1983–84 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1983–84 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pacific-10 Conference Co-champions
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
1983–84 record24–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachBob Johnson
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1983–84 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 15 Washington15–3 .833  24–7  .774
No. 17 Oregon State15–3 .833  22–7  .759
Oregon11–7 .611  16–13  .552
UCLA10–8 .556  17–11  .607
Stanford8–10 .444  19–12  .613
Arizona State8–10 .444  13–15  .464
Arizona8–10 .444  11–17  .393
USC6–12 .333  11–20  .355
California5–13 .278  12–16  .429
Washington State4–14 .222  10–18  .357
As of April 15, 1983[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were 22–6 overall in the regular season and 15–3 in conference play, co-champions with Oregon State.[2] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted three years later.

Washington made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight years and was seeded sixth in the West regional of the 53-team NCAA Tournament, with the first two rounds at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman.[3][4][5] Washington defeated Nevada and Duke and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen,[6][7][8] but fell to upstart Dayton at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.[9][10]

This year's Final Four was in Seattle at the Kingdome.[11]

Postseason results
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
NCAA Tournament
Fri, March 16*
6:10 pm		 No. 15
(6W) 		vs. (11W) Nevada
First round		 W 64–54  23–6
 Beasley Coliseum (6,500)
Pullman, Washington
Sun, March 18*
4:00 pm, CBS		 No. 15
(6W) 		vs. No. 14 (3W) Duke
Second round		 W 80–78  24–6
 Beasley Coliseum (10,504)
Pullman, Washington
Fri, March 23*
6:40 pm, ESPN		 No. 15
(6W) 		vs. (10W) Dayton
Sweet Sixteen		 L 58–64  24–7
 Pauley Pavilion (12,542)
Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References
  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1984. p. 1B.
  3. Devlin, Vince (March 12, 1984). "Hoyas, Duke, Huskies head Pullman field". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  4. Devlin, Vince (March 16, 1984). "It's showtime for all the Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
  5. Devlin, Vince (March 19, 1984). "Huskies battle for Seattle". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
  6. "Huskies win opener". Ellensburg Daily record. (Washington). UPI. March 17, 1984. p. 10.
  7. Devlin, Vince (March 17, 1984). "Huskies take what they can get". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 15.
  8. "Huskies show the Devils no respect". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 19, 1984. p. 15.
  9. Dodds, Tracy (March 24, 1984). "Huskies' NCAA trail ends". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  10. Devlin, Vince (March 24, 1984). "Now the Huskies believe..." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
  11. Withers, Bud (March 31, 1984). "Will guards steal show?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
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