Back to
Boys Basketball

Normal (University) (28-3)



School Information

Name: University High School
City: Normal
City Population: 50,000
County: McLean
Enrollment: 584
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green/Gold
Conference: Corn Belt
Director of Lab Schools: Robert Dean
Principal: Dr. Maria Coolican
Athletic Director: Curt Christenson
Head Coach: Cal Hubbard
Assistant Coaches: Selby Hubbard, Lester Hampton, Mark Edmundson, Glenn Leary
Captains: Dan Bradley, Jeremy Stanton
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Manito (Midwest Central), 66-57, in Sectional Final



Roster

No.  Name                     Pos.  Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 11  Jeremy Stanton           G     6-1  165   18  Sr.
 13  Dan Bradley              G     5-9  145   17  Sr.
 15  Lance McMillan           G     6-1  175   17  Jr.
 21  Andy Hinthorne           G     6-1  155   16  Jr.
 23  Jon Charles              G     6-1  183   17  Jr.
 25  Pete Martin              G     6-1  185   17  Jr.
 31  Neill Beurskens          F     6-3  185   17  Jr.
 33  Kevin Jones              F     6-7  185   18  Sr.
 35  Brandon Dirks            F     6-6  185   17  Jr.
 41  Nick Anderson            G     6-0  170   18  Sr.
 43  Joel Searby              P     6-4  185   16  So.
 45  Jason Halm               P     6-4  200   17  Jr.
 51  David Arnold             F     6-3  165   17  Jr.
 53  Brian Williams           P     6-4  175   16  Jr.
 55  Seth Hubbard             F     6-7  190   16  So.



Statistics

Name                     G     FG   FGA    3P    3PA    FT   FTA   Pts   Reb   Ast
Nick Anderson           27    40     99    28    70     12    21    120    36    16
David Arnold            20     4     16     0     7      0     1      8    19     7
Neill Beurskens         30    85    158     0     0     26    51    196   113    26
Dan Bradley             30    28     64     0     2     47    68    103    82    92
Jon Charles             10     0      8     0     4      0     1      0     1     3
Brandon Dirks           30   102    196     5    15     45    68    254   128    75
Jason Halm              30    60     93     0     0     39    61    159    95    15
Andy Hinthorne          18    16     37     6    21      2     6     40    11     5
Seth Hubbard            30   108    233    20    72     60    94    296   191    71
Kevin Jones             19    21     44     0     0     12    26     54    60    19
Pete Martin             17     5     12     1     7      0     2     11    12     9
Lance McMillan          17     5     10     0     1      0     2     10    13     6
Joel Searby              9    16     38     0     1      6     8     38    37     7
Jeremy Stanton          30   211    365    56   124    124   166    602    80   194
Brian Williams          11     6     11     0     0      1     2     13    13     1
 TOTALS                 30   707   1384   116   324    374   547   1904   948   546
 OPPONENTS              30   544   1449   165   554    289   458   1542   846   427



