1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 53 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1984, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Seattle. A total of 52 games were played. This was the last tournament in which some teams earned first-round byes as the field expanded to 64 teams beginning in the 1985 tournament when each team played in the first round. It was also the second year with a preliminary round; preliminary games would not be played again until 2001.

1984 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament
Season198384
Teams53
Finals siteKingdome
Seattle
ChampionsGeorgetown Hoyas (1st title, 2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Runner-upHouston Cougars (2nd title game,
5th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachJohn Thompson (1st title)
MOPPatrick Ewing (Georgetown)
Attendance397,481
Top scorerRoosevelt Chapman Dayton
(105 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1983 1985»

Georgetown, coached by John Thompson, won the national title with an 84–75 victory in the final game over Houston, coached by Guy Lewis. Patrick Ewing of Georgetown was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Thompson became the first African-American head coach to lead his team to any NCAA Division I title.

Georgetown reached the Final Four for the third time in school history and second time in three years to face Kentucky, a team which had never lost a national semifinal game and was led by the "Twin Towers", Sam Bowie and Melvin Turpin. Bowie and Turpin managed to get Ewing into foul trouble early, and with him on the bench and Reggie Williams shooting only 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field during the game, the Wildcats raced out to a 27–15 lead with 3:06 left in the first half. After that, however, the Hoyas made a defensive stand still unequalled in college basketball: Kentucky scored only two more points in the first half; the Wildcats also did not score in the first 9 minutes 55 seconds of the second half, missing their first 12 shots and after that shooting 3-for-21 (14.3%) during the remainder of the game. Overall, Kentucky shot 3-for-33 (9.1 percent) from the field during the second half. Although he played for only 17 minutes and suffered a season-ending foot injury in the second half, Gene Smith had one of the best defensive games of his career. Bowie and Turpin finished the game a combined 5-for-21, Wingate scored 12 points and held Kentucky's Jim Master to 2-for-7 (28.6%) shooting from the field, Michael Jackson scored 12 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds, and Georgetown won 53–40 to advance to the national final for the third time in school history and second time in three years.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In the first national semifinal, Houston, playing in its third consecutive Final Four, edged Virginia, which reached the Final Four as a No. 7 seed in the East region, 49–47. The Cavaliers reached the national semifinals despite the graduation of four-time All-American Ralph Sampson the previous season. Coincidentally, Houston's All-America center, Akeem Olajuwon, would soon become Sampson's teammate with the Houston Rockets.

In the NCAA final, Georgetown faced Houston on April 2. Reggie Williams demonstrated his true potential for the first time, putting in a strong defensive performance and shooting 9-for-18 (50.0%) from the field with 19 points and seven rebounds in the game, while David Wingate scored 16 points and Ewing managed 10 points and nine rebounds. Jackson scored 11 points and had six assists, two of which set up Ewing and Michael Graham for decisive baskets late in the game. The game was decided well before the final whistle, and the Hoyas won the school's first national championship 84–75. Late in the game, with Georgetown enjoying a comfortable lead, Thompson began to pull starters out and give bench players some time on the court; the game's enduring image came when senior guard Fred Brown came out of the game. Two years earlier, Brown had mistakenly passed the ball to North Carolina's James Worthy in the last seconds of the 1982 championship game, ruining Georgetown's chances for a final game-winning shot and allowing North Carolina to take the national championship, and cameras had captured Thompson consoling a devastated Brown with a hug as the Tar Heels celebrated. As Brown left the 1984 championship game, cameras caught Brown and Thompson again embracing on the sideline, this time to celebrate a victory.[1][2][3][4][6][7]

Locations

Dayton
Philadelphia
Charlotte
Birmingham
E. Rutherford
Lincoln
Memphis
Milwaukee
Pullman
Salt Lake City
1984 sites for play-in (orange) and first and second (green) rounds
Lexington
Atlanta
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Seattle
1984 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

Play-in Round

RegionsSiteVenueHost
East & West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Palestra Drexel/Pennsylvania/Temple/
Mideast & Midwest Dayton, Ohio University of Dayton Arena Dayton

