1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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Season | 1983–84 | ||||
Teams | 53 | ||||
Finals site |
Kingdome Seattle | ||||
Champions |
Georgetown Hoyas (1st title, 2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up |
Houston Cougars (2nd title game, 5th Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | John Thompson (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) | ||||
Attendance | 397,481 | ||||
Top scorer |
Roosevelt Chapman Dayton (105 points) | ||||
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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.
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 0-for-12, 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 second 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, 1984. 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 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 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
Play-In Round
Regions | Site | Venue | Host |
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East & West | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Palestra | Drexel/Pennsylvania/Temple/ |
Mideast & Midwest | Dayton, Ohio | University of Dayton Arena | Dayton |
First & Second Rounds
Regional Sites and Final Four
Region | Site | Venue | Host |
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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 SuperSonics as well as the MLB Mariners and NFL Seahawks. The Kingdome became the third domed multipurpose stadium, after the Astrodome and the Superdome, to host a Final Four. Three cities – East Rutherford, Memphis and Milwaukee – became host cities 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 would only host one time, with future games in Memphis held at The Pyramid and FedExForum and in Milwaukee at the Bradley Center or Fiserv Forum. The games at the MECCA Arena were the first tournament games held in Wisconsin since being held in Madison in 1969. This tournament would also be the last time the Palestra, the "Cathedral of College Basketball", would host an NCAA Tournament Game; all future games in the city would be held at either the Spectrum or the Wells Fargo Center.
Teams
Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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East | ||||||
East | 1 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Sweet Sixteen | 4 Indiana | L 72–68 |
East | 2 | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton | Round of 32 | 7 Virginia | L 53–51 |
East | 3 | Syracuse | Jim Boeheim | Sweet Sixteen | 7 Virginia | L 63–55 |
East | 4 | Indiana | Bob Knight | Regional Runner-up | 7 Virginia | L 50–48 |
East | 5 | Auburn | Sonny Smith | Round of 48 | 12 Richmond | L 72–71 |
East | 6 | VCU | J. D. Barnett | Round of 32 | 3 Syracuse | L 78–63 |
East | 7 | Virginia | Terry Holland | National Semifinals | 2 Houston | L 49–47 |
East | 8 | Temple | John Chaney | Round of 32 | 1 North Carolina | L 77–66 |
East | 9 | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Round of 48 | 8 Temple | L 65–63 |
East | 10 | Iona | Pat Kennedy | Round of 48 | 7 Virginia | L 58–57 |
East | 11 | Long Island | Paul Lizzo | Preliminary Round | 11 Northeastern | L 90–87 |
East | 11 | Northeastern | Jim Calhoun | Round of 48 | 6 VCU | L 70–69 |
East | 12 | Richmond | Dick Tarrant | Round of 32 | 4 Indiana | L 75–67 |
East | 12 | Rider | John Carpenter | Preliminary Round | 12 Richmond | L 89–65 |
Mideast | ||||||
Mideast | 1 | Kentucky | Joe B. Hall | National Semifinals | 1 Georgetown | L 53–40 |
Mideast | 2 | Illinois | Lou Henson | Regional Runner-up | 1 Kentucky | L 54–51 |
Mideast | 3 | Maryland | Lefty Driesell | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Illinois | L 72–70 |
Mideast | 4 | Tulsa | Nolan Richardson | Round of 32 | 5 Louisville | L 69–67 |
Mideast | 5 | Louisville | Denny Crum | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Kentucky | L 72–67 |
Mideast | 6 | Oregon State | Ralph Miller | Round of 48 | 11 West Virginia | L 64–62 |
Mideast | 7 | Villanova | Rollie Massimino | Round of 32 | 2 Illinois | L 64–56 |
Mideast | 8 | BYU | LaDell Andersen | Round of 32 | 1 Kentucky | L 93–68 |
Mideast | 9 | UAB | Gene Bartow | Round of 48 | 8 BYU | L 84–68 |
Mideast | 10 | Marshall | Rick Huckabay | Round of 48 | 7 Villanova | L 84–72 |
Mideast | 11 | West Virginia | Gale Catlett | Round of 32 | 3 Maryland | L 102–77 |
Mideast | 12 | Morehead State | Wayne Martin | Round of 48 | 5 Louisville | L 72–59 |
