L 56–71	0–4	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Dec 10, 2003*	St. Francis (IL)	W 80–57	1–4	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Dec 13, 2003*	at Evansville	L 76–86	1–5	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 20, 2003*	at Western Illinois	L 79–84	1–6	Western Hall Macomb, Illinois
Dec 23, 2003*	at Ohio State	L 50–69	1–7	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 30, 2003*	at Iowa	L 62–71	1–8	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 3, 2004*	Illinois College	W 93–75	2–8	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
OVC regular season
Jan 8, 2004	Tennessee Tech	W 83–70	3–8 (1–0)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Jan 10, 2004	Austin Peay	L 53–60	3–9 (1–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Jan 13, 2004	Southeast Missouri State	L 64–84	3–10 (1–2)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Jan 17, 2004	Tennessee State	L 59–60	3–11 (1–3)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Jan 22, 2004	at Austin Peay	L 57–64	3–12 (1–4)	Winfield Dunn Center Clarksville, Tennessee
Jan 24, 2004	at Tennessee Tech	L 67–84	3–13 (1–5)	Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee
Jan 29, 2004	at Samford	L 69–73	3–14 (1–6)	Seibert Hall Homewood, Alabama
Jan 31, 2004	at Jacksonville State	L 73–78	3–15 (1–7)	Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, Alabama
Feb 5, 2004	Murray State	L 67–85	3–16 (1–8)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Feb 7, 2004	Tennessee-Martin	W 83–79 ^OT	4–16 (2–8)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Feb 10, 2004	at Southeast Missouri State	W 89–85	5–16 (3–8)	Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Feb 12, 2004	at Tennessee State	L 68–75	5–17 (3–9)	Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 16, 2004*	Florida Gulf Coast	L 72–81	5–18 (3–9)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Feb 19, 2004	Morehead State	W 78–59	6–18 (4–10)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Feb 21, 2004	Eastern Kentucky	L 67–71	6–19 (4–11)	Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois
Feb 26, 2004	at Tennessee-Martin	L 73–77	6–20 (4–12)	Skyhawk Arena Union City, Tennessee
Feb 28, 2004	at Murray State	L 51–81	6–21 (4–13)	CFSB Center Murray, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "2003-04 Eastern Illinois Panthers Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC.
^ "2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Eastern Illinois Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved March 21, 2021.

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[1] "2003-04 Eastern Illinois Panthers Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC.

[2] "2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] "Eastern Illinois Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved March 21, 2021.

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