1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

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]

1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Big 8 Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, #2 Seed, Bye, Second Round
ConferenceBig 8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 7
1983–84 record29–5 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Assistant coachMike Newell
Home arenaLloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 7 Oklahoma131 .929  295  .853
Kansas95 .643  2210  .688
Nebraska77 .500  1812  .600
Iowa State68 .429  1613  .552
Colorado68 .429  1613  .552
Kansas State59 .357  1415  .483
Oklahoma State59 .357  1315  .464
Missouri59 .357  1614  .533
1984 Big Eight Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

Team players drafted into the NBA

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

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
9186Calvin PierceChicago Bulls

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

References

  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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