Career
A native of Peoria, Illinois, Buscher played basketball and softball at Peoria"s Richwoods High School, with her basketball team finishing second at the 1981 IHSA Class Associate of Arts state Tournament. Buscher then attended Missouri State University, once more playing both basketball and softball for the Missouri State Bears. She earned her bachelor"s degree from Missouri State in 1986.
She then moved on to Illinois State University, spending two seasons as graduate assistant coach of the Illinois State Redbirds women"s basketball team and earning her Master"s degree in athletic administration in 1988.
After earning her Master"s degree, Buscher served as assistant women"s basketball coach at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II University of Nebraska at Omaha (Omaha) from 1988 to 1997. After leaving Omaha, Buscher took her first job as head coach at Mankato State.
Following the previous season"s 7-29 record, Mankato State under Buscher improved to 17-10, remaining one of the greatest turnarounds in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II history. After only one season at Mankato State, Buscher returned to Omaha in 1998 as the schools head women"s basketball coach.
Following a successful second season at Omaha, she was hired as head women"s basketball coach at Division I Bradley University in her hometown of Peoria.
In twelve seasons at Bradley, Buscher raised the Braves women"s program from their previous status as perennial doormats in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) into a contender in the MVC. The 2008-2009 team set the school women"s record for most wins with 21. The 2011-2012 team also advanced to the second round of the MBI. Her 167 wins is the most for any Bradley women"s coach. In June 2012, Buscher was named the fifth head coach of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars women"s basketball team
