1983–84 LSU Tigers basketball team

1983–84 LSU Tigers basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record18–11 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Abernathy (8th season)
  • Bo Bahnsen
Home arenaLSU Assembly Center
Seasons
← 1982–83
1984–85 →
1983–84 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Kentucky † 14 – 4   .778 29 – 5   .853
Auburn 12 – 6   .667 20 – 11   .645
Florida 11 – 7   .611 16 – 13   .552
LSU 11 – 7   .611 18 – 11   .621
Alabama 10 – 8   .556 18 – 12   .600
Tennessee 9 – 9   .500 21 – 14   .600
Vanderbilt 8 – 10   .444 14 – 15   .483
Georgia 8 – 10   .444 17 – 13   .567
Mississippi State 4 – 14   .222 9 – 19   .321
Ole Miss 3 – 15   .167 8 – 20   .286
† 1984 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983-84 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1983–84 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at LSU Assembly Center.

The Tigers finished tied for third place in the SEC regular season standings, and lost to Alabama (in OT) in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. LSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed in the West region where they lost in the opening round to Dayton. The team finished with an 18–11 record (11–7 SEC).

Roster

1983–84 LSU Tigers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 10 Derrick Taylor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Redemptorist HS Baton Rouge, LA
G 11 Anthony Wilson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Plain Dealing HS Plain Dealing, LA
G 12 Johnny Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr DeRidder, Louisiana
G 20 John Tudor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Sr Pineville HS Pineville, Louisiana
G 21 Dennis Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Fr Woodlawn HS Baton Rouge, LA
F 24 Leonard Mitchell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr St. Martinville, Louisiana
G 31 Oliver Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr University HS Baton Rouge, LA
F/C 33 Steffond Johnson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr Longview HS Longview, TX
F 35 Jerry Reynolds 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Alexander Hamilton HS Brooklyn, NY
F 41 Nikita Wilson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Leesville HS Leesville, LA
G/F 44 Don Redden 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Ouachita HS Monroe, LA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 1983*
 No. 11 at New Orleans W 67–59  1–0
 Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 28, 1983*
 No. 12 at UNC Wilmington W 94–59  2–0
 Trask Coliseum 
Wilmington, North Carolina
Dec 1, 1983*
 No. 12 Washington W 51–48  3–0
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 3, 1983*
 No. 12 vs. Texas A&M W 75–65  4–0
  
 
Dec 6, 1983*
 No. 9 No. 6 Houston L 91–100  4–1
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 19, 1983*
 No. 11 Houston Baptist W 60–59  5–1
 LSU Assembly Center (11,713)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 21, 1983*
 No. 11 Texas-Rio Grande Valley W 81–70  6–1
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SEC regular season
Jan 1, 1984
 No. 9 Vanderbilt W 73–66  7–1
(1–0) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 5, 1984
 No. 9 at No. 11 Georgia W 81–77  8–1
(2–0) 		Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, Georgia
Jan 7, 1984
 No. 9 No. 2 Kentucky L 80–96  8–2
(2–1) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 10, 1984
 No. 11 at Tennessee L 69–70  8–3
(2–2) 		Stokely Athletic Center 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan 14, 1984
 No. 11 Ole Miss W 93–70  9–3
(3–2) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 16, 1984*
 No. 15 U.S. International W 104–66  10–3
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 21, 1984
 No. 15 Alabama W 85–84  11–3
(4–2) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 23, 1984
 No. 10 Mississippi State W 80–64  12–3
(5–2) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 27, 1984
 No. 10 at Auburn L 78–80  12–4
(5–3) 		Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum 
Auburn, Alabama
Jan 29, 1984*
 No. 10 at No. 1 North Carolina L 79–90  12–5
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 1, 1984
 No. 14 at Florida L 60–78  12–6
(5–4) 		Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, Florida
Feb 4, 1984
 No. 14 Georgia W 69–68  13–6
(6–4) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 6, 1984
 No. 20 Tennessee W 61–59  14–6
(7–4) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 12, 1984
 No. 20 at Ole Miss W 65–61  15–6
(8–4) 		Tad Smith Coliseum 
Oxford, Mississippi
Feb 17, 1984
 No. 17 at Alabama L 49–51  15–7
(8–5) 		Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Feb 20, 1984
 at Mississippi State W 85–70  16–7
(9–5) 		Humphrey Coliseum 
Starkville, Mississippi
Feb 25, 1984
 No. 19 Auburn W 81–80  17–7
(10–5) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 27, 1984
 Florida W 77–73  18–7
(11–5) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 1, 1984
 at Vanderbilt L 68–74  18–8
(11–6) 		Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 3, 1984
 at No. 3 Kentucky L 68–90  18–9
(11–7) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky
SEC Tournament
Mar 8, 1984*
 vs. Alabama L 70–72 OT 18–10
 Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, Tennessee
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1984*
 (7 W) vs. (10 W) Dayton
First round 		L 66–74  18–11
 Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

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Rankings

Main article: 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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References

  1. ^ "1987-88 LSU Tigers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ^ 2014-15 LSU Tigers basketball media guide Archived 2019-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-Jan-16.
  3. ^ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-Jan-16.
  4. ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.