1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 1984 1984 Final Four logo.png 200px 53 Kingdome Seattle, Washington Georgetown Hoyas 1st 3rd 4th Houston Cougars 2nd 5th Kentucky Wildcats 9th Virginia Cavaliers 2nd John Thompson 1st Patrick Ewing Georgetown 397,481 Roosevelt Chapman Dayton 105 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. The 46th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 1984, and ended with the championship game on April 2, at the Kingdome 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 that 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 5-for-21, 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.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/p_ewing.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 1. Patrick Ewing 2017-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20161006201357/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/p_ewing.htm 2016-10-06 dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_williams.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 3. Reggie Williams 2017-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003232/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_williams.htm 2016-03-04 dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_wingate.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 11. David Wingate 2017-03-31 2015-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170847/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_wingate.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/m_jackson.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 14. Michael Jackson 2017-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120213071619/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/m_jackson.htm 2012-02-13 dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/g_smith.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 68. Gene Smith 2017-03-31 2015-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150329171301/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/g_smith.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/classic.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Classic Games 2017-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041705/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/classic.htm 2015-09-24 dead In the first 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. 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 David 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 Michael 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.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/f_brown.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: the Top 100: 48. Fred Brown 2017-03-31 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031510/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/f_brown.htm dead Schedule and venues USA 450 right 1984 sites for play-in (orange) and first and second (green) rounds USA orange pog.svg 39.758948 -84.191607 top #FFFFFF Dayton University of Dayton Arena USA orange pog.svg 39.952584 -75.165222 bottom #FFFFFF Philadelphia Spectrum (arena) The Spectrum USA green pog.svg 35.227087 -80.843127 bottom #FFFFFF Charlotte Bojangles' Coliseum Charlotte Coliseum USA green pog.svg 33.520661 -86.802490 bottom #FFFFFF Birmingham Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex BJCC Arena USA green pog.svg 40.833989 -74.097086 top #FFFFFF E. Rutherford Izod Center Meadowlands Arena USA green pog.svg 40.810556 -96.680278 top #FFFFFF Lincoln Bob Devaney Sports Center USA green pog.svg 35.149534 -90.048980 top #FFFFFF Memphis Mid-South Coliseum USA green pog.svg 43.038902 -87.906474 left #FFFFFF Milwaukee UW Milwaukee Panther Arena MECCA Arena USA green pog.svg 46.729777 -117.181738 bottom #FFFFFF Pullman Beasley Coliseum USA green pog.svg 40.760779 -111.891047 top #FFFFFF Salt Lake City Jon M. Huntsman Center USA 450 right 1984 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 38.040584 -84.503716 bottom #FFFFFF Lexington Rupp Arena