The 1983–84 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Ray Meyer, in his 42nd and final season at the school, and played their home games at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont.
| 1983–84 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 27–3 |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coach | Joey Meyer (10th season) |
| Home arena | Rosemont Horizon |
After opening the season with a No. 18 ranking in the AP poll, the Blue Demons won their first 16 games – including victories over No. 3 Georgetown, No. 7 Purdue, and at No. 15 UCLA – to vault to No. 2. DePaul received a bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. In the second round, DePaul beat Illinois State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were upset by Wake Forest in overtime, 73–71. The Blue Demons finished the season 27–3 and ranked No. 4 in both major polls.
Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 26, 1983* |
No. 18 | at Northern Illinois | W 73–58 | 1–0 |
Chick Evans Field House (5,057) Dekalb, Illinois | ||||||
| Nov 30, 1983* |
No. 16 | Ohio | W 69–45 | 2–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (10,255) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Dec 3, 1983* |
No. 16 | Illinois State | W 69–66 | 3–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (13,057) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Dec 6, 1983* |
No. 13 | Western Michigan | W 84–60 | 4–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (9,074) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Dec 10, 1983* |
No. 13 | No. 3 Georgetown | W 63–61 | 5–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499[1]) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Dec 15, 1983* |
No. 4 | vs. Alabama Suntory Ball tournament |
W 77–76 | 6–0 |
Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (15,500) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
| Dec 16, 1983* |
No. 4 | vs. Texas Tech Suntory Ball tournament |
W 50–47[2] | 7–0 |
Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (5,000) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
| Dec 22, 1983* |
No. 4 | No. 7 Purdue | W 68–61 | 8–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (15,555) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Dec 31, 1983* |
No. 4 | at Creighton | W 59–57 | 9–0 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium (7,208) Omaha, Nebraska | ||||||
| Jan 2, 1984* |
No. 4 | Biscayne College | W 78–50 | 10–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (6,418) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Jan 5, 1984* |
No. 3 | at Pepperdine | W 81–73 | 11–0 |
Firestone Fieldhouse (4,305) Malibu, California | ||||||
| Jan 9, 1984* |
No. 3 | at Saint Mary's | W 76–74 | 12–0 |
McKeon Pavilion (3,759) Moraga, California | ||||||
| Jan 14, 1984* |
No. 3 | UAB | W 98–63 | 13–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (13,431) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Jan 20, 1984* |
No. 3 | at South Florida | W 59–50 | 14–0 |
Sun Dome (10,259) Tampa, Florida | ||||||
| Jan 25, 1984* |
No. 2 | Princeton | W 50–39 | 15–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (11,590) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Jan 28, 1984* |
No. 2 | at No. 15 UCLA | W 84–68 | 16–0 |
Pauley Pavilion (10,264) Los Angeles, California | ||||||
| Feb 4, 1984* |
No. 2 | St. John's | W 59–57 | 17–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Feb 7, 1984* |
No. 3 | at Saint Joseph's | L 45–58 | 17–1 |
The Palestra (8,421) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Feb 11, 1984* |
No. 3 | at Notre Dame | W 62–54 | 18–1 |
Joyce Center (11,345) Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||
| Feb 15, 1984* |
No. 3 | Loyola (IL) | W 93–77 | 19–1 |
Rosemont Horizon (16,065) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Feb 18, 1984* |
No. 3 | at Dayton | L 71–72[3] | 19–2 |
University of Dayton Arena (12,723) Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
| Feb 22, 1984* |
No. 3 | Dayton | W 79–59 | 20–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (13,029) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Feb 26, 1984* |
No. 5 | Louisville | W 73–63 | 21–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Feb 28, 1984* |
No. 5 | Evansville | W 96–65 | 22–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (11,922) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Mar 1, 1984* |
No. 4 | South Carolina | W 65–56 | 23–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (13,446) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Mar 4, 1984* |
No. 4 | at Detroit | W 66–47 | 24–2 |
Calihan Hall (7,664) Detroit, Michigan | ||||||
| Mar 6, 1984* |
No. 4 | Texas-Rio Grande Valley | W 62–29 | 25–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (11,652) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| Mar 10, 1984* |
No. 4 | Marquette | W 64–49 | 26–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,559) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 18, 1984* |
(1 MW) No. 4 | vs. (8 MW) Illinois State | W 75–61[4] | 27–2 |
Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,440) Lincoln, Nebraska | ||||||
| Mar 23, 1984* |
(1 MW) No. 4 | vs. (4 MW) No. 19 Wake Forest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 71–73 OT[5][6] | 27–3 |
St. Louis Arena (20,143) St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. | |||||||||||
Rankings
edit| Week | |||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Coaches | Not released | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
References
edit- ^ "DePaul Record Book/Allstate Arena Record" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "DePaul, in Japan, Beats Texas Tech". The New York Times. December 19, 1983. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Dayton Upsets DePaul on Last-second Shot, 72-71". The New York Times. February 19, 1984. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "Georgetown and DePaul Advance". The New York Times. March 19, 1984. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Wake Forest Upsets DePaul in Overtime in Midwest". The New York Times. March 24, 1984. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Wake Forest Retires Meyer". The Washington Post. March 24, 1984. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ "1983–84 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "1983–84 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.