GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL

Gopher Basketball 1983-1984 Season

1983-1984 Schedule

Date Opponent W/L Score
11/26/1983 South Dakota State W 93-77
11/28/1983 Indiana State W 96-70
12/03/1983 @ Marquette L 60-77
12/05/1983 Oregon W 65-49
12/19/1983 Jacksonville W 52-50
12/22/1983 North Dakota W 78-73
12/28/1983 @ Detroit W 60-56
12/30/1983 @ Montana State W 55-52
01/02/1984 Iowa State W 66-64
01/05/1984 @ Illinois L 53-80
01/07/1984 @ Purdue L 69-72
01/12/1984 Michigan L 62-66
01/14/1984 Michigan State W 69-61
01/19/1984 @ Iowa W 56-49
01/21/1984 @ Northwestern L 50-52 OT
01/25/1984 Wisconsin W 75-62
02/02/1984 Indiana L 54-67
02/04/1984 Ohio State W 83-61
02/09/1984 @ Ohio State L 62-73
02/11/1984 @ Indiana L 72-74 OT
02/15/1984 @ Wisconsin W 68-67
02/18/1984 @ Cincinnati W 65-61
02/23/1984 Northwestern W 63-57
02/25/1984 Iowa L 50-62
03/01/1984 @ Michigan State L 62-83
03/03/1984 @ Michigan L 50-51
03/08/1984 Illinois L 41-53
03/10/1984 Purdue L 62-63

1983-1984 Big Ten Standings

Team Conference Overall
W L PCT W L PCT
Illinois 15 3 .833 26 5 .839
Purdue 15 3 .833 22 7 .759
Indiana 13 5 .722 22 9 .710
Michigan 11 7 .611 24 9 .727
Michigan State 9 9 .500 16 12 .571
Ohio State 8 10 .444 15 14 .517
Northwestern 7 11 .389 14 14 .500
Minnesota 6 12 .333 15 13 .536
Iowa 6 12 .333 13 15 .464
Wisconsin 0 18 .000 0 28 .000

Season notes:

Coached by Jim Dutcher (9th season).

Wisconsin forfeited all of their games from 1981-1982 to 1983-1984. This fact did not affect the Gophers directly since we beat them all six times we met during those years.

Team Roster:

By Name By Number By Position By Eligibility

1983-1984 Poll Results

Associated Press United Press
1. North Carolina
2. Georgetown
3. Kentucky
4. DePaul
5. Houston
6. Illinois
7. Oklahoma
8. Arkansas
9. Texas-El Paso
10. Purdue
11. Maryland
12. Tulsa
13. UNLV
14. Duke
15. Washington
16. Memphis State
17. Oregon State
18. Syracuse
19. Wake Forest
20. Temple
1. North Carolina
2. Georgetown
3. Kentucky
4. DePaul
5. Houston
6. Illinois
7. Arkansas
8. Oklahoma
9. Texas-El Paso
10. Maryland
11. Purdue
12. Tulsa
13. UNLV
14. Duke
15. Washington
16. Memphis State
16. Syracuse
18. Indiana
19. Auburn
20. Oregon State


1983-1984 National Invitation Tournament


First Round
Nebraska 56, Creighton 54
Xavier (OH) 60, Ohio State 57
Marquette 73, Iowa State 53
Michigan 94, Wichita State 70
Tennessee-Chattanooga 74, Georgia 69 OT
South Alabama 88, Florida 87
Tennessee 54, St. Peter's 40
Virginia Tech 77, Georgia Tech 74 		Notre Dame 67, Old Dominion 62
Florida State 74, North Carolina State 71
Boston College 76, St. Joseph's (PA) 63
Pittsburgh 95, La Salle 91
Lamar 64, New Mexico 61
SW Louisiana 94, Utah State 92
Santa Clara 66, Oregon 53
Weber State 75, Fordham 63


Second Round
Michigan 83, Marquette 70
Xavier (OH) 58, Nebraska 57
Virginia Tech 68, South Alabama 66
Tennessee 68, Tennessee-Chattanooga 66 		Pittsburgh 66, Florida State 63
Notre Dame 66, Boston College 52
Santa Clara 76, Lamar 74
SW Louisiana 74, Weber State 72 2OT


Quarterfinals
Michigan 63, Xavier (OH) 62
Virginia Tech 72, Tennessee 68 		Notre Dame 72, Pittsburgh 64
SW Louisiana 97, Santa Clara 76


NIT Final Four
Semifinals Finals
Michigan 78, Virginia Tech 75
Notre Dame 65, SW Louisiana 59 		Michigan 83, Notre Dame 63


1983-1984 NCAA Tournament


Preliminary Round
Mideast West
Morehead State 70, North Carolina A&T 69 Princeton 65, San Diego 56
East Midwest
Richmond 89, Rider (NJ) 65
Northeastern 90, Long Island 87 		Alcorn State 79, Houston Baptist 60


First Round
Mideast West
#8 Brigham Young 84, #9 Alabama-Birmingham 68
#5 Louisville 72, #12 Morehead State 59
#11 West Virginia 64, #6 Oregon State 62
#7 Villanova 84, #10 Marshall 72 		#9 Southern Methodist 83, #8 Miami (OH) 69
#5 UNLV 68, #12 Princeton 56
#6 Washington 64, #11 Nevada-Reno 54
#10 Dayton 74, #7 Louisiana State 66
East Midwest
#8 Temple 65, #9 St. John's (NY) 63
#12 Richmond 72, #5 Auburn 71
#6 Virginia Commonwealth 70, #11 Northeastern 69
#7 Virginia 58, #10 Iona 57 		#8 Illinois State 49, #9 Alabama 48
#5 Kansas 57, #12 Alcorn State 56
#6 Memphis State 92, #11 Oral Roberts 83
#10 Louisiana Tech 66, #7 Fresno State 56


Second Round
Mideast West
#1 Kentucky 93, #8 Brigham Young 68
#5 Louisville 69, #4 Tulsa 67
#3 Maryland 102, #11 West Virginia 77
#2 Illinois 64, #7 Villanova 56 		#1 Georgetown 37, #9 Southern Methodist 36
#5 UNLV 73, #4 Texas-El Paso 60
#6 Washington 80, #3 Duke 78
#10 Dayton 89, #2 Oklahoma 85
East Midwest
#1 North Carolina 77, #8 Temple 66
#4 Indiana 75, #12 Richmond 67
#3 Syracuse 78, #6 Virginia Commonwealth 63
#7 Virginia 53, #2 Arkansas 51 (OT) 		#1 DePaul 75, #8 Illinois State 61
#4 Wake Forest 69, #5 Kansas 59
#6 Memphis State 66, #3 Purdue 48
#2 Houston 77, #10 Louisiana Tech 69


Sweet Sixteen
Mideast West
#1 Kentucky 72, #5 Louisville 67
#2 Illinois 72, #3 Maryland 70 		#1 Georgetown 62, #5 UNLV 48
#10 Dayton 64, #6 Washington 58
East Midwest
#4 Indiana 72, #1 North Carolina 68
#7 Virginia 63, #3 Syracuse 55 		#4 Wake Forest 73, #1 DePaul 71 (OT)
#2 Houston 78, #6 Memphis State 71


Elite Eight
Mideast West
#1 Kentucky 54, #2 Illinois 51 #1 Georgetown 61, #10 Dayton 49
East Midwest
#7 Virginia 50, #4 Indiana 48 #2 Houston 68, #4 Wake Forest 63


Final Four
Semifinals Finals
Georgetown 53, Kentucky 40
Houston 49, Virginia 47 (OT) 		Georgetown 84, Houston 75

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