# 1983–84 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton, serving for his 10th year. The team played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This team finished second in the SWC regular season standings, ending Houston's 39-game conference winning streak in the regular season finale. The Cougars avenged that loss to the Hogs in the championship game of the conference tournament. Earlier in the season, Arkansas upset No. 1 North Carolina to hand the Tar Heels their first loss after opening with 21 consecutive wins. As No. 2 seed in the East region of the 1984 NCAA Tournament, the Razorbacks were defeated by eventual Final Four participant Virginia in the second round in OT.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 25, 1983* | No. 14 | vs. Fordham Great Alaska Shootout | W 62–61 | 1–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Nov 26, 1983* | No. 14 | vs. No. 20 Oklahoma Great Alaska Shootout | W 84–78 | 2–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Nov 27, 1983* | No. 14 | vs. NC State Great Alaska Shootout | L 60–65 | 2–1 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Dec 1, 1983* | No. 14 | Southeast Missouri State | W 79–50 | 3–1 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 5, 1983* | No. 14 | East Tennessee State | W 79–50 | 4–1 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 8, 1983* | No. 15 | at SW Missouri State | W 56–41 | 5–1 | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri |
| Dec 10, 1983* | No. 15 | at Nebraska | L 54–67 | 5–2 | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Dec 15, 1983* | | vs. North Texas | W 93–64 | 6–2 | Pine Bluff Convention Center Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Dec 21, 1983* | | Alabama State | W 86–80 | 7–2 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 28, 1983* | | vs. Saint Peter's | W 82–49 | 8–2 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Dec 30, 1983* | | vs. Austin Peay | W 68–63 | 9–2 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Jan 4, 1984 | | at Baylor | W 57–50 | 10–2 (1–0) | Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas |
| Jan 7, 1984 | | Texas A&M | W 77–54 | 11–2 (2–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Jan 11, 1984 | | SMU | W 70–69 | 12–2 (3–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Jan 14, 1984 | | at TCU | W 70–62 | 13–2 (4–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Jan 17, 1984 | | at Texas | W 70–66 | 14–2 (5–0) | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| Jan 21, 1984 | | Texas Tech | W 67–57 | 15–2 (6–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Jan 27, 1984 | No. 16 | at Rice | L 62–65 | 15–3 (6–1) | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| Jan 29, 1984* | No. 16 | vs. Villanova | L 54–58 | 15–4 | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 4, 1984 | | Baylor | W 63–44 | 16–4 (7–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 9, 1984 | | at Texas A&M | W 59–58 | 17–4 (8–1) | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| Feb 11, 1984 | | at SMU | W 80–71 | 18–4 (9–1) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas |
| Feb 12, 1984* | | vs. No. 1 North Carolina | W 65–64 | 19–4 | Pine Bluff Convention Center Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Feb 15, 1984 | No. 14 | TCU | W 55–48 | 20–4 (10–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 18, 1984 | No. 14 | Texas | W 59–41 | 21–4 (11–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 23, 1984 | No. 11 | at Texas Tech | W 55–49 | 22–4 (12–1) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Feb 25, 1984 | No. 11 | at No. 3 Houston | L 61–64 | 22–5 (12–2) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 29, 1984 | No. 12 | Rice | W 79–54 | 23–5 (13–2) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Mar 4, 1984* | No. 12 | No. 2 Houston | W 73–68 | 24–5 (14–2) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| SWC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1984* | No. 8 | vs. Texas A&M Semifinals | W 49–47 | 25–5 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Mar 11, 1984* | No. 8 | at No. 5 Houston Championship game | L 56–57 | 25–6 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 1984* | (2 E) No. 8 | vs. (7 E) Virginia Second Round | L 51–53 $^{OT}$ | 25–7 | Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 14 | 14 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Coaches | — | — | 16 | — | — | 20 | — | 19 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 |

## Awards and honors

* Alvin Robertson – All-American
* Joe Kleine – Honorable Mention AP All-American

## 1984 NBA draft

| Player | Round | Pick | NBA club |
| Alvin Robertson | 1 | 7 | San Antonio Spurs |