Scores

Date    Opponent                       W/L Pts. Opp.  High Scorer       Pts.  High Rebounder    Rebs.
Intercity Tournament
*11/25  Normal (Community West)          W   56   44  Jeremy Stanton     17  Jeremy Stanton      6
*11/27  Bloomington (Central Catholic)   W   53   35  Nick Anderson/Seth Hubbard 11  Nick Anderson       6
*11/29  Normal (Community)               L   37   55  Jeremy Stanton     12  Jason Halm/Seth Hubbard  4
*11/30  Bloomington (H.S.)               W   66   54  Jeremy Stanton     16  Joel Searby        13
12/6    Mahomet (M.-Seymour)             W   66   55  Jeremy Stanton     21  Seth Hubbard        7
12/14   Colfax (Ridgeview)               W   71   48  Jason Halm         17  Brandon Dirks      10
12/17   Springfield (Lanphier)           W   63   52  Jason Halm         18  Jason Halm/Seth Hubbard  6
Bloomington-Normal Holiday Classic
*12/26  El Paso                          W   85   36  Neill Beurskens    17  Neill Beurskens     9
*12/27  Lewistown                        W   84   59  Jeremy Stanton     18  Seth Hubbard        6
*12/28  Kewanee (H.S.)                   W   65   39  Jeremy Stanton     14  Dan Bradley/Neill Beurskens/Brandon Dirks/Jason Halm  4
*12/30  Manito (Midwest Central)         L   38   56  Jeremy Stanton     17  Jeremy Stanton/Jason Halm  4
New Years Ball Shootout
*1/1    Chicago (St. Gregory)            W   84   50  Jeremy Stanton     27  Neill Beurskens    11
Logan County Shootout
*1/11   Hartsburg (H.-Emden)             W   81   64  Jeremy Stanton     29  Seth Hubbard       12
1/14    Stanford (Olympia)               W   53   49  Jeremy Stanton     19  Brandon Dirks       7
1/17    Pontiac                          W   75   55  Jeremy Stanton     30  Brandon Dirks       7
1/18    Fairbury (Prairie Central)       W   61   58  Jeremy Stanton     26  Jeremy Stanton/Seth Hubbard  6
1/21    Eureka                           W   79   44  Jeremy Stanton     18  Brandon Dirks       6
1/25    Quincy (Notre Dame)              W   72   57  Jeremy Stanton/Seth Hubbard 17  Seth Hubbard       13
1/28    Bloomington (Central Catholic)   W   37   31  Brandon Dirks      12  Brandon Dirks       5
1/31    Mahomet (M.-Seymour) (OT)        W   55   51  Jeremy Stanton     31  Brandon Dirks       5
2/1     Peoria (Notre Dame)              L   54   55  Jeremy Stanton     21  Seth Hubbard        6
2/7     Manito (Midwest Central)         W   50   49  Jeremy Stanton     23  Jason Halm/Seth Hubbard  7
2/8     Stanford (Olympia)               W   57   34  Jeremy Stanton     33  Seth Hubbard        7
2/14    Fairbury (Prairie Central)       W   66   65  Jeremy Stanton     29  Neill Beurskens     9
Panther Shootout
*2/15   Oswego                           W   77   71  Jeremy Stanton     27  Seth Hubbard       11
2/22    Pontiac                          W   75   67  Brandon Dirks      25  Kevin Jones         8
Eureka Regional
*2/25   Eureka                           W   41   32  Brandon Dirks      13  Seth Hubbard        5
*2/28   Bloomington (Central Catholic)   W   46   39  Jeremy Stanton     20  Brandon Dirks/Seth Hubbard  3
Stanford (Olympia) Sectional
*3/4    Heyworth                         W   48   43  Seth Hubbard       16  Seth Hubbard        8
*3/7    Manito (Midwest Central)         W   38   36  Jeremy Stanton     18  Seth Hubbard       10
Normal (I.S.U.) Super-Sectional
*3/11   Fairbury (Prairie Central)       W   73   61  Jeremy Stanton     31  Seth Hubbard        8



Head Coach Cal Hubbard

Year   W-L       
1978   12-14     
1979   4-20      
1980   11-15     
1981   13-12     
1982   5-19      
1983   12-13     
1984   12-12     
1985   21-8      
1986   4-19      
1987   12-14     
1988   17-9      
1989   22-5      
1990   16-15     
1991   22-6      
1992   29-4       (2nd)
1993   20-10     
1994   19-8      
1995   29-3       (1st)
1996   24-5      
1997   28-3      

School                             Years     No.     W-L       
At Westmont                        1978      1       12-14     
At Rock Falls                      1979-85   7       78-99     
At Moline                          1986-87   2       16-33     
At Lincoln                         1988-89   2       39-14     
At Normal (University)             1990-97   8       187-68    
Total                                        20      332-228   




For Normal (University)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.