Brian Evans Biography
Brian Evans is a former American basketball player from Terre Haute, Indiana and he played for the Indiana Hoosiers for four seasons before being drafted in the NBA. He was a first round pick, selected 27th overall by the Orlando Magic. Evans played under head coach Bob Knight between 1992 and 1996. The 6-foot-8 power forward was on the 1996 Third-team All-American and he was named as the 1996 Big Ten Player of the Year. In 2018, he was inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Name: Brian Keith Evans
- Position: Power Forward
- Nationality: USA
- Age: 51 years old
- Birthday: September 13, 1973
- Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois
- Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana
- High School: South (Terre Haute, Indiana)
- Height: 6’8″ (203 cm)
- Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
- Seasons at Indiana University: 4 (1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996)
- Jersey: #34, #11
- NBA Draft: 1996 / Round 1 / 27th Overall (Orlando Magic)
Awards and Accolades
- 1995 Summer Universiade Gold Medalist
- 1996 Third-team All-American (AP, NABC, UPI)
- 1996 Big Ten Player of the Year
- 2018 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fee Inductee
Brian Evans Seasons with the Hoosiers
31-4 (17-1 Big Ten)
🏅 NCAA Elite Eight
21-9 (12-6 Big Ten)
🏅 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
19-12 (11-7 Big Ten)
🏅 NCAA First Round
20-11 (13-5 Big Ten)
🏅 NCAA First Round
Brian Evans Indiana University Career Statistics
| Season | G | GS | Min | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | A | Stl | BS | TO | Pts | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | 35 | 4 | 615 | 62 | 146 | 0.425 | 23 | 65 | 0.354 | 37 | 54 | 0.685 | 32 | 106 | 138 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 27 | 184 | 5.3 |
| 1993-1994 | 27 | 24 | 791 | 116 | 259 | 0.448 | 43 | 94 | 0.457 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 53 | 130 | 183 | 59 | 37 | 13 | 52 | 321 | 11.9 |
| 1994-1995 | 31 | 30 | 1051 | 177 | 383 | 0.462 | 58 | 139 | 0.417 | 126 | 161 | 0.783 | 53 | 155 | 208 | 101 | 25 | 17 | 72 | 538 | 17.4 |
| 1995-1996 | 31 | 31 | 1156 | 212 | 474 | 0.447 | 62 | 158 | 0.392 | 172 | 203 | 0.847 | 42 | 179 | 221 | 126 | 43 | 19 | 72 | 658 | 21.2 |
| Career | 124 | 89 | 3613 | 567 | 1262 | 0.449 | 186 | 456 | 0.408 | 381 | 476 | 0.8 | 180 | 570 | 750 | 332 | 123 | 54 | 223 | 1701 | 13.7 |
Brian Evans High School Career and Recruiting Profile
Brian Evans was a heralded basketball recruit that cam from Terre Haute South High School. He was one of the key players that led Terre Haute South to their last Final Four appearance in the single-class basketball era in the 1991 season.
Evans finished high school as first-team all-state in both basketball as well as baseball, but decided to stick with basketball in order to play for coach Bob Knight in Bloomington.
In 2016, his jersey was retired in a ceremony at Terre Haute South. His number 50 jersey was retired in front of his teammates on the 1991 Final Four high school team. He was able to share the honor with his wife and four children that were also present at the ceremony.
Brian Evans Indiana University Career
In a well documented recruiting story, Bob Knight knew that he could convince Brian Evans to commit and play for the Hoosiers. After a number of forward options became unavailable to Indiana, Bob Knight drove to Terre Haute to watch Brian Evans play, and he shortly invited his family down to Bloomington for a football weekend.
The rest was history as Brian Evans became one of the most important pieces of the Hoosiers during his five-years with the program. In the 1991-1992 season, Brian Evans was redshirted and thus retained an additional year of eligibility to play in college.
The Hoosiers found immediate success during Brian Evans’ first year with time on the court. During the 1992-1993 season, Evans saw action in all 35 games of the Hoosiers 1993 Elite Eight run that was primarily led by Calbert Cheaney, Greg Graham, Matt Nover, Alan Henderson, and Damon Bailey. The Hoosiers won a Big Ten regular season championship that year.
With the departures of some of the best players in the history of Indiana, Brian Evans would become an important piece of the puzzle moving forward, and he would improve his statistics year over year. After just averaging 5.3 points per game his first year, Brian Evans became a double-digit scorer that was good for an average of six to seven rebounds per game.
Brian Evans got another taste of a deep NCAA tournament run in 1994 with a Sweet Sixteen performance by the Hoosiers. Evans contributed 11.4 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game during his second season on the floor.