First & Second Rounds

RegionSiteVenueHost
East Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum UNC Charlotte
East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena Seton Hall
Mideast Birmingham, Alabama BJCC Coliseum Southeastern Conference
Milwaukee, Wisconsin MECCA Arena Marquette/UW Milwaukee
Midwest Lincoln, Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Nebraska
Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum Memphis State
West Pullman, Washington Beasley Coliseum Washington State
Salt Lake City, Utah Special Events Center Utah

Regional Sites and Final Four

RegionSiteVenueHost
East Atlanta, Georgia Omni Coliseum Georgia Tech
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Rupp Arena Kentucky
Midwest St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena Missouri Valley Conference
West Los Angeles, California Pauley Pavilion UCLA
Final Four Seattle, Washington The Kingdome Seattle / Washington

Seattle was the host city for the Final Four for the first time since 1952, and the first time in the Kingdome, then home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, as well as the MLB's Mariners and NFL's Seahawks. The Kingdome became the third domed multipurpose stadium to host a Final Four, after the Astrodome and the Superdome. Three cities—East Rutherford, Memphis, and Milwaukee—hosted for the first time. East Rutherford, located between New York City and Newark, was the fourth site to host games in the New York metropolitan area. The Mid-South Coliseum and MECCA Arena hosted this time only, with future games in Memphis at The Pyramid and FedExForum and in Milwaukee at the now-defunct BMO Harris Bradley Center or Fiserv Forum. The games at the MECCA Arena were the first tournament games in Wisconsin since Madison hosted the Mideast regionals in 1969. This tournament marked the last time the Palestra, the "Cathedral of College Basketball", hosted an NCAA Tournament game; future games in Philadelphia were at the Spectrum or the Wells Fargo Center.

Teams

RegionSeedTeamCoachFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
East1North CarolinaDean SmithSweet Sixteen4 IndianaL 72–68
East2ArkansasEddie SuttonRound of 327 VirginiaL 53–51
East3SyracuseJim BoeheimSweet Sixteen7 VirginiaL 63–55
East4IndianaBob KnightRegional Runner-up7 VirginiaL 50–48
East5AuburnSonny SmithRound of 4812 RichmondL 72–71
East6VCUJ. D. BarnettRound of 323 SyracuseL 78–63
East7VirginiaTerry HollandNational Semifinals2 HoustonL 49–47
East8TempleJohn ChaneyRound of 321 North CarolinaL 77–66
East9St. John'sLou CarneseccaRound of 488 TempleL 65–63
East10IonaPat KennedyRound of 487 VirginiaL 58–57
East11Long IslandPaul LizzoPreliminary Round11 NortheasternL 90–87
East11NortheasternJim CalhounRound of 486 VCUL 70–69
East12RichmondDick TarrantRound of 324 IndianaL 75–67
East12RiderJohn CarpenterPreliminary Round12 RichmondL 89–65
Mideast
Mideast1KentuckyJoe B. HallNational Semifinals1 GeorgetownL 53–40
Mideast2IllinoisLou HensonRegional Runner-up1 KentuckyL 54–51
Mideast3MarylandLefty DriesellSweet Sixteen2 IllinoisL 72–70
Mideast4TulsaNolan RichardsonRound of 325 LouisvilleL 69–67
Mideast5LouisvilleDenny CrumSweet Sixteen1 KentuckyL 72–67
Mideast6Oregon StateRalph MillerRound of 4811 West VirginiaL 64–62
Mideast7VillanovaRollie MassiminoRound of 322 IllinoisL 64–56
Mideast8BYULaDell AndersenRound of 321 KentuckyL 93–68
Mideast9UABGene BartowRound of 488 BYUL 84–68
Mideast10MarshallRick HuckabayRound of 487 VillanovaL 84–72
Mideast11West VirginiaGale CatlettRound of 323 MarylandL 102–77
Mideast12Morehead StateWayne MartinRound of 485 LouisvilleL 72–59
Mideast12North Carolina A&TDon CorbettPreliminary Round12 Morehead StateL 70–69
Midwest
Midwest1DePaulRay MeyerSweet Sixteen4 Wake ForestL 73–71
Midwest2HoustonGuy LewisRunner Up1 GeorgetownL 84–75
Midwest3PurdueGene KeadyRound of 326 Memphis StateL 66–48
Midwest4Wake ForestCarl TacyRegional Runner-up2 HoustonL 68–63
Midwest5KansasLarry BrownRound of 324 Wake ForestL 69–59
Midwest6Memphis State (Vacated)Dana KirkSweet Sixteen2 HoustonL 78–71
Midwest7Fresno StateBoyd GrantRound of 4810 Louisiana TechL 66–56
Midwest8Illinois StateBob DonewaldRound of 321 DePaulL 75–61
Midwest9AlabamaWimp SandersonRound of 488 Illinois StateL 49–48
Midwest10Louisiana TechAndy RussoRound of 322 HoustonL 77–69
Midwest11Oral RobertsDick AcresRound of 486 Memphis StateL 92–83
Midwest12Alcorn StateDavey WhitneyRound of 485 KansasL 57–56
Midwest12Houston BaptistGene IbaPreliminary Round12 Alcorn StateL 79–60
West
West1GeorgetownJohn ThompsonChampion2 HoustonW 84–75
West2OklahomaBilly TubbsRound of 3210 DaytonL 89–85
West3DukeMike KrzyzewskiRound of 326 WashingtonL 80–78
West4UTEPDon HaskinsRound of 325 UNLVL 73–60
West5UNLVJerry TarkanianSweet Sixteen1 GeorgetownL 62–48
West6WashingtonMarv HarshmanSweet Sixteen10 DaytonL 64–58
West7LSUDale BrownRound of 4810 DaytonL 74–66
West8Miami (OH)Darrell HedricRound of 489 SMUL 83–69
West9SMUDave BlissRound of 321 GeorgetownL 37–36
West10DaytonDon DonoherRegional Runner-up1 GeorgetownL 61–49
West11NevadaSonny AllenRound of 486 WashingtonL 64–54
West12PrincetonPete CarrilRound of 485 UNLVL 68–56
West12San DiegoJim BrovelliPreliminary Round12 PrincetonL 65–56

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Preliminary round

East Regional – Atlanta, Georgia

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Temple 65  
9 St. John's 63  
  8 Temple 66  
    1 North Carolina 77  
     
       
  1 North Carolina 68  
  4 Indiana 72  
       
       
  4 Indiana 75
    12 Richmond 67  
5 Auburn 71
12 Richmond 72  
  4 Indiana 48
  7 Virginia 50
6 VCU 70  
11 Northeastern 69  
  6 VCU 63
    3 Syracuse 78  
     
       
  3 Syracuse 55
  7 Virginia 63  
       
       
  2 Arkansas 51*
    7 Virginia 53  
7 Virginia 58
10 Iona 57  

Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Illinois State 49  
9 Alabama 48  
  8 Illinois State 61  
    1 DePaul 75  
     
       
  1 DePaul 71*  
  4 Wake Forest 73  
       
       
  4 Wake Forest 69
    5 Kansas 59  
5 Kansas 57
12 Alcorn State 56  
  4 Wake Forest 63
  2 Houston 68
6 Memphis State 92  
11 Oral Roberts 83  
  6 Memphis State 66
    3 Purdue 48  
     
       
  6 Memphis State 71
  2 Houston 78  
       
       
  2 Houston 77
    10 Louisiana Tech 70  
7 Fresno State 56
10 Louisiana Tech 66  

Mideast Regional – Lexington, Kentucky

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 BYU 84  
9 UAB 68  
  8 BYU 68  
    1 Kentucky 93  
     
       
  1 Kentucky 72  
  5 Louisville 67  
       
       
  4 Tulsa 67
    5 Louisville 69  
5 Louisville 72
12 Morehead State 59  
  1 Kentucky 54
  2 Illinois 51
6 Oregon State 62  
11 West Virginia 64  
  11 West Virginia 77
    3 Maryland 102  
     
       
  3 Maryland 70
  2 Illinois 72  
       
       
  2 Illinois 64
    7 Villanova 56  
7 Villanova 84
10 Marshall 72  

West Regional – Los Angeles

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Miami (OH) 69  
9 SMU 83  
  9 SMU 36  
    1 Georgetown 37  
     
       
  1 Georgetown 62  
  5 UNLV 48  
       
       
  4 UTEP 60
    5 UNLV 73  
5 UNLV 68
12 Princeton 56  
  1 Georgetown 61
  10 Dayton 49
6 Washington 64  
11 Nevada 54  
  6 Washington 80
    3 Duke 78  
     
