# 1983–84 LSU Tigers basketball team

The 1983-84 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1983–84 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at LSU Assembly Center.
The Tigers finished tied for third place in the SEC regular season standings, and lost to Alabama (in OT) in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. LSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed in the West region where they lost in the opening round to Dayton. The team finished with an 18–11 record (11–7 SEC).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 26, 1983* | No. 11 | at New Orleans | W 67–59 | 1–0 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nov 28, 1983* | No. 12 | at UNC Wilmington | W 94–59 | 2–0 | Trask Coliseum Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Dec 1, 1983* | No. 12 | Washington | W 51–48 | 3–0 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 3, 1983* | No. 12 | vs. Texas A&M | W 75–65 | 4–0 | |
| Dec 6, 1983* | No. 9 | No. 6 Houston | L 91–100 | 4–1 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 19, 1983* | No. 11 | Houston Baptist | W 60–59 | 5–1 | LSU Assembly Center (11,713) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 21, 1983* | No. 11 | Texas-Rio Grande Valley | W 81–70 | 6–1 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| Jan 1, 1984 | No. 9 | Vanderbilt | W 73–66 | 7–1 (1–0) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 5, 1984 | No. 9 | at No. 11 Georgia | W 81–77 | 8–1 (2–0) | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia |
| Jan 7, 1984 | No. 9 | No. 2 Kentucky | L 80–96 | 8–2 (2–1) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 10, 1984 | No. 11 | at Tennessee | L 69–70 | 8–3 (2–2) | Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Jan 14, 1984 | No. 11 | Ole Miss | W 93–70 | 9–3 (3–2) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 16, 1984* | No. 15 | U.S. International | W 104–66 | 10–3 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 21, 1984 | No. 15 | Alabama | W 85–84 | 11–3 (4–2) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 23, 1984 | No. 10 | Mississippi State | W 80–64 | 12–3 (5–2) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 27, 1984 | No. 10 | at Auburn | L 78–80 | 12–4 (5–3) | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama |
| Jan 29, 1984* | No. 10 | at No. 1 North Carolina | L 79–90 | 12–5 | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Feb 1, 1984 | No. 14 | at Florida | L 60–78 | 12–6 (5–4) | Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Feb 4, 1984 | No. 14 | Georgia | W 69–68 | 13–6 (6–4) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 6, 1984 | No. 20 | Tennessee | W 61–59 | 14–6 (7–4) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 12, 1984 | No. 20 | at Ole Miss | W 65–61 | 15–6 (8–4) | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi |
| Feb 17, 1984 | No. 17 | at Alabama | L 49–51 | 15–7 (8–5) | Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Feb 20, 1984 | | at Mississippi State | W 85–70 | 16–7 (9–5) | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi |
| Feb 25, 1984 | | No. 19 Auburn | W 81–80 | 17–7 (10–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 27, 1984 | | Florida | W 77–73 | 18–7 (11–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Mar 1, 1984 | | at Vanderbilt | L 68–74 | 18–8 (11–6) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Mar 3, 1984 | | at No. 3 Kentucky | L 68–90 | 18–9 (11–7) | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 1984* | | vs. Alabama | L 70–72 $^{OT}$ | 18–10 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 1984* | (7 W) | vs. (10 W) Dayton First round | L 66–74 | 18–11 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. ||||||