1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1984 Big Eight Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Big 8 Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, #2 Seed, Bye, Second Round
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
1983–84 record	29–5 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Billy Tubbs (4th season);
Assistant coach	Mike Newell
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)

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 Memphis. 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 Men's Division I 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

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 25, 1983*	No. 20	vs. Southern California Great Alaska Shootout	W 92–91	1–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 26, 1983*	No. 20	vs. No. 14 Arkansas Great Alaska Shootout	L 78–84	1–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 27, 1983*	No. 20	vs. Santa Clara Great Alaska Shootout	W 91–77	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 3, 1983*		Central Missouri	W 90–50	3–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 6, 1983*		Arkansas State	W 83–61	4–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 8, 1983*		Georgia State	W 94–66	5–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 10, 1983*		Arizona State	W 89–76	6–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 17, 1983*		Southwestern (KS)	W 98–53	7–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 23, 1983*		at Oklahoma City	W 70–54	8–1	Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dec 28, 1983*		vs. Texas-San Antonio	W 112–72	9–1	Cox Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dec 29, 1983*		vs. Arkansas–Little Rock	W 87–62	10–1	Cox Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 4, 1984*		McNeese State	W 118–79	11–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 7, 1984*		at Syracuse	W 98–91	12–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Jan 11, 1984	No. 17	at Iowa State	L 68–74	12–2 (0–1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Jan 14, 1984*	No. 17	Nicholls State	W 107–51	13–2	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 18, 1984	No. 20	at Colorado	W 100–89 ^2OT	14–2 (1–1)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 21, 1984	No. 20	at Kansas State	W 83–80	15–2 (2–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 24, 1984	No. 11	Oklahoma State	W 115–55	16–2 (3–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 28, 1984*	No. 11	at No. 13 Memphis State	L 65–69	16–3	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 1, 1984	No. 12	Kansas	W 103–84	17–3 (4–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 4, 1984	No. 12	Missouri	W 76–65	18–3 (5–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 8, 1984	No. 10	at Nebraska	W 78–67	19–3 (6–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 11, 1984	No. 10	Kansas State	W 80–74	20–3 (7–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 15, 1984	No. 9	at Oklahoma State	W 57–55	21–3 (8–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 18, 1984	No. 9	Colorado	W 93–80	22–3 (9–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 22, 1984	No. 8	at Kansas	W 92–82 ^OT	23–3 (10–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 25, 1984	No. 8	Iowa State	W 93–69	24–3 (11–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 28, 1984	No. 6	at Missouri	W 61–60	25–3 (12–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Mar 1, 1984	No. 6	Nebraska	W 79–70	26–3 (13–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 3, 1984*	No. 6	No. 7 Nevada-Las Vegas	W 78–70	27–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Big Eight Tournament
Mar 8, 1984*	No. 6	Missouri Quarterfinals	W 72–66	28–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 9, 1984*	No. 6	vs. Colorado Semifinals	W 90–78	29–3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 10, 1984*	No. 6	vs. Kansas Championship Game	L 78–79	29–4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1984*	(2 W) No. 7	vs. (10 W) Dayton Second Round	L 85–89	29–5	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

NCAA basketball tournament

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:[4]

West
- Dayton (10) 89, (2) Oklahoma 85

Honors

All-American: Wayman Tisdale (2nd of 3 times)[5]
Big Eight POY: Tisdale[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

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

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
9	186	Calvin Pierce	Chicago Bulls

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

1985 NBA Draft: Wayman Tisdale (1st, 2nd, Indiana Pacers)
1987 NBA Draft: Tim McCalister (3rd, 47th, Los Angeles Clippers), David Johnson (4th, 89th, Dallas Mavericks), Darryl Kennedy (4th, 91st, Boston Celtics)

References

"Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
"1984 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
"Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 126. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 164. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 165. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
"Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. pp. 168–169. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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[1] "Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2010.

[2] "1984 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.

[3] "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 126. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[4] "1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[5] "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 164. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[6] "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 165. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[7] "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[10] "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. pp. 168–169. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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Venues	McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Oklahoma State
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Oklahoma	13	–	1	.929	29	–	5	.853
Kansas †	9	–	5	.643	22	–	10	.688
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	18	–	12	.600
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	16	–	13	.552
Colorado	6	–	8	.429	16	–	13	.552
Kansas State	5	–	9	.357	14	–	15	.483
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	13	–	15	.464
Missouri	5	–	9	.357	16	–	14	.533

† 1984 Big Eight Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll