# 1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1983–84 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned an invitation to the 1984 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) where it was crowned champion. Although during the seventeen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty Poll the team was ranked twice, including a peak of number fifteen, it began and finished the season unranked and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll. Dan Pelekoudas earned honorable mention Academic All-American recognition. Tim McCormick and Eric Turner served as team captains, while Roy Tarpley earned team MVP. Turner's career assist total of 421 eclipsed Steve Grote's 358 and would stand until Antoine Joubert tied him as a junior and then totaled 539 in 1987, while his career average of 5.00 per game, which surpassed Ricky Green's 4.05 would stand until Gary Grant's career ended in 1988 with 5.67 per game. Tarpley 69 blocked shots and 2.09 blocked shot average were school records that he would break himself in subsequent seasons. Turner ended his career with an average of 35.3 minutes per game, which surpassed Mike McGee's 1981 record and continues to be the school's best. On January 28, 1984, against Illinois Turner played 56 minutes for the highest single game total in school history, surpassing his 55-minute effort the prior year. The record still stands.
In the 32-team National Invitation Tournament, Michigan advanced to the final four by defeating the Wichita State Shockers 94–70, the Marquette Golden Eagles 83–70 and the Xavier Musketeers 63–62. At the final four in Madison Square Garden the team defeated the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 65–59 before beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 83–63. McCormick was awarded the 1984 NIT Most valuable player award.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 25, 1983* | | Toledo | W 55–52 | 1–0 | Crisler Arena (13,042) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| November 28, 1983* | | North Carolina A&T | W 71–55 | 2–0 | Crisler Arena (10,805) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| November 30, 1983* | | Central Michigan | W 58–39 | 3–0 | Crisler Arena (10,158) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| December 3, 1983* | | Northern Michigan | W 96–78 | 4–0 | Crisler Arena (10,033) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| December 5, 1983* | | at No. 10 Georgia | W 76–70 | 5–0 | The Omni (4,160) Atlanta, Georgia |
| December 10, 1983* | | Dayton | W 82–60 | 6–0 | Crisler Arena (10,972) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| December 17, 1983* | | Detroit Mercy | W 84–63 | 7–0 | Crisler Arena (13,079) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| December 21, 1983* | No. 20 | at Rutgers | W 97–69 | 8–0 | Byrne Meadowlands Arena (5,144) East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| December 27, 1983* | No. 15 | vs. No. 16 UTEP | L 71–72 | 8–1 | Special Events Center (11,539) El Paso, Texas |
| December 28, 1983* | No. 15 | vs. Texas Tech | L 58–59 | 8–2 | Special Events Center (11,907) El Paso, Texas |
| January 5, 1984 | | Northwestern | W 68–51 | 9–2 (1–0) | Crisler Arena (11,715) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| January 7, 1984 | | Iowa | W 53–49 | 10–2 (2–0) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| January 12, 1984 | | at Minnesota | W 66–62 | 11–2 (3–0) | Williams Arena (14,366) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| January 14, 1984 | | at Wisconsin | L 64–71 | 11–3 (3–1) | Wisconsin Field House (8,646) Madison, Wisconsin |
| January 18, 1984 | | Ohio State | L 60–62 | 11–4 (3–2) | Crisler Arena (13,011) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| January 21, 1984 | | Indiana | W 55–50 | 12–4 (4–2) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| January 26, 1984 | | at Purdue | L 57–61 | 12–5 (4–3) | Mackey Arena (13,610) West Lafayette, Indiana |
| January 28, 1984 | | at No. 9 Illinois | L 66–75 | 12–6 (4–4) | Assembly Hall (15,952) Champaign, Illinois |
| February 2, 1984 | | at Michigan State | L 67–72 | 12–7 (4–5) | Jenison Fieldhouse (10,004) East Lansing, Michigan |
| February 11, 1984 | | Michigan State | W 71–61 | 13–7 (5–5) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| February 16, 1984 | | No. 7 Illinois | W 62–60 | 14–7 (6–5) | Crisler Arena (13,511) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| February 18, 1984 | | No. 11 Purdue | L 64–67 | 14–8 (6–6) | Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| February 23, 1984 | | at Indiana | L 57–72 | 14–9 (6–7) | Assembly Hall (16,723) Bloomington, Indiana |
| February 25, 1984 | | at Ohio State | W 62–59 | 15–9 (7–7) | St. John Arena (13,591) Columbus, Ohio |
| March 1, 1984 | | Wisconsin | W 84–75 | 16–9 (8–7) | Crisler Arena (13,109) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| March 3, 1984 | | Minnesota | W 51–50 | 17–9 (9–7) | Crisler Arena (13,485) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| March 7, 1984 | | at Iowa | W 53–46 | 18–9 (10–7) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, Iowa |
| March 10, 1984 | | at Northwestern | L 52–54 | 19–9 (10–8) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,092) Evanston, Illinois |
| NIT ||||||
| March 15, 1984 | | vs. Wichita State First Round | W 94–70 | 20–9 | Crisler Arena (7,043) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| March 19, 1984 | | vs. Marquette Second Round | W 83–70 | 21–9 | Crisler Arena (11,529) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| March 22, 1984 | | vs. Xavier Quarterfinals | W 63–62 | 22–9 | Crisler Arena (12,178) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| March 26, 1984 | | vs. Virginia Tech Semifinals | W 78–75 | 23–9 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| March 28, 1984 | | vs. Notre Dame Championship | W 83–63 | 24–9 | Madison Square Garden (13,123) New York, New York |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:
| Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | FT | FTA | FT% | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
| Roy Tarpley | 33 | 20 | 930 | 28.2 | 165 | 315 | 0.524 | -- | -- | 81 | 102 | 0.794 | | 265 | 8.0 | 29 | 0.9 | 94 | 3 | 58 | 19 | 69 | 411 | 12.4 |
| Tim McCormick | 32 | 29 | 978 | 30.6 | 132 | 226 | 0.584 | -- | -- | 124 | 186 | 0.667 | | 189 | 5.9 | 31 | 1.0 | 87 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 388 | 12.1 |
| Eric Turner | 31 | 30 | 1021 | 32.9 | 123 | 292 | 0.421 | -- | -- | 88 | 113 | 0.779 | | 65 | 2.1 | 141 | 4.5 | 57 | 2 | 96 | 32 | 0 | 334 | 10.8 |
| Antoine Joubert | 33 | 22 | 875 | 26.5 | 118 | 263 | 0.449 | -- | -- | 60 | 81 | 0.741 | | 68 | 2.1 | 102 | 3.1 | 80 | 0 | 73 | 23 | 1 | 296 | 9.0 |
| Richard Rellford | 33 | 28 | 695 | 21.1 | 105 | 185 | 0.568 | -- | -- | 49 | 63 | 0.778 | | 107 | 3.2 | 12 | 0.4 | 96 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 259 | 7.8 |
| Leslie Rockymore | 29 | 18 | 609 | 21.0 | 93 | 219 | 0.425 | -- | -- | 27 | 34 | 0.794 | | 41 | 1.4 | 42 | 1.5 | 45 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 213 | 7.3 |
| Butch Wade | 33 | 12 | 661 | 20.0 | 75 | 159 | 0.472 | -- | -- | 28 | 59 | 0.475 | | 181 | 5.5 | 14 | 0.4 | 93 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 178 | 5.4 |
| Dan Pelekoudas | 33 | 1 | 552 | 16.7 | 21 | 49 | 0.429 | -- | -- | 26 | 32 | 0.813 | | 25 | 0.8 | 73 | 2.2 | 85 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 1 | 68 | 2.1 |
| Robert Henderson | 23 | 3 | 180 | 7.8 | 11 | 27 | 0.407 | -- | -- | 15 | 27 | 0.556 | | 45 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1.6 |
| Paul Jokisch | 13 | 0 | 71 | 5.5 | 10 | 25 | 0.400 | -- | -- | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | | 8 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2.1 |
| Garde Thompson | 18 | 2 | 126 | 7.0 | 9 | 26 | 0.346 | -- | -- | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | | 11 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1.4 |
| Gerard Rudy | 13 | 0 | 25 | 1.9 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | -- | -- | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | | 7 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.9 |
| Quincy Turner | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | -- | -- | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 |
| Jon Antnoides | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Team | 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | 69 | 101 | 3.1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Season total | 33 | | | | 867 | 1798 | 0.482 | | | 527 | 736 | 0.716 | | 1118 | 33.9 | 468 | 14.2 | 680 | 16 | 463 | 191 | 113 | 2261 | 68.5 |
| Opponents | 33 | | | | 775 | 1714 | 0.452 | -- | -- | 504 | 710 | 0.710 | | 1002 | 30.4 | 350 | 10.6 | 654 | 32 | 472 | 177 | 86 | 2054 | 62.2 |

