1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Big 8 Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
Record	29–5 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Billy Tubbs (4th season)
Assistant coach	Mike Newell (4th season)
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

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 Division I men's 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]

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1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Mark Wade	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Fr	Banning	San Pedro, California
G	11	Jan Pannell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	McKinley	Washington, D.C.
G	22	William Tisdale	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa, Oklahoma
F	23	Wayman Tisdale	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa, Oklahoma
G	32	Tim McCalister	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	West Side	Gary, Indiana

Head coach

Billy Tubbs (Lamar)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 25, 1983*	No. 20	vs. USC Great Alaska Shootout	W 92–91	1–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
November 26, 1983*	No. 20	vs. No. 14 Arkansas Great Alaska Shootout	L 78–84	1–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
November 27, 1983*	No. 20	vs. Santa Clara Great Alaska Shootout	W 91–77	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK
December 3, 1983*		Central Missouri State	W 90–50	3–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
December 6, 1983*		Arkansas State	W 83–61	4–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
December 8, 1983*		Georgia State	W 94–66	5–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
December 10, 1983*		Arizona State	W 89–76	6–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
December 17, 1983*		Southwestern (KS)	W 98–53	7–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
December 23, 1983*		at Oklahoma City	W 70–54	8–1	Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, OK
December 28, 1983*		vs. UTSA All-College Basketball Tournament	W 112–72	9–1	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK
December 29, 1983*		vs. Arkansas–Little Rock All-College Basketball Tournament Final	W 87–62	10–1	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK
January 4, 1984*		McNeese State	W 118–79	11–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 7, 1984*		at Syracuse	W 98–91	12–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 11, 1984	No. 17	at Iowa State	L 68–74	12–2 (0–1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 14, 1984*	No. 17	Nicholls State	W 107–51	13–2	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 18, 1984	No. 20	at Colorado	W 100–89 ^2OT	14–2 (1–1)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
January 21, 1984	No. 20	at Kansas State	W 83–80	15–2 (2–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 24, 1984	No. 11	Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 115–55	16–2 (3–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 28, 1984*	No. 11	at No. 13 Memphis State	L 65–69	16–3	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN
February 1, 1984	No. 12	Kansas	W 103–84	17–3 (4–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 4, 1984	No. 12	Missouri	W 76–65	18–3 (5–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 8, 1984	No. 10	at Nebraska	W 78–67	19–3 (6–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
February 11, 1984	No. 10	Kansas State	W 80–74	20–3 (7–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 15, 1984	No. 9	at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 57–55	21–3 (8–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 18, 1984	No. 9	Colorado	W 93–80	22–3 (9–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 22, 1984	No. 8	at Kansas	W 92–82 ^OT	23–3 (10–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 25, 1984	No. 8	Iowa State	W 93–69	24–3 (11–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 28, 1984	No. 6	at Missouri	W 61–60	25–3 (12–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
March 1, 1984	No. 6	Nebraska	W 79–70	26–3 (13–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 3, 1984*	No. 6	No. 7 UNLV	W 78–70	27–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
Big Eight tournament
March 8, 1984*	(1) No. 6	(8) Missouri Quarterfinals	W 72–66	28–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 9, 1984*	(1) No. 6	vs. (5) Colorado Semifinals	W 90–78	29–3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 10, 1984*	(1) No. 6	vs. (2) Kansas Championship Game	L 78–79	29–4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
<span style="background-color:#841617;color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament</span>
March 17, 1984*	(2 W) No. 7	vs. (10 W) Dayton Second Round	L 85–89	29–5	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
*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 Division I men's 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "1984 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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Culture & lore	Boomer and Sooner RUF/NEKS Jumpman Invitational
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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Roster

Schedule and results

NCAA basketball tournament

Honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

References