# 1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 1983–84 college basketball season. This was head coach Gene Iba’s seventh of eight seasons at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were new members of the Trans America Athletic Conference. After finishing atop the conference regular season standings, the Huskies followed that success by winning the TAAC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament – the only appearance in program history. Houston Baptist was beaten by Alcorn State in the play-in round to finish the season 24–7, 11–3 in TAAC play. The Huskies led the league in field goal percentage and, as of 2017, the 1983-84 team has the tenth-highest all-time season shooting percentage of an NCAA Division I team. Of the team members, three (Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongaouin, and Anicet Lavodrama) represented the Central African Republic men's national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 26, 1983* | | Texas Wesleyan | W 70–60 | 1–0 | Sharp Gymnasium (1,026) Houston, Texas |
| Nov 28, 1983* | | Oklahoma State | W 75–65 | 2–0 | Sharp Gymnasium (1,428) Houston, Texas |
| Dec 3, 1983* | | LeTourneau | W 101–61 | 3–0 | Sharp Gymnasium (803) Houston, Texas |
| Dec 9, 1983* | | vs. UMass | W 68–55 | 4–0 | Edmunds Center (3,200) DeLand, Florida |
| Dec 10, 1983* | | at Stetson | L 63–71 | 4–1 | Edmunds Center (3,786) DeLand, Florida |
| Dec 15, 1983* | | St. Edward's | W 74–56 | 5–1 | Sharp Gymnasium (1,001) Houston, Texas |
| Dec 15, 1983* | | Concordia | W 85–75 | 6–1 | Sharp Gymnasium (817) Houston, Texas |
| Dec 19, 1983* | | at No. 11 Louisiana State | L 59–60 | 6–2 | LSU Assembly Center (11,713) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 21, 1983 | | at Nicholls State | L 50–51 | 6–3 (0–1) | Stopher Gymnasium (346) Thibodaux, Louisiana |
| Dec 30, 1983* | | at Drake | W 57–53 | 7–3 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1,984) Des Moines, Iowa |
| Jan 2, 1984* | | at Louisiana-Monroe | W 69–61 | 8–3 | Fant-Ewing Coliseum (919) Monroe, Louisiana |
| Jan 5, 1984 | | Nicholls State | W 63–57 | 9–3 (1–1) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,850) Houston, Texas |
| Jan 31, 1984* | | Prairie View A&M | W 72–33 | 15–5 | Sharp Gymnasium (831) Houston, Texas |
| Feb 4, 1984 | | Hardin-Simmons | W 50–46 | 16–5 (6–2) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,024) Houston, Texas |
| Feb 6, 1984 | | at Arkansas–Little Rock | L 61–66 | 16–6 (6–3) | Barton Coliseum (500) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Feb 9, 1984 | | Centenary (LA) | W 63–62 $^{OT}$ | 17–6 (7–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,009) Houston, Texas |
| Feb 11, 1984 | | Northwestern State | W 91–67 | 18–6 (8–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,111) Houston, Texas |
| Feb 16, 1984 | | at Samford | W 63–57 | 19–6 (9–3) | Seibert Hall (3,100) Homewood, Alabama |
| Feb 25, 1984 | | Georgia Southern | W 75–52 | 20–6 (10–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,525) Houston, Texas |
| Feb 27, 1984 | | Mercer | W 73–57 | 21–6 (11–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,127) Houston, Texas |
| TAAC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 1984* | | Northwestern State Quarterfinals | W 71–53 | 22–6 | Sharp Gymnasium (903) Houston, Texas |
| Mar 9, 1984* | | Arkansas–Little Rock Semifinals | W 76–58 | 23–6 | Spring Branch Coliseum (1,598) Houston, Texas |
| Mar 10, 1984* | | Samford Championship game | W 81–76 | 24–6 | Spring Branch Coliseum (2,509) Houston, Texas |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 13, 1984* | (12 MW) | vs. (12 MW) Alcorn State Play-in game | L 60–79 | 24–7 | University of Dayton Arena (7,500) Dayton, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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