1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1983–84 college basketball season . The Boilermakers were led by fourth-year head coach Gene Keady and played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana . Purdue won the Big Ten title to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 3 seed in the Midwest region. The Boilermakers – playing a true road game despite being the higher seed – were upset by Memphis State in the round of 32.[ 1] The team finished with an overall record of 22–7 (15–3 Big Ten).
Roster
1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 25, 1983 *
vs. Northeastern Sun Met Classic
W 83–64
1–0
Selland Arena Fresno, California
Nov 26, 1983 *
at No. 13 Fresno State Sun Met Classic
W 56–55
2–0
Selland Arena Fresno, California
Nov 30, 1983 *
Louisville
W 90–83
3–0
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 3, 1983 *
at Miami (OH)
W 67–58
4–0
Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
Dec 5, 1983 *
Boston University
W 77–65
5–0
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 10, 1983 *
No. 19
Tampa
W 106–50
6–0
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 17, 1983 *
No. 11
Youngstown State
W 65–54
7–0
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 19, 1983 *
No. 11
at Evansville
L 65–80
7–1
Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Dec 22, 1983 *
No. 7
at No. 4 DePaul
L 61–68
7–2
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Dec 28, 1983 *
No. 18
vs. No. 2 Kentucky
L 67–86
7–3
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 1984
Wisconsin
W 84–65
8–3 (1–0)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 7, 1984
Minnesota
W 72–69
9–3 (2–0)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 12, 1984
at Ohio State
W 63–52
10–3 (3–0)
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 14, 1984
at Indiana
W 74–66
11–3 (4–0)
Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 21, 1984
No. 19
at No. 10 Illinois
L 52–76
11–4 (4–1)
Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Jan 26, 1984
Michigan
W 61–57
12–4 (5–1)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 28, 1984
Michigan State
W 72–54
13–4 (6–1)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 1, 1984
No. 16
at Northwestern
W 52–44
14–4 (7–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 4, 1984
No. 16
at Iowa
W 48–46
15–4 (8–1)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 9, 1984
No. 11
Iowa
W 79–58
16–4 (9–1)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 11, 1984
No. 11
Northwestern
W 66–56
17–4 (10–1)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 16, 1984
No. 11
at Michigan State
L 53–63
17–5 (10–2)
Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 18, 1984
No. 11
at Michigan
W 67–64
18–5 (11–2)
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 25, 1984
No. 13
No. 6 Illinois
W 59–55
19–5 (12–2)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 29, 1984
No. 11
Indiana
L 59–78
19–6 (12–3)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 3, 1984
No. 11
Ohio State
W 85–63
20–6 (13–3)
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 6, 1984
No. 11
at Wisconsin
W 61–48
21–6 (14–3)
Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 10, 1984
No. 11
at Minnesota
W 63–62
22–6 (15–3)
Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1984 *
(3 MW) No. 10
vs. (6 MW) No. 16 Memphis State Second round
L 48–66
22–7
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
[ 2]
Rankings
Awards and honors
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics