Note: This is the fourth of a four-part series on Rose-Hulman's 100 seasons of men's basketball.  Parts one, two and three are available on the 100th season of basketball website. 

TERRE HAUTE, IND. - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has continued its tradition of competing on a national level under the tutelage of head coach Jim Shaw for the past 14 seasons.

Shaw enters the month of February with a career record of 202-155 as Fightin' Engineer head coach, with a resume that includes four conference championships and three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances.

Shaw served as interim coach during the 1994-95 campaign and, following a season that featured a 15-10 record and an improvement of five victories, earned the permanent head coaching position.  The Engineers took off over the next two years, with a pair of 19-9 seasons that included trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Rose-Hulman also completed a 50-year history in Shook Fieldhouse during the 1996-97 campaign, with the Engineers winning both the last regular season game (70-52 over Wabash) and final game (an 88-69 win over Washington University in the NCAA Division III Tournament) at the facility.

The Engineers opened the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference era with a roar during the 1998-99 season.  Rose-Hulman won its first 12 league contests as part of a 20-6 year that helped the team reach the NCAA Division III Tournament as SCAC champions.  Bryan Egli capped the season with Columbus Multimedia Player of the Year honors.

The success continued throughout the next decade, with Rose-Hulman earning another SCAC championship in 2001 and enjoying the best single-season turnaround in school history in 2004.

Perhaps the most memorable game of the Jim Shaw Era occurred in 2001 at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.  The Engineers rallied from a second half deficit and defended potential game winning shots at the end of the first and second overtimes by the strong Tigers squad, before Rose-Hulman captured an 84-82 victory in triple overtime in the longest game in Engineer history.

Rose-Hulman will celebrate its 100th season of men's basketball with a home game against Defiance College on Saturday (Feb. 9) at 3 p.m.  The festivities include a dinner featuring alumni and guests of the program following the game.