1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:1983–84
Team:Oklahoma Sooners
Conference:Big 8 Conference
Short Conf:Big 8
Coachrank:8
Aprank:7
Record:29–5
Conf Record:13–1
Hc Year:4th
Ac1 Year:4th
Stadium:Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
Champion:Big 8 Conference Regular Season Champions
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 29–5 overall record and a 13–1 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the first Big Eight Conference Regular Season Championship for Tubbs.[1]

The team was led by All American and Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale. The team lost its second game at the Great Alaska Shootout. It then won eleven in a row before enduring its only conference loss at Iowa State. It then won four in a row before losing to . The team won the rest of its regular season games and the first two Big Eight Conference Tournament games bringing its win streak to 13. It lost the conference title game to Kansas. The team then lost its first game in the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to Dayton.[2]

Over the course of the season, Wayman Tisdale established the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball single-season scoring average (27.0) and single-game points (61) records.[3]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big Eight tournament|-!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournament

NCAA basketball tournament

See main article: 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament:[4]

Honors

Wayman Tisdale (2nd of 3 times)[5]

Tisdale[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1984 NBA draft:[7] [8]

9186Calvin PierceForwardChicago Bulls

The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA draft in later years:[9] [10]

Wayman Tisdale (1st, 2nd, Indiana Pacers)

Tim McCalister (3rd, 47th, Los Angeles Clippers), David Johnson (4th, 89th, Dallas Mavericks), Darryl Kennedy (4th, 91st, Boston Celtics)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conference Championships . July 6, 2010 . SoonerStats.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042818/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/okla-conf-championships.html . June 23, 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: 1984 Men's Basketball Season. July 6, 2010. SoonerStats.com.
  3. Web site: Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide. July 5, 2010. 126. CBS Interactive. November 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: 1984 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket. July 5, 2010. databaseSports.com.
  5. Web site: Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide. July 5, 2010. 164. CBS Interactive. November 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide. July 5, 2010. 165. CBS Interactive. November 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Sooners in NBA Draft. July 5, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100718064107/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/sooners-in-nba-draft.html. July 18, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: 1984 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com . 2010-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121225208/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1984&lg=N . November 21, 2010 .
  9. Web site: Sooners in NBA Draft. July 5, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100718064107/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/sooners-in-nba-draft.html. July 18, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide. July 5, 2010. 168–169. CBS Interactive. November 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112122651/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010_mbb_guide_section7.pdf. dead.