1983–84 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1983–84 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1983–84 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	22–9 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (13th season);
Captain	Dan Dakich
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Illinois	15	–	3	.833	26	–	5	.839
No. 10 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	22	–	7	.759
Indiana	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	24	–	9	.727
Michigan State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	13	.536
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	14	.517
Northwestern	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	15	–	13	.536
Iowa	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
Wisconsin*	0	–	18	.000	0	–	28	.000

Rankings from AP Poll *Wisconsin forfeited all games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (4–14, 8–20)

The 1983–84 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 13th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 22–9 and a conference record of 13–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. IU was invited to participate in the 1984 NCAA Tournament as a 4-seed. On their way to the Elite Eight, IU beat 12-seed Richmond and 1-seed North Carolina. The Hoosiers eventually lost to 7-seed Virginia in the Elite Eight.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Dan Dakich	G	6–5	Jr.	Merrillville, Indiana
12	Steve Alford	G	6–2	Fr.	New Castle, Indiana
21	Winston Morgan	G/F	6–5	RS Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
22	Stew Robinson	G	6–1	So.	Anderson, Indiana
23	Chuck Franz	G	6–2	Sr.	Clarksville, Indiana
24	Daryl Thomas	F/C	6–7	Fr.	Westchester, Illinois
30	Todd Meier	F/C	6–8	Fr.	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
33	Uwe Blab	C	7–2	Jr.	Munich, Germany
40	Tracy Foster	F	6–4	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
41	Mike Giomi	F	6–8	So.	Newark, Ohio
50	Marty Simmons	G/F	6–5	Fr.	Lawrenceville, Illinois
52	Courtney Witte	F/C	6–8	Jr.	Vincennes, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1983*	No. 19	Miami (OH)	L 57–63	0–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
11/29/1983*		Notre Dame	W 80–72	1–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/3/1983*		at No. 1 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 54–59	1–2	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
12/6/1983*		Tennessee Tech	W 81–66	2–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/10/1983*		at UTEP	L 61–65	2–3	Special Events Center El Paso, TX
12/16/1983*		Texas A&M Indiana Classic	W 73–48	3–3	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/17/1983*		Illinois State Indiana Classic	W 54–44	4–3	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/21/1983*		Kansas State	W 56–53	5–3	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/29/1983*		vs. Ball State Hoosier Classic	W 86–43	6–3	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
12/30/1983*		vs. No. 12 Boston College Hoosier Classic	W 72–66	7–3	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
1/7/1984		at Ohio State	W 73–62	8–3 (1–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/11/1984		No. 9 Illinois Rivalry	W 73–68	9–3 (2–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/14/1984		Purdue Rivalry	L 66–74	9–4 (2–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/19/1984		at Michigan State	W 70–62	10–4 (3–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/21/1984		at Michigan	L 50–55	10–5 (3–2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/26/1984		Northwestern	W 57–44	11–5 (4–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/28/1984		Iowa	W 54–47	12–5 (5–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/2/1984		at Minnesota	W 67–54	13–5 (6–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/4/1984		at Wisconsin	W 81–67	14–5 (7–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/9/1984		Wisconsin	W 74–64	15–5 (8–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/11/1984		Minnesota	W 74–72	16–5 (9–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/16/1984	No. 17	at Iowa	W 49–45	17–5 (10–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/18/1984	No. 17	at Northwestern	L 51–63	17–6 (10–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/23/1984		Michigan	W 72–57	18–6 (11–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/26/1984		Michigan State	L 54–57	18–7 (11–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/29/1984		at No. 11 Purdue Rivalry	W 78–59	19–7 (12–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
3/4/1984		at No. 10 Illinois Rivalry	L 53–70	19–8 (12–5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
3/10/1984		Ohio State	W 53–49	20–8 (13–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NCAA tournament
3/17/1984*	(4 E)	vs. (12 E) Richmond Second Round	W 75–67	21–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
3/22/1984*	(4 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 1 North Carolina East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 72–68	22–8	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA
3/24/1984*	(4 E)	vs. (7 E) Virginia East Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 48–50	22–9	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

References

v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics