# 1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 29–5 overall record and a 13–1 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the first Big Eight Conference Regular Season Championship for Tubbs.
The team was led by All American and Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale. The team lost its second game at the Great Alaska Shootout. It then won eleven in a row before enduring its only conference loss at Iowa State. It then won four in a row before losing to Memphis. The team won the rest of its regular season games and the first two Big Eight Conference Tournament games bringing its win streak to 13. It lost the conference title game to Kansas. The team then lost its first game in the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to Dayton.
Over the course of the season, Wayman Tisdale established the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball single-season scoring average (27.0) and single-game points (61) records.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 25, 1983* | No. 20 | vs. USC Great Alaska Shootout | W 92–91 | 1–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK |
| November 26, 1983* | No. 20 | vs. No. 14 Arkansas Great Alaska Shootout | L 78–84 | 1–1 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK |
| November 27, 1983* | No. 20 | vs. Santa Clara Great Alaska Shootout | W 91–77 | 2–1 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK |
| December 3, 1983* | | Central Missouri State | W 90–50 | 3–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| December 6, 1983* | | Arkansas State | W 83–61 | 4–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| December 8, 1983* | | Georgia State | W 94–66 | 5–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| December 10, 1983* | | Arizona State | W 89–76 | 6–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| December 17, 1983* | | Southwestern (KS) | W 98–53 | 7–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| December 23, 1983* | | at Oklahoma City | W 70–54 | 8–1 | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 28, 1983* | | vs. UTSA All-College Basketball Tournament | W 112–72 | 9–1 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 29, 1983* | | vs. Arkansas–Little Rock All-College Basketball Tournament Final | W 87–62 | 10–1 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK |
| January 4, 1984* | | McNeese State | W 118–79 | 11–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| January 7, 1984* | | at Syracuse | W 98–91 | 12–1 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| January 11, 1984 | No. 17 | at Iowa State | L 68–74 | 12–2 (0–1) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA |
| January 14, 1984* | No. 17 | Nicholls State | W 107–51 | 13–2 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| January 18, 1984 | No. 20 | at Colorado | W 100–89 $^{2OT}$ | 14–2 (1–1) | CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO |
| January 21, 1984 | No. 20 | at Kansas State | W 83–80 | 15–2 (2–1) | Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS |
| January 24, 1984 | No. 11 | Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | W 115–55 | 16–2 (3–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| January 28, 1984* | No. 11 | at No. 13 Memphis State | L 65–69 | 16–3 | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN |
| February 1, 1984 | No. 12 | Kansas | W 103–84 | 17–3 (4–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| February 4, 1984 | No. 12 | Missouri | W 76–65 | 18–3 (5–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| February 8, 1984 | No. 10 | at Nebraska | W 78–67 | 19–3 (6–1) | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE |
| February 11, 1984 | No. 10 | Kansas State | W 80–74 | 20–3 (7–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| February 15, 1984 | No. 9 | at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | W 57–55 | 21–3 (8–1) | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK |
| February 18, 1984 | No. 9 | Colorado | W 93–80 | 22–3 (9–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| February 22, 1984 | No. 8 | at Kansas | W 92–82 $^{OT}$ | 23–3 (10–1) | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS |
| February 25, 1984 | No. 8 | Iowa State | W 93–69 | 24–3 (11–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| February 28, 1984 | No. 6 | at Missouri | W 61–60 | 25–3 (12–1) | Hearnes Center Columbia, MO |
| March 1, 1984 | No. 6 | Nebraska | W 79–70 | 26–3 (13–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| March 3, 1984* | No. 6 | No. 7 UNLV | W 78–70 | 27–3 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| Big Eight tournament ||||||
| March 8, 1984* | (1) No. 6 | (8) Missouri Quarterfinals | W 72–66 | 28–3 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| March 9, 1984* | (1) No. 6 | vs. (5) Colorado Semifinals | W 90–78 | 29–3 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
| March 10, 1984* | (1) No. 6 | vs. (2) Kansas Championship Game | L 78–79 | 29–4 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 17, 1984* | (2 W) No. 7 | vs. (10 W) Dayton Second Round | L 85–89 | 29–5 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

### NCAA basketball tournament

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament:
* West
** Dayton (10) 89, (2) Oklahoma 85

## Honors

* All-American: Wayman Tisdale (2nd of 3 times)
* Big Eight POY: Tisdale

## Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1984 NBA draft:
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NBA club |
| 9 | 186 | Calvin Pierce | Forward | Chicago Bulls |
The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA draft in later years:
* 1985 NBA draft: Wayman Tisdale (1st, 2nd, Indiana Pacers)
* 1987 NBA draft: Tim McCalister (3rd, 47th, Los Angeles Clippers), David Johnson (4th, 89th, Dallas Mavericks), Darryl Kennedy (4th, 91st, Boston Celtics)