## National Invitation Tournament

Michigan won the 1984 National Invitation Tournament.
* First Round
** Michigan 94, Wichita State 70, at Ann Arbor, Mich
* Second Round
** Michigan 83, Marquette 70, at Ann Arbor, Mich
* Quarterfinal
** Michigan 63, Xavier 62, at Ann Arbor, Mich
* Semifinal
** Michigan 78, Virginia Tech 75
* Final
** Michigan 83, Notre Dame 63

## Awards and honors

During the season team members earned the following honors:
* Tim McCormick
** NIT Most Valuable Player
** Academic All-Big Ten
** All-Big Ten Conference, 3rd team
* Dan Pelekoudas
** Academic All-American, honorable mention
** Academic All-Big Ten
* Eric Turner
** All-Big Ten Conference, 2nd team
* Roy Tarpley
** All-Big Ten Conference, 3rd team

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 Poll | | | | | 20 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Team players drafted into the NBA

Eight players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | NBA Club |
| 1984 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Tim McCormick | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1984 | 2 | 8 | 32 | Eric Turner | Detroit Pistons |
| 1984 | 10 | 19 | 225 | Dan Pelekoudas | Detroit Pistons |
| 1986 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Roy Tarpley | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1986 | 5 | 2 | 95 | Richard Rellford | Indiana Pacers |
| 1986 | 6 | 1 | 117 | Butch Wade | New York Knicks |
| 1986 | 7 | 5 | 144 | Robert Henderson | Chicago Bulls |
| 1987 | 6 | 20 | 135 | Antoine Joubert | Detroit Pistons |