Mideast | 12 | North Carolina A&T | Don Corbett | Preliminary Round | 12 Morehead State | L 70–69 |
Midwest | ||||||
Midwest | 1 | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Sweet Sixteen | 4 Wake Forest | L 73–71 |
Midwest | 2 | Houston | Guy Lewis | Runner Up | 1 Georgetown | L 84–75 |
Midwest | 3 | Purdue | Gene Keady | Round of 32 | 6 Memphis State | L 66–48 |
Midwest | 4 | Wake Forest | Carl Tacy | Regional Runner-up | 2 Houston | L 68–63 |
Midwest | 5 | Kansas | Larry Brown | Round of 32 | 4 Wake Forest | L 69–59 |
Midwest | 6 | Memphis State (Vacated) | Dana Kirk | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Houston | L 78–71 |
Midwest | 7 | Fresno State | Boyd Grant | Round of 48 | 10 Louisiana Tech | L 66–56 |
Midwest | 8 | Illinois State | Bob Donewald | Round of 32 | 1 DePaul | L 75–61 |
Midwest | 9 | Alabama | Wimp Sanderson | Round of 48 | 8 Illinois State | L 49–48 |
Midwest | 10 | Louisiana Tech | Andy Russo | Round of 32 | 2 Houston | L 77–69 |
Midwest | 11 | Oral Roberts | Dick Acres | Round of 48 | 6 Memphis State | L 92–83 |
Midwest | 12 | Alcorn State | Davey Whitney | Round of 48 | 5 Kansas | L 57–56 |
Midwest | 12 | Houston Baptist | Gene Iba | Preliminary Round | 12 Alcorn State | L 79–60 |
West | ||||||
West | 1 | Georgetown | John Thompson | Champion | 2 Houston | W 84–75 |
West | 2 | Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs | Round of 32 | 10 Dayton | L 89–85 |
West | 3 | Duke | Mike Krzyzewski | Round of 32 | 6 Washington | L 80–78 |
West | 4 | UTEP | Don Haskins | Round of 32 | 5 UNLV | L 73–60 |
West | 5 | UNLV | Jerry Tarkanian | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Georgetown | L 62–48 |
West | 6 | Washington | Marv Harshman | Sweet Sixteen | 10 Dayton | L 64–58 |
West | 7 | LSU | Dale Brown | Round of 48 | 10 Dayton | L 74–66 |
West | 8 | Miami (OH) | Darrell Hedric | Round of 48 | 9 SMU | L 83–69 |
West | 9 | SMU | Dave Bliss | Round of 32 | 1 Georgetown | L 37–36 |
West | 10 | Dayton | Don Donoher | Regional Runner-up | 1 Georgetown | L 61–49 |
West | 11 | Nevada | Sonny Allen | Round of 48 | 6 Washington | L 64–54 |
West | 12 | Princeton | Pete Carril | Round of 48 | 5 UNLV | L 68–56 |
West | 12 | San Diego | Jim Brovelli | Preliminary Round | 12 Princeton | L 65–56 |
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
Preliminary round
East #11 Seed – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
11 | Northeastern | 90 | ||
11 | Long Island | 87 | ||
East #12 Seed – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
12 | Richmond | 89 | ||
12 | Rider | 65 | ||
Mideast #12 Seed – Dayton, Ohio | ||||
12 | Morehead State | 70 | ||
12 | North Carolina A&T | 69 | ||
Midwest #12 Seed – Dayton, Ohio | ||||
12 | Alcorn State | 79 | ||
12 | Houston Baptist | 60 | ||
West #12 Seed – Philadelphia | ||||
12 | Princeton | 65 | ||
12 | San Diego | 56 | ||
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
- 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 and Lincoln, Nebraska; East Regional at Atlanta, Georgia and West Regional in Los Angeles, California; Final Four in Seattle, Washington
- Tom Hammond and Larry Conley - Mideast regional at Lexington, Kentucky
- Verne Lundquist and Steve Grote
- Frank Herzog and James Brown
- Tim Ryan and Lynn Shackelford
- Dick Stockton and Bill Raftery
- Jim Thacker and Jeff Mullins
Local radio
Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) |
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Georgetown | WWDC-AM (Georgetown) | Rich Chvotkin | |
Kansas | KLWN-AM (Lawrence) | Max Falkenstein | Bob Davis |
Kentucky | WHAS-AM (Louisville) | Cawood Ledford | |
LSU | WWL-AM (New Orleans) | Jim Hawthorne |
See also
- 1984 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 National Invitation Tournament
- 1984 National Women's Invitation Tournament
- 1984 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1984 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
References
- 1 2 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 1. Patrick Ewing
- 1 2 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 3. Reggie Williams
- 1 2 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 11. David Wingate
- 1 2 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 14. Michael Jackson
- ↑ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 68. Gene Smith
- 1 2 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Classic Games
- ↑ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: the Top 100: 48. Fred Brown