1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
TAAC Regular season champions; TAAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Trans America Athletic Conference
Record	24–7 (11–3 TAAC)
Head coach	Gene Iba (7th season);
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium; (Capacity: 1,000)
	Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Houston Baptist †	11	–	3	.786	24	–	7	.774
Samford	10	–	4	.714	22	–	8	.733
Georgia Southern	8	–	6	.571	16	–	12	.571
Arkansas–Little Rock	7	–	7	.500	14	–	15	.483
Centenary	7	–	7	.500	12	–	16	.429
Mercer	6	–	8	.429	14	–	14	.500
Hardin–Simmons	5	–	9	.357	9	–	22	.290
Northwestern State	2	–	12	.143	6	–	22	.214
Nicholls State*	0	–	0	–	19	–	7	.731
Georgia State		–		–	6	–	22	.214

† 1984 TAAC tournament winner *Provisional member; played no conference games. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 1983–84 college basketball season. This was head coach Gene Iba’s seventh of eight seasons at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were new members of the Trans America Athletic Conference. After finishing atop the conference regular season standings, the Huskies followed that success by winning the TAAC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament – the only appearance in program history. Houston Baptist was beaten by Alcorn State in the play-in round^[1] to finish the season 24–7, 11–3 in TAAC play.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Darryl Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
G	Fred Goporo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr
C	Anicet Lavodrama	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
F	Terry Hairston	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Gene Iba (Tulsa)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Nov 26, 1983*		Texas Wesleyan	W 70–60	1–0	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Nov 28, 1983*		Oklahoma State	W 75–65	2–0	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Dec 3, 1983*		LeTourneau	W 101–61	3–0	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Dec 9, 1983*		vs. UMass	W 68–55	4–0	Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida
Dec 10, 1983*		at Stetson	L 63–71	4–1	Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida
Dec 15, 1983*		St. Edward's	W 74–56	5–1	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Dec 15, 1983*		Concordia	W 85–75	6–1	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Dec 19, 1983*		at No. 11 Louisiana State	L 59–60	6–2	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 21, 1983		at Nicholls State	L 50–51	6–3 (0–1)	Stopher Gymnasium Thibodaux, Louisiana
Dec 30, 1983*		at Drake	W 57–53	7–3	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 2, 1984*		at Louisiana-Monroe	W 69–61	8–3	Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana
Jan 5, 1984		Nicholls State	W 63–57	9–3 (1–1)	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Feb 27, 1984		Mercer	W 73–57	21–6 (11–3)	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
TAAC Tournament
Mar 8, 1984*		Northwestern State Quarterfinals	W 71–53	22–6	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Mar 9, 1984*		Arkansas–Little Rock Semifinals	W 76–58	23–6	Don Coleman Coliseum Houston, Texas
Mar 10, 1984*		Samford Championship game	W 81–76	24–6	Don Coleman Coliseum Houston, Texas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1984*	(12 MW)	vs. (12 MW) Alcorn State Play-in game	L 60–79	24–7	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

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References

^ "LIU Out, Princeton Gains in NCAA". The New York Times. March 14, 1984. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
^ "1983–84 Houston Baptist Basketball Roster". HBUHuskies.com.
^ "2021–22 HBU Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[ncaa-1] "LIU Out, Princeton Gains in NCAA". The New York Times. March 14, 1984. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[2] "1983–84 Houston Baptist Basketball Roster". HBUHuskies.com.

[3] "2021–22 HBU Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

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