1983–84 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

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Head coach	(8th season);
Captains	Ben Tower; Kevin Willis;

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 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his eighth year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished with a record of 15–13, 8–10 to finish in a tie for fifth place in Big Ten play.

Due to NCAA sanctions against Wisconsin for providing improper benefits for players,^[1] MSU's official record for the year is 16–12, 9–9.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1982–83 season with a record of 17–13, 9–9 to finish in sixth place in Big Ten play. The Spartans received an invitation to the NIT where they defeated Bowling Green State before losing to Fresno State.

Roster and statistics

1983–84 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
4	Scott Skiles	G	SO	6–1	14.5	2.2	4.6
11	Sam Vincent	G	JR	6–2	15.6	2.7	3.0
42	Kevin Willis	C	SR	7–0	11.0	7.7	0.3
35	Larry Polec	F	JR	6–8	6.0	3.9	0.9
13	Darryl Johnson	G	FR	6–2	6.0	1.1	1.2
00	Ken Johnson	F	JR	6–8	8.5	6.9	0.2
20	Ben Tower	F	SR	6–8	5.8	4.5	1.4
44	Patrick Ford	G/F	SO	6–5	6.1	2.2	0.5
15	Ralph Walker	F	SO	6–8	1.7	1.1	0.3
24	Richard Mudd	F/C	SR	6–9	1.0	2.2	0.1
21	Greg Pedro	G	FR	6–4	1.0	0.3	0.2
40	Barry Fordham	F	FR	6–8	0.5	0.4	0.0
10	Tim Gore	G	SR	6–4	0.2	0.3	0.2

Source^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1983	No. 12	Central Michigan Spartan Cutlass Classic	W 73–52	1–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Nov 26, 1983	No. 12	Western Michigan Spartan Cutlass Classic	W 81–52	2–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 1, 1983	No. 11	vs. Saint Peter's	L 66–73	2–1
Dec 3, 1983	No. 11	Illinois-Chicago	W 99–82	3–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing
Dec 12, 1983	No. 17	at Cleveland State	W 71–62	4–1	Woodling Gym Cleveland, OH
Dec 15, 1983	No. 17	Brooklyn	W 85–72	5–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing. MI
Dec 22, 1983	No. 19	at Missouri	L 66–79	5–2	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Dec 28, 1983		vs. Alabama Cotton States Classic semifinal	L 69–81	5–3	The Omni Atlanta, GA
Dec 29, 1983		vs. Nebraska Cotton States Classic third place game	W 58–45	6–3	The Omni Atlanta, GA
Jan 4, 1984		Iowa	W 73–72	7–3 (1–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 7, 1984		Northwestern	L 69–76	7–4 (1–1)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1984		at Wisconsin	L 74–81†	7–5 (1–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Jan 14, 1984		at Minnesota	L 61–69	7–6 (1–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Jan 19, 1984		Indiana	L 62–70 ^OT	7–7 (1–4)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 21, 1984		Ohio State	L 68–82	7–8 (1–5)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 26, 1984		No. 9 Illinois	L 40–46	7–9 (1–6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 28, 1984		Purdue	L 54–72	7–10 (1–7)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Feb 2, 1984		Michigan Rivalry	W 72–67	8–10 (2–7)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 5, 1984		Oregon State	W 56–55	9–10	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 11, 1984		Michigan Rivalry	L 61–71	9–11 (2–8)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 16, 1984		No. 11 Purdue	W 63–42	10–11 (3–8)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 19, 1984		No. 7 Illinois	L 53–70	10–12 (3–9)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 22, 1984		Ohio State	L 70–86	10–13 (3–10)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 26, 1984		Indiana	W 57–54	11–13 (4–10)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Mar 1, 1984		Minnesota	W 83–62	12–13 (5–10)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1984		Wisconsin	W 78–59	13–13 (6–10)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 8, 1984		Northwestern	W 63–55	14–13 (7–10)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Mar 11, 1984		Iowa	W 51–44	15–13 (8–10)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Source^[4]^[5] †Game forfeited by Wisconsin due to NCAA violations at a later date^[6].

Awards and honors

Sam Vincent – All-Big Ten First Team

References

^ "NCAA punishes Yoder, Wisconsin basketball (July 18, 1986)". Retrieved 2017-08-30.
^ "1983-84 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/201516basketballguide.pdf
^ ^a ^b "1983-84 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/201516basketballguide.pdf
^ "archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/18/page/51/article/ncaa-punishes-yoder-wisconsin-basketball". archives.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

[1] "NCAA punishes Yoder, Wisconsin basketball (July 18, 1986)". Retrieved 2017-08-30.

[sports-reference2-2] "1983-84 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

[3] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/201516basketballguide.pdf

[sports-reference-4] "1983-84 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.

[5] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/201516basketballguide.pdf

[chicagotribune-6] "archives.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/18/page/51/article/ncaa-punishes-yoder-wisconsin-basketball". archives.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

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