USA blue pog.svg 33.748995 -84.387982 bottom #FFFFFF Atlanta Omni Coliseum USA blue pog.svg 38.627003 -90.199404 left #FFFFFF St. Louis St.Louis Arena USA blue pog.svg 34.052234 -118.243685 bottom #FFFFFF Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion USA red pog.svg 47.606209 -122.332071 bottom #FFFFFF Seattle Kingdome The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1984 tournament, and their host(s): Opening Round March 13 East/West Regions Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosts: University of Pennsylvania, Temple University) Mideast/Midwest Regions University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton) First/Second Rounds March 15 and 17 East Region Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Mideast Region BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference) Midwest Region Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: Memphis State University) West Region Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah) March 16 and 18 East Region Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Host: Seton Hall University) Mideast Region MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Hosts: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University) Midwest Region Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: University of Nebraska–Lincoln) West Region Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, Washington (Host: Washington State University) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen/Elite Eight) March 22 and 24 East Regional, Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech) Mideast Regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky) March 23 and 25 Midwest Regional, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) West Regional, Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) March 31 and April 2 Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington) Teams Region Seed Team Coach Conference Finished Final Opponent Score East East 1 North Carolina Dean Smith ACC Sweet Sixteen4 IndianaL 72–68 East 2 Arkansas Eddie Sutton Southwest Round of 327 VirginiaL 53–51 East 3 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Big East Sweet Sixteen7 VirginiaL 63–55 East 4 Indiana Bob Knight Big Ten Regional Runner-up7 VirginiaL 50–48 East 5 Auburn Sonny Smith SEC Round of 4812 RichmondL 72–71 East 6 VCU J. D. Barnett Sun Belt Round of 323 SyracuseL 78–63 East 7 Virginia Terry Holland ACC National semifinals2 HoustonL 49–47 East 8 Temple John Chaney Atlantic 10 Round of 321 North CarolinaL 77–66 East 9 St. John's Lou Carnesecca Big East Round of 488 TempleL 65–63 East 10 Iona Pat Kennedy MAAC Round of 487 VirginiaL 58–57 East 11 Long Island Paul Lizzo ECAC Metro Preliminary Round11 NortheasternL 90–87 East 11 Northeastern Jim Calhoun ECAC North Round of 486 VCUL 70–69 East 12 Richmond Dick Tarrant ECAC South Round of 324 IndianaL 75–67 East 12 Rider John Carpenter East Coast Preliminary Round12 RichmondL 89–65 Mideast Mideast 1 Kentucky Joe B. Hall SEC National semifinals1 GeorgetownL 53–40 Mideast 2 Illinois Lou Henson Big Ten Regional Runner-up1 KentuckyL 54–51 Mideast 3 Maryland Lefty Driesell ACC Sweet Sixteen2 IllinoisL 72–70 Mideast 4 Tulsa Nolan Richardson Missouri Valley Round of 325 LouisvilleL 69–67 Mideast 5 Louisville Denny Crum Metro Sweet Sixteen1 KentuckyL 72–67 Mideast 6 Oregon State Ralph Miller Pacific-10 Round of 4811 West VirginiaL 64–62 Mideast 7 Villanova Rollie Massimino Big East Round of 322 IllinoisL 64–56 Mideast 8 BYU LaDell Andersen WAC Round of 321 KentuckyL 93–68 Mideast 9 UAB Gene Bartow Sun Belt Round of 488 BYUL 84–68 Mideast 10 Marshall Rick Huckabay Southern Round of 487 VillanovaL 84–72 Mideast 11 West Virginia Gale Catlett Atlantic 10 Round of 323 MarylandL 102–77 Mideast 12 Morehead State Wayne Martin Ohio Valley Round of 485 LouisvilleL 72–59 Mideast 12 North Carolina A&T Don Corbett MEAC Preliminary Round12 Morehead StateL 70–69 Midwest Midwest 1 DePaul Ray Meyer Independent Sweet Sixteen4 Wake ForestL 