1983β84 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball | |
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Southland Conference tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 26β7 (8β4 Southland) |
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Home arena | Thomas Assembly Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech β | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas-Arlington | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1984 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1] |
[2] The 1983β84 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1983β84 season. Led by head coach Andy Russo, the Bulldogs played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana. After finishing 3rd in the conference regular season standings, Louisiana Tech won the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. After an opening round win over Fresno State, the team was beaten by eventual National runner-up Houston, 77β69. Louisiana Tech finished the season with a 26β7 record (8β4 Southland).
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 28, 1983* |
at Western Kentucky | W 73β71 2OT | 1β0 |
E.A. Diddle Arena (5,400) Bowling Green, Kentucky | |||||||
Nov 30, 1983* |
Northwestern State | W 79β55 | 2β0 |
Thomas Assembly Center (4,550) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 3, 1983* |
at Rice | W 77β69 | 3β0 |
Tudor Fieldhouse (500) Houston, Texas | |||||||
Dec 5, 1983* |
at Centenary | W 92β77 | 4β0 |
Gold Dome (3,322) Shreveport, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 8, 1983* |
at Northwestern State | W 77β61 | 5β0 |
Prather Coliseum (700) Natchitoches, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 10, 1983* |
Kent State | W 75β66 | 6β0 |
Thomas Assembly Center (3,880) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 16, 1983* |
vs. Western Carolina | W 72β48 | 7β0 |
Stokely Athletic Center (6,500) Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 17, 1983* |
at Tennessee | L 61β71 | 7β1 |
Stokely Athletic Center (6,500) Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 19, 1983* |
at No. 18 UTEP | L 70β82 | 7β2 |
Special Events Center (11,221) El Paso, Texas | |||||||
Dec 22, 1983* |
at Hawaii | W 76β63 | 8β2 |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (3,372) Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
Jan 7, 1984* |
East Texas Baptist | W 90β46 | 9β2 |
Thomas Assembly Center (2,705) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 9, 1984* |
Pan American | W 56β52 | 10β2 |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,940) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 11, 1984* |
Southwestern Louisiana | W 63β62 | 11β2 |
Thomas Assembly Center (4,110) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 14, 1984 |
Northeast Louisiana | W 79β63 | 12β2 (1β0) |
Thomas Assembly Center (8,825) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 19, 1984 |
at Arkansas State | L 52β53 | 12β3 (1β1) |
Indian Fieldhouse (3,964) Jonesboro, Arkansas | |||||||
Jan 21, 1984 |
Lamar | W 83β60 | 13β3 (2β1) |
Thomas Assembly Center (4,415) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 26, 1984 |
McNeese State | W 74β61 | 14β3 (3β1) |
Thomas Assembly Center (3,440) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 28, 1984* |
at Southwestern Louisiana | W 77β73 | 15β3 |
Blackham Coliseum (9,127) Lafayette, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 2, 1984 |
at North Texas | W 75β68 OT | 16β3 (4β1) |
The Super Pit (2,100) Denton, Texas | |||||||
Feb 4, 1984 |
TexasβArlington | W 89β74 | 17β3 (5β1) |
Thomas Assembly Center (2,850) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 9, 1984 |
at Northeast Louisiana | L 79β82 | 17β4 (5β2) |
FantβEwing Coliseum (4,955) Monroe, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 11, 1984 |
Arkansas State | W 87β71 | 18β4 (6β2) |
Thomas Assembly Center (2,750) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 16, 1984 |
at Lamar | L 60β85 | 18β5 (6β3) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,923) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Feb 18, 1984 |
at McNeese State | L 79β97 | 18β6 (6β4) |
Lake Charles Civic Center (4,000) Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 21, 1984* |
Centenary | W 85β76 OT | 19β6 |
Thomas Assembly Center (4,560) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 25, 1984 |
North Texas | W 96β69 | 20β6 (7β4) |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,750) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Mar 1, 1984 |
at TexasβArlington | W 94β78 | 21β6 (8β4) |
Texas Hall (700) Arlington, Texas | |||||||
Mar 3, 1984 |
at Pan American | W 69β63 | 22β6 |
Pan Am Fieldhouse (3,055) Edinburg, Texas | |||||||
Southland Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 1984* |
North Texas Quarterfinals |
W 92β68 | 23β6 |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,850) Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Mar 9, 1984* |
vs. Louisiana-Monroe Semifinals |
W 69β56 | 24β6 |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,538) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Mar 10, 1984* |
at Lamar Championship game |
W 68β65 | 25β6 |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,553) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 15, 1984* |
(10 MW) | vs. (7 MW)
Fresno State First round |
W 66β56 | 26β6 |
Mid-South Coliseum (11,200) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 17, 1984* |
(10 MW) | vs. (2 MW) No. 5
Houston Second round |
L 69β77 | 26β7 |
Mid-South Coliseum (11,200) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. |