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John Masi played two seasons with the UC Riverside Men’s Basketball Team serving as team captain during his senior campaign and leading the team to a third place national finish. He would go on to oversee that same program for 26 seasons as its head coach accumulating a 463-269 record. His teams reached the Division II NCAA Tournament 11 times finishing as high as second in 1995.
During the 1988-89 season, the Highlanders went 30-4, advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Included in that season is arguably the biggest win in the history of UC Riverside athletics as on Christmas Day the Highlanders squared off against Iowa, ranked fourth in the nation among Division I programs at the time, defeating the Hawkeyes 110-92.
In addition to his coaching duties, Masi served as the Highlanders director of intercollegiate athletics from 1992-98.
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