1983–84 LSU Tigers basketball team

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.

1983–84 LSU Tigers basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West Division
Record	18–11 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach	Dale Brown (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Ron Abernathy (8th season) Bo Bahnsen
Home arena	LSU Assembly Center
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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 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 Dale Brown (Minot State) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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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