1983–84 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1983–84 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	22–10 (9–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Larry Brown (1st season)
Assistant coaches	R. C. Buford (1st season) John Calipari (2nd season) Bob Hill (5th season) Ed Manning (1st season)
Captains	Carl Henry Kelly Knight Brian Martin
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Oklahoma	13	–	1		.929			29	–	5		.853
Kansas †	9	–	5		.643			22	–	10		.688
Nebraska	7	–	7		.500			18	–	12		.600
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			16	–	13		.552
Colorado	6	–	8		.429			16	–	13		.552
Kansas State	5	–	9		.357			14	–	15		.483
Oklahoma State	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			16	–	14		.533
† 1984 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• Carl Henry
• Kelly Knight
• Calvin Thompson
• Greg Dreiling
• Ron Kellogg
• Brian Martin
• Mark Turgeon
• Kerry Boagni
• Mike Marshall
• Tad Boyle
• Cedric Hunter
• Jeff Guiot
• Tim Banks

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*	No. 17	at No. 3 Houston	L 76-91	0-1	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, TX
December 1*		at Saint Louis	W 67-63	1-1	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
December 3*		Morehead State	W 75-57	2–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 5*		Jackson State	W 89-57	3–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 10*		No. 2 Kentucky	L 50-72	3-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 17*		Florida Southern	W 85-73	4-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 19*		Oral Roberts	W 65-64	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 22*		at Ohio State	L 74-79	5-3	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
December 28*		at Tulane Sugar Bowl Classic	W 67-64	6-3	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, LA
December 29*		vs. Southwestern Louisiana Sugar Bowl Classic	L 45-54	6-4	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, LA
January 7*		FIU	W 99-47	7-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 11*		Texas Southern	W 101-64	8-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 14		Colorado	W 53-48	9-4 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 18		Missouri Border War	W 73-56	10-4 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 21		at Iowa State	L 56-61	10-5 (2-1)	James H. Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 25		Nebraska	W 77-61	11-5 (3-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 28		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 65-54	12-5 (4-1)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
February 1		at No. 12 Oklahoma	L 84-103	12-6 (4-2)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
February 5*		Wichita State	W 79-69	13-6	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 8		at Oklahoma State	L 61-71	13-7 (4-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
February 11		Iowa State	W 80-72	14-7 (5-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 15		at Nebraska	W 67-66	15-7 (6-3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
February 18		at Missouri	W 72-62	16-7 (7-3)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 22		No. 8 Oklahoma	L 82-92 OT	16-8 (7-4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 25		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 63-61	17-8 (8-4)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 29		at Colorado	L 85-89	17-9 (8-5)	Coors Events/Conference Center  Boulder, CO
March 3		Oklahoma State	W 91-70	18-9 (9-5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 8		Oklahoma State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament quarterfinals	W 75-68	19-9	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 9		vs. Kansas State Big Eight Tournament Semifinals	W 70-59	20-9	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 10		vs. No. 6 Oklahoma Big Eight Tournament Championship Game	W 79-78	21-9	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 16*	(5)	vs. (12) Alcorn State NCAA Midwest Regional first round	W 57-56	22-9	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, TN
March 18*	(5)	vs. (4) No. 12 Wake Forest NCAA Midwest Regional second round	L 59-69	22-10	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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