73–71 Midwest 2 Houston Guy Lewis Southwest Runner Up1 GeorgetownL 84–75 Midwest 3 Purdue Gene Keady Big Ten Round of 326 Memphis StateL 66–48 Midwest 4 Wake Forest Carl Tacy ACC Regional Runner-up2 HoustonL 68–63 Midwest 5 Kansas Larry Brown Big Eight Round of 324 Wake ForestL 69–59 Midwest 6 Memphis State (Vacated) Dana Kirk Metro Sweet Sixteen2 HoustonL 78–71 Midwest 7 Fresno State Boyd Grant Pacific Coast Round of 4810 Louisiana TechL 66–56 Midwest 8 Illinois State Bob Donewald Missouri Valley Round of 321 DePaulL 75–61 Midwest 9 Alabama Wimp Sanderson SEC Round of 488 Illinois StateL 49–48 Midwest 10 Louisiana Tech Andy Russo Southland Round of 322 HoustonL 77–69 Midwest 11 Oral Roberts Dick Acres Midwestern City Round of 486 Memphis StateL 92–83 Midwest 12 Alcorn State Davey Whitney SWAC Round of 485 KansasL 57–56 Midwest 12 Houston Baptist Gene Iba Trans America Preliminary Round12 Alcorn StateL 79–60 West West 1 Georgetown John Thompson Big East Champion2 HoustonW 84–75 West 2 Oklahoma Billy Tubbs Big Eight Round of 3210 DaytonL 89–85 West 3 Duke Mike Krzyzewski ACC Round of 326 WashingtonL 80–78 West 4 UTEP Don Haskins WAC Round of 325 UNLVL 73–60 West 5 UNLV Jerry Tarkanian Pacific Coast Sweet Sixteen1 GeorgetownL 62–48 West 6 Washington Marv Harshman Pacific-10 Sweet Sixteen10 DaytonL 64–58 West 7 LSU Dale Brown SEC Round of 4810 DaytonL 74–66 West 8 Miami (OH) Darrell Hedric MAC Round of 489 SMUL 83–69 West 9 SMU Dave Bliss Southwest Round of 321 GeorgetownL 37–36 West 10 Dayton Don Donoher Independent Regional Runner-up1 GeorgetownL 61–49 West 11 Nevada Sonny Allen Big Sky Round of 486 WashingtonL 64–54 West 12 Princeton Pete Carril Ivy League Round of 485 UNLVL 68–56 West 12 San Diego Jim Brovelli West Coast Preliminary Round12 PrincetonL 65–56 Bracket * – Denotes overtime period Preliminary round 5 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, Pennsylvania 12 Princeton 65 12 San Diego 56 East Regional – Atlanta, Georgia 1 y Regional semifinals Regional Finals 8 Temple 65 9 St. John's 63 5 Auburn 71 12 Richmond 72 6 VCU 70 11 Northeastern 69 7 Virginia 58 10 Iona 57 8 Temple 66 1 North Carolina 77 4 Indiana 75 12 Richmond 67 6 VCU 63 3 Syracuse 78 2 Arkansas 51* 7 Virginia 53 1 North Carolina 68 4 Indiana 72 3 Syracuse 55 7 Virginia 63 4 Indiana 48 7 Virginia 50 Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri 1 y Regional semifinals Regional Finals 8 Illinois State 49 9 Alabama 48 5 Kansas 57 12 Alcorn State 56 6 Memphis State# 92 11 Oral Roberts 83 7 Fresno State 56 10 Louisiana Tech 66 8 Illinois State 61 1 DePaul 75 4 Wake Forest 69 5 Kansas 59 6 Memphis State# 66 3 Purdue 48 2 Houston 77 10 Louisiana Tech 69 1 DePaul 71* 4 Wake Forest 73 6 Memphis State# 71 2 Houston 78 4 Wake Forest 63 2 Houston 68 # - Memphis State was forced to vacate its NCAA tournament appearance after a massive gambling scandal and criminal investigation into head coach Dana Kirk. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Memphis removing the wins from its own record. https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/06/24/troubled-times-at-memphis-state https://web.archive.org/web/20201128115244/https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/06/24/troubled-times-at-memphis-state dead November 28, 2020 TROUBLED TIMES AT MEMPHIS STATE Sports Illustrated June 24, 1985 May 15, 2024 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/241057-the-ncaas-toothless-punishment-of-memphis Mauro, Patrick The NCAA's Toothless Punishment Of Memphis Bleacher Report August 22, 2009 May 15, 2024 Mideast Regional – Lexington, Kentucky 1 y Regional semifinals Regional Finals 8 BYU 84 9 UAB 68 5 Louisville 72 12 Morehead State 59 6 Oregon State 62 11 West Virginia 64 7 Villanova 84 10 Marshall 72 8 BYU 68 1 Kentucky 93 4 Tulsa 67 5 Louisville 69 11 West Virginia 77 3 Maryland 102 2 Illinois 64 7 Villanova 56 1 Kentucky 72 5 Louisville 67 3 Maryland 70 2 Illinois 72 1 Kentucky 54 2 Illinois 51 West Regional – Los Angeles 1 y Regional semifinals Regional Finals 8 Miami (OH) 69 9 SMU 83 5 UNLV 68 12 Princeton 56 6 Washington 64 11 Nevada 54 7 LSU 66 10 Dayton 74 9 SMU 36 1 Georgetown 37 4 UTEP 60 5 UNLV 73 6 Washington 80 3 Duke 78 2 Oklahoma 85 10 Dayton 89 1 Georgetown 62 5 UNLV 48 6 Washington 58 10 Dayton 64 1 Georgetown 61 10 Dayton 49 Final Four National semifinals National Championship Game E7 Virginia 47* MW2 Houston 49 ME1 Kentucky 40 W1 Georgetown 53 W1 Georgetown 84 MW2 Houston 75 Championship game 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game #eee April 2 Box Score Houston 75 Georgetown 84 30–40 45–44 Franklin 21 Olajuwon 9 Franklin 9 Williams 19 Ewing 9 Jackson 6 38,471 CBS Broadcast information Television CBS Sports 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 (North Carolina–Temple, Indiana–Richmond) and Lincoln, Nebraska (DePaul–Illinois State, Wake Forest–Kansas); East Regional semifinal (North Carolina–Indiana) and Regional Final at Atlanta, Georgia; West Regional Final at Los Angeles, California; Final Four at Seattle, Washington Verne Lundquist and Steve Grote – second round at Memphis, Tennessee (Houston–Louisiana Tech, Memphis State–Purdue) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Tulsa–Louisville, Illinois–Villanova); Midwest Regional semifinal (DePaul–Wake Forest) and Regional Final at St. Louis, Missouri Frank Glieber and Larry Conley – first (Miami of Ohio–SMU) and second (Georgetown–SMU, Duke–Washington) rounds at Pullman, Washington; Mideast Regional Final at Lexington, Kentucky Dick Stockton and Bill Raftery – second round at East Rutherford, New Jersey (Arkansas–Virginia, Syracuse–VCU); West Regional semifinal (Georgetown–UNLV) at Los Angeles, California Frank Herzog and James Brown – second round at Birmingham, Alabama (Kentucky–Brigham Young, Maryland–West Virginia) Tim Ryan and Lynn Shackelford – second round at Salt Lake City, Utah (Oklahoma–Dayton, UTEP–UNLV) ESPN/NCAA Productions Bob Ley served as Studio host and Dick Vitale as Studio analyst Jim Thacker and Irv Brown – East Regional semifinal (Syracuse–Virginia) at Atlanta, Georgia Tom Hammond and Larry Conley – preliminary round at Dayton, Ohio; Mideast Regional semifinals at Lexington, Kentucky Fred White and Gary Thompson – Midwest Regional semifinal (Houston–Memphis State) at St. Louis, Missouri Mike Walden and Bill Raftery – West Regional semifinal (Washington–Dayton) at Los Angeles, California Jim Thacker and Jeff Mullins – first round at Charlotte, North Carolina (Temple–St. John's, Auburn–Richmond) Jim Thacker and Bill Raftery – first round at East Rutherford, New Jersey (VCU–Northeastern, Virginia–Iona) Fred White and Irv Brown – first round at Birmingham, Alabama (Oregon State–West Virginia, Brigham Young–UAB) Tom Hammond and Wayne Larrivee – first round at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Louisville–Morehead State, Villanova–Marshall) John Sanders and Joe Dean – first round at Memphis, Tennessee (Fresno State–Louisiana Tech, Memphis State–Oral Roberts) Frank Fallon and Gary Thompson – first round at Lincoln, Nebraska (Illinois State–Alabama, Kansas–Alcorn State) Mike Walden and Larry Conley – first round at Pullman, Washington (Washington–Nevada) John Sanders and Bill Raftery – preliminary round at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local radio TeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s) Georgetown WWDC (Georgetown) Rich Chvotkin John BlakeKansasKLWN-AM (Lawrence)Max FalkensteinBob DavisKentucky WHAS-AM (Louisville) Cawood LedfordLSU WWL-AM (New Orleans) Jim Hawthorne See also 1984 NAIA men's basketball tournament 1984 National Invitation Tournament 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1984 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 1984 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NAIA Women's Basketball Championships National Women's Invitational Tournament NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa Category:Basketball competitions in Seattle NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament