1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

American college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 Women's 1984 1984 NCAA Women's Final Four logo.jpg 150px 32 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California USC 2nd 2nd 2nd Tennessee 1st 2nd Cheyney 2nd Louisiana Tech 3rd Linda Sharp 2nd Cheryl Miller USC The 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. It featured 32 teams, four fewer than the previous year. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Cheyney, and Southern California were the Final Four, with Southern California defeating Tennessee, 72–61, for its second straight title.http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1984-bracket.html 1984 NCAA National Championship Tournament 2007-03-29 Gregory Cooper https://web.archive.org/web/20091020033159/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1984-bracket.html 2009-10-20 dead USC's Cheryl Miller was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player 2007-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20080125012447/http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm 2008-01-25 dead The semi-finals and finals were held in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Notable events Three of the four team earning a bid to the Final Four did so winning the Regional game on their own floor. The exception, the East Regional was held at a neutral site, the Norfolk Scope, but that was the home town of Old Dominion, who had won 45 consecutive home games, before meeting Cheyney State in the East Regional final. Cheyney State won by a score of 80–71. The win matched them up against the three seed Tennessee, who upset Georgia to win the Mideast Regional. The score of the semi-final was also 80–71, but this time the Lady Vols were the victor. In 1983, USC and Louisiana Tech met in the National championship game, with USC prevailing. The two teams next played in the regular season in January 1984, with Louisiana Tech beating USC 75–66 in at the home court of La Tech.. In the 1984 Tournament, USC advanced to the Final Four by beating Long Beach State 90–74, in the West Region, while Louisiana Tech beat Texas 85–60, to win the Midwest Regional. This set up a rematch, in the national semifinal. The game was close, and tied at 57 points apiece with under three minutes to go, when Cheryl Miller scored the last five points of the game to help USC advance to the championship game 62–57. The score of the championship game was reasonably close, 72–61, but according to Sports Illustrated, "USC outscored, out-passed, outdanced and just plain outflashed Tennessee". Led by Cheryl Miller and the McGee twins, Pamela and Paula, USC won its second consecutive National Championship. Helped by the school's proximity to the media outlets, Women's basketball received considerable media coverage, with the three stars of the team participating in many print interviews and almost 75 television appearances. Records Mary Ostrowski hit nine of nine attempted free throws, the second most for an individual player in a Final Four game, the National Semi-final. Over the two games of the Final four, she hit 15 of 15, the only player to hit every free throw (minimum 12 attempts) in Final Four games. Tennessee, as a team, hit nine of nine attempted free throws, the second most for team in a Final Four game, in the National championship game. Long Beach State scored 22 points in an overtime period, in the West Regional semi-final, the most ever scored in an NCAA tournament overtime period. Qualifying teams – automatic Thirty-two teams were selected to participate in the 1984 NCAA Tournament. Seventeen conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament. (Not all conference records are available for 1984) Automatic bids     Record   Qualifying school Conference Regular Season Conference Seed BYU High Country 0.72 18–7 0.9 9–1 8 Central Michigan MAC 0.931 27–2 1.018 18–0 7 Drake GatewayDrake is recognized in the NCAA record books as having been a member of both the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (Gateway) and Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 1984, although the latter did not sponsor women's sports until the 1992–93 school year. The Gateway was founded in 1982 as a women's-only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, the Gateway added football as its only men's sport. When the women's side of the Gateway merged into the MVC in 1992, the football side remained in operation, and is now known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference. 0.786 22–6 0.889 16–2 7 Georgia SEC 0.933 28–2 0.875 7–1 1 Kansas State Big Eight 0.833 25–5 0.857 12–2 3 UNLV Pacific Coast 0.8 24–6 1 4–0 7 Louisville Metro 0.516 16–15 0.7 7–3 8 Middle Tennessee State Ohio Valley 0.679 19–9 0.857 12–2 6 Montana Mountain West Athletic 0.893 25–3 1.014 14–0 4 North Carolina ACC 0.767 23–7 0.643 9–5 2 Northeast Louisiana Southland 0.88 22–3 1.012 12–0 6 Ohio State Big Ten 0.786 22–6 0.944 17–1 5 Old Dominion Sun Belt 0.846 22–4 - -–- 1 Oregon Northern Pacific 0.793 23–6 0.833 10–2 3 Penn State Atlantic 10 0.633 19–11 0.75 6–2 8 St. John's Big East 0.828 24–5 0.625 5–3 7 Texas Southwest 0.938 30–2 1.016 16–0 2 USC Western Collegiate 0.857 24–4 0.929 13–1 1 n Qualifying teams – at-large Fifteen additional teams were selected to complete the thirty-two invitations. At-large bids     Record   Qualifying school Conference Regular Season Conference Seed Alabama SEC 0.733 22–8 0.625 5–3 2 Cheyney State Independent 0.846 22–4 - -–- 3 Long Beach State Western Collegiate 0.821 23–5 0.929 13–1 2 Louisiana Tech Independent 0.931 27–2 - -–- 1 LSU SEC 0.786 22–6 0.625 5–3 5 Maryland ACC 0.679 19–9 0.714 10–4 6 Ole Miss SEC 0.821 23–5 0.75 6–2 4 Missouri Big Eight 0.833 25–5 0.857 12–2 4 North Carolina State ACC 0.733 22–8 0.643 9–5 4 Oregon State Northern Pacific 0.75 21–7 0.75 9–3 5 San Diego State Western Collegiate 0.821 23–5 0.643 9–5 6 Tennessee SEC 0.679 19–9 0.875 7–1 3 Texas Tech Southwest 0.793 23–6 0.813 13–3 8 Virginia ACC 0.786 22–6 0.786 11–3 5 Bids by conference Seventeen conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Twelve at-large teams were selected from six of the conferences. In addition, three independent (not associated with an athletic conference) teams earned at-large bids. Bids Conference Teams 5 SEC Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee 4 ACC Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia 3 Western Collegiate Long Beach State, San Diego State, USC 2 Big 8 Kansas State, Missouri 2 Independent Cheyney, Louisiana Tech 2 Northern Pacific Oregon, Oregon State 2 Southwest Texas, Texas Tech 1 Atlantic 10 Penn State 1 Big East St. John's 1 Big Ten Ohio State 1 Gateway Drake 1 High Country BYU 1 MAC Central Michigan 1 Metro Louisville 1 Mountain West Athletic Montana 1 Ohio Valley Middle Tennessee State 1 Pacific Coast UNLV 1 Southland Northeast Louisiana 1 Sun Belt Old Dominion First round In 1984, the field returned to 32 teams, in the same format as in 1982. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-8 in each region. In Round 1, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exceptions: Ole Miss was a 4 seed, but unable to host, so the game was played at 5 seed Ohio State Alabama was a 2 seed, but played at Central Michigan, the 7 seed Missouri was a 4 seed, but played at LSU, the 5 seed Kansas State was a 3 seed, but played at Northeast Louisiana, the 6 seed Oregon was a 3 seed, but played at San Diego State, the 6 seed Long Beach State was a 2 seed, playing the 7 seed, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The game was played at the University of Southern California (USC). For this reason there are only 15 first round venues, as all locations hosted one game except the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, home of USC, which hosted two games. The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the 15 first round locations. USA 500 right 1984 NCAA first round USA green pog.svg 39.928333 -75.522778 right Cheyney USA green pog.svg 36.885959 -76.311494 right Norfolk USA green pog.svg 35.783333 -78.669722 left Raleigh USA green pog.svg 35.909526 -79.045408 bottom Chapel Hill USA green pog.svg 35.951226 -83.929442 left Knoxville USA green pog.svg 33.9428 -83.378 bottom Athens USA green pog.svg 40.005278 -83.018889 left Columbus USA green pog.svg 43.580888 -84.773941 left Mount Pleasant USA green pog.svg 32.5321 -92.6584 left Ruston USA green pog.svg 30.4142 -91.1845 bottom Baton Rouge USA green pog.svg 32.531 -92.069 right Monroe USA green pog.svg 30.276958 -97.732216 left Austin USA green pog.svg 34.013056 -118.284444 top Los Angeles USA green pog.svg 32.774249 -117.07682 right San Diego USA green pog.svg 46.863819 -113.983403 top Missoula RegionHostVenue City State East Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cope Hall Cheyney Pennsylvania East Old Dominion University Old Dominion University Fieldhouse Norfolk Virginia East North Carolina State University Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh North Carolina East University of North Carolina Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill North Carolina Mideast University of Tennessee Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville Tennessee Mideast University of Georgia Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum) Athens Georgia Mideast Ohio State University St. John Arena Columbus Ohio Mideast Central Michigan University Daniel P. Rose Arena (McGuirk Arena) Mount Pleasant Michigan Midwest Louisiana Tech University Thomas Assembly Center Ruston Louisiana Midwest Louisiana State University LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) Baton Rouge Louisiana Midwest Northeast Louisiana University Ewing Coliseum Monroe Louisiana Midwest University of Texas at Austin Frank Erwin Center Austin Texas West University of Southern California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles California West San Diego State University Peterson Gym San Diego California West University of Montana–Missoula Dahlberg Arena Missoula Montana Regionals and Final Four USA 500 right 1984 NCAA regionals and Final Four USA blue pog.svg 36.853275 -76.286722 bottom Norfolk USA blue pog.svg 35.951226 -83.929442 left Knoxville USA blue pog.svg 32.5321 -92.6584 right Ruston USA blue pog.svg 34.013056 -118.284444 top Los Angeles USA red pog.svg 34.070211 -118.446775 right Los Angeles The regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 22 to March 25 at these sites: East Regional Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University) Mideast Regional Stokely Athletic Center, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee) Midwest Regional Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana Tech University) West Regional Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California (Host: University of California, Los Angeles) Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held March 30 and April 1 in Los Angeles, California at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA served as the host institution. Bids by state The thirty-two teams came from twenty-two states. California and Louisiana had the most teams with three each. Twenty-eight states did not have any teams receiving bids. thumb|right|500 px|NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1984 Bids State Teams 3 California USC, Long Beach State, San Diego State 3 Louisiana Northeast Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, LSU 2 North Carolina North Carolina, North Carolina State 2 Oregon Oregon, Oregon State 2 Pennsylvania Penn State, Cheyney 2 Tennessee Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee 2 Texas Texas, Texas Tech 2 Virginia Old Dominion, Virginia 1 Alabama Alabama 1 Georgia Georgia 1 Iowa Drake 1 Kansas Kansas State 1 Kentucky Louisville 1 Maryland Maryland 1 Michigan Central Michigan 1 Mississippi Ole Miss 1 Missouri Missouri 1 Montana Montana 1 Nevada UNLV 1 New York St. John's 1 Ohio Ohio State 1 Utah BYU Brackets Mideast regional – University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN (Stokely Athletic Center) First roundMarch 16–18 Regional semifinalsMarch 22–23 Regional finalsMarch 25 Georgia Louisville 112 69 4 Ole Miss 5 Ohio State 77 55 3 Tennessee 6 Middle Tennessee St 70 52 2 Alabama 7 Central Michigan 78 70 1 Georgia 4 Ole Miss 73 63 3 Tennessee 2 Alabama 65 58 1 Georgia 3 Tennessee 61 73 Midwest regional – Louisiana Tech - Ruston, LA (Thomas Assembly Center) First roundMarch 16–18 Regional semifinalsMarch 22–23 Regional finalsMarch 25 Louisiana Tech Texas Tech 94 68 4 Missouri 5 LSU 82 92 3 Kansas State 6 Northeast Louisiana 73 78 2 Texas 7 Drake 96 60 1 Louisiana Tech 5 LSU 92 67 6 Northeast Louisiana 2 Texas 91 99 1 Louisiana Tech 2 Texas 85 60 East regional – Old Dominion - Norfolk, VA (Norfolk Scope) First roundMarch 16–18 Regional semifinalsMarch 22–23 Regional finalsMarch 24 Old Dominion Penn State 87 65 4 NC State 5 Virginia 86 73 3 Cheyney State 6 Maryland 92 64 2 North Carolina 7 St. John's 81 79 (OT) 1 Old Dominion 4 NC State 73 71 (OT) 3 Cheyney State 2 North Carolina 73 72 1 Old Dominion 3 Cheyney State 71 80 West regional – Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena) First roundMarch 12–14 Regional semifinalsMarch 19 Regional finalsMarch 21 USC BYU 97 72 4 Montana 5 Oregon State 56 47 3 Oregon 6 San Diego State 63 70 2 Long Beach State 7 UNLV 78 58 1 USC 4 Montana 76 51 6 San Diego State 2 Long Beach State 73 (OT) 91 1 USC 2 Long Beach State 90 74 Final Four – University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA (Pauley Pavilion) National semifinalsMarch 30 National championshipApril 1 3ME Tennessee 80 3E Cheyney State 71 1MW Louisiana Tech 57 1W USC 62 3ME Tennessee 61 1W USC 72 Record by conference Ten conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play: Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Round of 32Sweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship Game Southeastern 5 0.643 9–5 .643 5 5 2 1 1 Atlantic Coast 4 0.333 2–4 .333 2 2 – – – Western Collegiate 3 0.8 8–2 .800 3 3 2 1 1 Independent 2 0.667 6–2 .667 2 2 2 2 – Southwest 2 0.5 2–2 .500 1 1 1 – – Big Eight 2 0 0–2 – – – – – – Northern Pacific 2 0 0–2 – – – – – – Sun Belt 1 0.667 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – Mountain West Athletic 1 0.5 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – Southland 1 0.5 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – Eight conferences went 0–1: Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, High Country, Metro, MAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, and the Pacific Coast All-Tournament team Cheryl Miller, Southern California Paula McGee, Southern California Pam McGee, Southern California Janice Lawrence, Louisiana Tech Mary Ostrowski, Tennessee Game officials Tommie Salerno (semifinal) Larry Sheppard (semifinal) Bob Olsen (semifinal, final) Marcy Weston (semifinal, final) See also 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament References Women's semifinal features title rematch Mar 30, 1984 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19840330&id=ZNIvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2387,5002962 Lakeland Ledger 22 Oct 2012 May 2, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240502230827/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19840330&id=ZNIvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2387,5002962 live Lieber Jill Stars Of Stage, Screen And Court http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121946/index.htm https://archive.today/20130419002043/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121946/index.htm dead April 19, 2013 Sports Illustrated 23 Oct 2012 U.S.C. WOMEN WIN BY 62-57 https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/31/sports/usc-women-win-by-62-57.html New York Times 23 Oct 2012 December 24, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141224175408/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/31/sports/usc-women-win-by-62-57.html live Attendance and Sites http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf NCAA 19 March 2012 May 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516083428/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf live Nixon Rick Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf NCAA 22 April 2012 November 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107014710/http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf live Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Austin, Texas Category:Basketball competitions in Los Angeles Category:College sports tournaments in California Category:Women's sports in Los Angeles