November 23, 1990 against Bethel he recorded a then career-high 32 points. Best went on to average 5.3 rebounds (second on the team behind Jerome Rodgers) and 0.9 steals (second behind Van Usher). Best's junior season saw him start 27 out of 29 games, averaging 32 minutes per game and record a team-leading 20 points per game. His 7 rebounds per game placed him second behind Charles Edmondson, and he ranked third in steals behind Usher and Edmondson. At the end of the season he was an All-OVC selection, as he ranked third in the entire conference in scoring behind Division I scoring champion Brett Roberts and Popeye Jones. Best was named team capitain for his senior year. On December 12, 1992 in a game against Southern Mississippi he recorded a new career-high of 36 points; on January 9, 1993 against Eastern Kentucky he improved his career best with 38 points, and equalled it on January 30 against Murray State. He recorded his career-high of 42 points playing against Morehead State on February 22, 1993. He led the NCAA in 2-point field goals with 292, led the OVC in total points (799, also an all-time record for Tennessee Tech) and points per game (28.5), which also ranked him 3rd in the entire Division I and 2nd all-time in Tennessee Tech history behind Jimmy Hagan's 1958–59 season (28.8). At the end of the 1992–93 season he was named in the All-OVC team, NABC All-Region and All-District teams, and in the Basketball Weekly All-Region team. He ranks 4th all-time for points scored at Tennessee Tech with 1,773 in 97 games. In 2018, he was named an OVC basketball legend. College statistics |- | align="left" | 1989–90 | align="left" | Tennessee Tech | 15 || 0 || 6.3 || .429 || .000 || .708 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 3.1 |- | align="left" | 1990–91 | align="left" | Tennessee Tech | 25 || 25 || 22.1 || .547 || .111 || .754 || 5.3 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 13.9 |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | Tennessee Tech | 29 || 27 || 32.0 || .568 || .188 || .710 || 7.0 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 20.0 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | Tennessee Tech | 28 || 28 || 36.0 || .553 || .222 || .749 || 8.4 ||