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1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

American college basketball season


American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year1983–84
teamOklahoma Sooners
imageOklahoma Sooners Logo 1979-2000.png
image_size150
conferenceBig 8 Conference
short_confBig 8
CoachRank8
APRank7
record29–5
conf_record13–1
head_coachBilly Tubbs
hc_year4th
asst_coach1Mike Newell
ac1_year4th
stadiumLloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
championBig 8 Conference Regular Season Champions
tourney[NCAA men's Division I tournament](1984-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
tourney_resultSecond 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.

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.

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.

Roster

  • Billy Tubbs ()

Schedule and results

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

NCAA basketball tournament

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:

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

Honors

  • All-American: Wayman Tisdale (2nd of 3 times)
  • Big Eight POY: Tisdale

Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1984 NBA draft:

9186Calvin PierceForwardChicago Bulls

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

  • 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

References

  1. "Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com.
  2. "1984 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com.
  3. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  4. "1984 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com.
  5. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  6. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  7. "Sooners in NBA Draft". [[CBS Interactive]].
  8. "1984 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com".
  9. "Sooners in NBA Draft". [[CBS Interactive]].
  10. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
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