2003–04 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

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.

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

2003–04 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	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

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.

Roster

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

Date time, TV	Rank#	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: