1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 53 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1984, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 52 games were played.

Georgetown, coached by John Thompson, won the national title with a 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 the title.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Midwest region 3.3 Mideast region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Atlanta, Georgia	Charlotte, North Carolina, Dayton, Ohio, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Birmingham, Alabama, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Midwest	St. Louis, Missouri	Lincoln, Nebraska, Memphis, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West	Los Angeles, California	Dayton, Ohio, Pullman, Washington, Salt Lake City, Utah
Finals	Seattle, Washington

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Sweet Sixteen	4 Indiana	L 72-68
East	2	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Round of 32	7 Virginia	L 53-51
East	3	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Sweet Sixteen	7 Virginia	L 63-55
East	4	Indiana	Bob Knight	Elite Eight	7 Virginia	L 50-48
East	5	Auburn	Sonny Smith	Round of 64	12 Richmond	L 72-71
East	6	Virginia Commonwealth	J.D. Barnett	Round of 32	3 Syracuse	L 78-63
East	7	Virginia	Terry Holland	National Semifinals	2 Houston	L 49-47
East	8	Temple	John Chaney	Round of 32	1 North Carolina	L 77-66
East	9	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 64	8 Temple	L 65-63
East	10	Iona	Pat Kennedy	Round of 64	7 Virginia	L 58-57
East	11	LIU-Brooklyn	Paul Lizzo	Preliminary Round	11 Northeastern	L 90-87
East	11	Northeastern	Jim Calhoun	Round of 64	6 Virginia Commonwealth	L 70-69
East	12	Richmond	Dick Tarrant	Round of 32	4 Indiana	L 75-67
East	12	Rider	John Carpenter	Preliminary Round	12 Richmond	L 89-65
Mideast
Mideast	1	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	National Semifinals	1 Georgetown	L 53-40
Mideast	2	Illinois	Lou Henson	Elite Eight	1 Kentucky	L 54-51
Mideast	3	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Sweet Sixteen	2 Illinois	L 72-70
Mideast	4	Tulsa	Nolan Richardson	Round of 32	5 Louisville	L 69-67
Mideast	5	Louisville	Denny Crum	Sweet Sixteen	1 Kentucky	L 72-67
Mideast	6	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Round of 64	11 West Virginia	L 64-62
Mideast	7	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Round of 32	2 Illinois	L 64-56
Mideast	8	BYU	Ladell Andersen	Round of 32	1 Kentucky	L 93-68
Mideast	9	UAB	Gene Bartow	Round of 64	8 BYU	L 84-68
Mideast	10	Marshall	Rick Huckabay	Round of 64	7 Villanova	L 84-72
Mideast	11	West Virginia	Gale Catlett	Round of 32	3 Maryland	L 102-77
Mideast	12	Morehead State	Wayne Martin	Round of 64	5 Louisville	L 72-59
Mideast	12	North Carolina A&T	Don Corbett	Preliminary Round	12 Morehead State	L 70-69
Midwest
Midwest	1	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Sweet Sixteen	4 Wake Forest	L 73-71
Midwest	2	Houston	Guy Lewis	Runner Up	1 Georgetown	L 84-75
Midwest	3	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 32	6 Memphis	L 66-48
Midwest	4	Wake Forest	Carl Tacy	Elite Eight	2 Houston	L 68-63
Midwest	5	Kansas	Larry Brown	Round of 32	4 Wake Forest	L 69-59
Midwest	6	Memphis State	Dana Kirk	Sweet Sixteen	2 Houston	L 78-71
Midwest	7	Fresno State	Boyd Grant	Round of 64	10 Louisiana Tech	L 66-56
Midwest	8	Illinois State	Bob Donewald	Round of 32	1 DePaul	L 75-61
Midwest	9	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Round of 64	8 Illinois State	L 49-48
Midwest	10	Louisiana Tech	Andy Russo	Round of 32	2 Houston	L 77-69
Midwest	11	Oral Roberts	Dick Acres	Round of 64	6 Memphis State	L 92-83
Midwest	12	Alcorn State	Davey Whitney	Round of 64	5 Kansas	L 57-56
Midwest	12	Houston Baptist	Gene Iba	Preliminary Round	12 Alcorn State	L 79-60
West
West	1	Georgetown	John Thompson	Champion	2 Houston	W 84-75
West	2	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Round of 32	10 Dayton	L 89-85
West	3	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Round of 32	6 Washington	L 80-78
West	4	UTEP	Don Haskins	Round of 32	5 UNLV	L 73-60
West	5	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 62-48
West	6	Washington	Marv Harshman	Sweet Sixteen	10 Dayton	L 64-58
West	7	LSU	Dale Brown	Round of 64	10 Dayton	L 74-66
West	8	Miami, Ohio	Darrell Hedric	Round of 64	9 SMU	L 83-69
West	9	SMU	Dave Bliss	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 37-36
West	10	Dayton	Don Donoher	Elite Eight	1 Georgetown	L 61-49
West	11	Nevada	Sonny Allen	Round of 64	6 Washington	L 64-54
West	12	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 64	5 UNLV	L 68-56
West	12	San Diego	Jim Brovelli	Preliminary Round	12 Princeton	L 65-56

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Temple	65
	9	St. John's	63
						8	Temple	66
						1	North Carolina	77
											1	North Carolina	68
										4	Indiana	72
						4	Indiana	75
						12	Richmond	67
	5	Auburn	71
	12	Richmond	72
																4	Indiana	48
																7	Virginia	50
	6	Virginia Commonwealth	70
	11	Northeastern	69
						6	Virginia Commonwealth	63
						3	Syracuse	78
											3	Syracuse	55
										7	Virginia	63
						2	Arkansas	51*
						7	Virginia	53
	7	Virginia	58
	10	Iona	57

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Illinois State	49
	9	Alabama	48
						8	Illinois State	61
						1	DePaul	75
											1	DePaul	71*
										4	Wake Forest	73
						4	Wake Forest	69
						5	Kansas	59
	5	Kansas	57
	12	Alcorn State	56
																4	Wake Forest	63
																2	Houston	68
	6	Memphis State	92
	11	Oral Roberts	83
						6	Memphis State	66
						3	Purdue	48
											6	Memphis State	71
										2	Houston	78
						2	Houston	77
						10	Louisiana Tech	69
	7	Fresno State	56
	10	Louisiana Tech	66

[edit] Mideast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	BYU	84
	9	UAB	68
						8	BYU	68
						1	Kentucky	93
											1	Kentucky	72
										5	Louisville	67
						4	Tulsa	67
						5	Louisville	69
	5	Louisville	72
	12	Morehead State	59
																1	Kentucky	54
																2	Illinois	51
	6	Oregon State	62
	11	West Virginia	64
						11	West Virginia	77
						3	Maryland	102
											3	Maryland	70
										2	Illinois	72
						2	Illinois	64
						7	Villanova	56
	7	Villanova	84
	10	Marshall	72

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Miami-OH	69
	9	SMU	83
						9	SMU	36
						1	Georgetown	37
											1	Georgetown	62
										5	UNLV	48
						4	UTEP	60
						5	UNLV	73
	5	UNLV	68
	12	Princeton	56
																1	Georgetown	61
																10	Dayton	49
	6	Washington	64
	11	Nevada-Reno	54
						6	Washington	80
						3	Duke	78
											6	Washington	58
										10	Dayton	64
						2	Oklahoma	85
						10	Dayton	89
	7	LSU	66
	10	Dayton	74

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	7	Virginia	47*
	2	Houston	49
						2	Houston	75
						1	Georgetown	84
	1	Kentucky	40
	1	Georgetown	53

[edit] External links

• 1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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