1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
TAAC Regular season champions
TAAC tournament champions
ConferenceTrans America Athletic Conference
Record24–7 (11–3 TAAC)
Head coach
Home arenaSharp Gymnasium
(Capacity: 1,000)
Seasons
1983–84 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Houston Baptist † 11 – 3   .786 24 – 7   .774
Samford 10 – 4   .714 22 – 8   .733
Georgia Southern 8 – 6   .571 16 – 12   .571
Arkansas–Little Rock 7 – 7   .500 14 – 15   .483
Centenary 7 – 7   .500 12 – 16   .429
Mercer 6 – 8   .429 14 – 14   .500
Hardin–Simmons 5 – 9   .357 9 – 22   .290
Northwestern State 2 – 12   .143 6 – 22   .214
Nicholls State* 0 – 0   – 19 – 7   .731
Georgia State –   – 6 – 22   .214
† 1984 TAAC tournament winner
*Provisional member; played no conference games.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 1983–84 college basketball season. This was head coach Gene Iba’s seventh of eight seasons at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were new members of the Trans America Athletic Conference. After finishing atop the conference regular season standings, the Huskies followed that success by winning the TAAC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament – the only appearance in program history. Houston Baptist was beaten by Alcorn State in the play-in round[1] to finish the season 24–7, 11–3 in TAAC play. The Huskies led the league in field goal percentage[2] and, as of 2017, the 1983-84 team has the tenth-highest all-time season shooting percentage of an NCAA Division I team.[3] Of the team members, three (Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongaouin, and Anicet Lavodrama) represented the Central African Republic men's national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Roster

1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F Boone Almanza 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
 Jr
G Scott Bigott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
 Sr
G Matt England 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
 Jr
G Fred Goporo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr
F Terry Hairston 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
 Sr
F Larry Hollins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
—
 Sr
G Darryl Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
—
 Sr
F Bruno Kongaouin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
 Fr
C Anicet Lavodrama 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
—
 Jr
C Hamilton Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
 Jr
G Reggie Martin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 Jr
G Arthur Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 Fr
C Ellington Wilkins 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
 So
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Sources: [4][2][5]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 26, 1983*
 Texas Wesleyan W 70–60  1–0
 Sharp Gymnasium (1,026)
Houston, Texas
Nov 28, 1983*
 Oklahoma State W 75–65  2–0
 Sharp Gymnasium (1,428)
Houston, Texas
Dec 3, 1983*
 LeTourneau W 101–61  3–0
 Sharp Gymnasium (803)
Houston, Texas
Dec 9, 1983*
 vs. UMass W 68–55  4–0
 Edmunds Center (3,200)
DeLand, Florida
Dec 10, 1983*
 at Stetson L 63–71  4–1
 Edmunds Center (3,786)
DeLand, Florida
Dec 15, 1983*
 St. Edward's W 74–56  5–1
 Sharp Gymnasium (1,001)
Houston, Texas
Dec 15, 1983*
 Concordia W 85–75  6–1
 Sharp Gymnasium (817)
Houston, Texas
Dec 19, 1983*
 at No. 11 Louisiana State L 59–60  6–2
 LSU Assembly Center (11,713)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 21, 1983
 at Nicholls State L 50–51  6–3
(0–1) 		Stopher Gymnasium (346)
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Dec 30, 1983*
 at Drake W 57–53  7–3
 Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1,984)
Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 2, 1984*
 at Louisiana-Monroe W 69–61  8–3
 Fant-Ewing Coliseum (919)
Monroe, Louisiana
Jan 5, 1984
 Nicholls State W 63–57  9–3
(1–1) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,850)
Houston, Texas
Jan 31, 1984*
 Prairie View A&M W 72–33  15–5
 Sharp Gymnasium (831)
Houston, Texas
Feb 4, 1984
 Hardin-Simmons W 50–46  16–5
(6–2) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,024)
Houston, Texas
Feb 6, 1984
 at Arkansas–Little Rock L 61–66  16–6
(6–3) 		Barton Coliseum (500)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Feb 9, 1984
 Centenary (LA) W 63–62 OT 17–6
(7–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,009)
Houston, Texas
Feb 11, 1984
 Northwestern State W 91–67  18–6
(8–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,111)
Houston, Texas
Feb 16, 1984
 at Samford W 63–57  19–6
(9–3) 		Seibert Hall (3,100)
Homewood, Alabama
Feb 25, 1984
 Georgia Southern W 75–52  20–6
(10–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,525)
Houston, Texas
Feb 27, 1984
 Mercer W 73–57  21–6
(11–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (1,127)
Houston, Texas
TAAC Tournament
Mar 8, 1984*
 Northwestern State
Quarterfinals 		W 71–53  22–6
 Sharp Gymnasium (903)
Houston, Texas
Mar 9, 1984*
 Arkansas–Little Rock
Semifinals 		W 76–58  23–6
 Spring Branch Coliseum (1,598)
Houston, Texas
Mar 10, 1984*
 Samford
Championship game 		W 81–76  24–6
 Spring Branch Coliseum (2,509)
Houston, Texas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1984*
 (12 MW) vs. (12 MW) Alcorn State
Play-in game 		L 60–79  24–7
 University of Dayton Arena (7,500)
Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Sources: [4] [6]

References

  1. ^ "LIU Out, Princeton Gains in NCAA". The New York Times. March 14, 1984. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Houston Christian Athletics Department (October 24, 2014). "2014 Hall of Honor Class Announced". hcuhuskies.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Division I Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. 2017. p. 56.
  4. ^ a b "Final 1984 Men's Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). stats.ncaa.org. 1984.
  5. ^ "Final 1985 Men's Basketball Statistics Report". 1985. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via stats.ncaa.org
    (Martin and Wilkins H/W and Position).
  6. ^ "2021–22 HBU Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2022.