       
  6 Washington 58
  10 Dayton 64  
       
       
  2 Oklahoma 85
    10 Dayton 89  
7 LSU 66
10 Dayton 74  

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E7 Virginia 47*
MW2 Houston 49
W1 Georgetown 84
MW2 Houston 75
ME1 Kentucky 40
W1 Georgetown 53

Championship game

CBS
April 2
Houston 75, Georgetown 84
Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–44
Pts: Franklin 21
Rebs: Olajuwon 9
Asts: Franklin 9
Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Ewing 9
Asts: Jackson 6

Attendance: 38,471

Broadcast information

Television

CBS Sports

  • Brent Musburger served as Studio Host
  • Gary Bender and Billy Packer – First Round (Dayton-LSU) at Salt Lake City, Utah; Second Round at Charlotte, North Carolina (North Carolina–Temple, Indiana–Richmond) and Lincoln, Nebraska (DePaul–Illinois State, Wake Forest–Kansas); East Regional Semifinal (North Carolina–Indiana) and Regional Final at Atlanta, Georgia; West Regional Final at Los Angeles, California; Final Four at Seattle, Washington
  • Verne Lundquist and Steve Grote – Second Round at Memphis, Tennessee (Houston–Louisiana Tech, Memphis State–Purdue) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Tulsa–Louisville, Illinois–Villanova); Midwest Regional Semifinal (DePaul–Wake Forest) and Regional Final at St. Louis, Missouri
  • Frank Glieber and Larry Conley – First (Miami of Ohio–SMU) and Second (Georgetown–SMU, Duke–Washington) Rounds at Pullman, Washington; Mideast Regional Final at Lexington, Kentucky
  • Dick Stockton and Bill Raftery – Second Round at East Rutherford, New Jersey (Arkansas–Virginia, Syracuse–VCU); West Regional Semifinal (Georgetown–UNLV) at Los Angeles, California
  • Tim Ryan and Lynn Shackelford – Second Round at Salt Lake City, Utah (Oklahoma–Dayton, UTEP–UNLV)

ESPN/NCAA Productions

  • Bob Ley served at Studio host and Dick Vitale as Studio analyst
  • Jim Thacker and Irv Brown – East Regional Semifinal (Syracuse–Virginia) at Atlanta, Georgia
  • Tom Hammond and Larry Conley – Preliminary Round at Dayton, Ohio; Mideast Regional Semifinals at Lexington, Kentucky
  • Fred White and Gary Thompson – Midwest Regional Semifinal (Houston–Memphis State) at St. Louis, Missouri
  • Mike Walden and Bill Raftery – West Regional Semifinal (Washington–Dayton) at Los Angeles, California
  • Frank Herzog and James Brown – Second Round at Birmingham, Alabama (Kentucky–Brigham Young, Maryland–West Virginia)
  • Jim Thacker and Jeff Mullins – First Round at Charlotte, North Carolina (Temple–St. John's, Auburn–Richmond)
  • Jim Thacker and Bill Raftery – First Round at East Rutherford, New Jersey (VCU–Northeastern, Virginia–Iona)
  • Fred White and Irv Brown – First Round at Birmingham, Alabama (Oregon State–West Virginia, Brigham Young–UAB)
  • Tom Hammond and Wayne Larrivee – First Round at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Louisville–Morehead State, Villanova–Marshall)
  • John Sanders and Joe Dean – First Round at Memphis, Tennessee (Fresno State–Louisiana Tech, Memphis State–Oral Roberts)
  • Frank Fallon and Gary Thompson – First Round at Lincoln, Nebraska (Illinois State–Alabama, Kansas–Alcorn State)
  • Mike Walden and Larry Conley – First Round at Pullman, Washington (Washington–Nevada)
  • John Sanders and Bill Raftery – Preliminary Round at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Local radio

Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
Georgetown WWDC (Georgetown) Rich Chvotkin John Blake
Kansas KLWN-AM (Lawrence) Max Falkenstein Bob Davis
Kentucky WHAS-AM (Louisville) Cawood Ledford
LSU WWL-AM (New Orleans) Jim Hawthorne

See also

References

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