1983–84 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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|year= 1983–84
|team= Richmond Spiders
|sport= basketball
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|conference= ECAC South
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|short_conf= ECAC South
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|record=22–10
|conf_record=7–3
|head_coach=Dick Tarrant
|hc_year= 3rd
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|captain=Bill Flye
|captain2 = Kelvin Johnson{{cite web |title=2025 Offseason Record Book |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2025/4/8/2025_Offseason_Record_Book_-_4.8.25.pdf |publisher=University of Richmond Athletics |access-date=April 18, 2025}}
|stadium=Robins Center
|champion= ECAC South Regular Season Champions
ECAC South tournament champions
|tourney = NCAA tournament
|tourney_result = Second round
}}
{{1983–84 ECAC South men's basketball standings}}
The 1983–84 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 1983–84 season. Richmond competed as a member of the ECAC South (now known as the Colonial Athletic Association) under head basketball coach Dick Tarrant and played its home games at the Robins Center.
Richmond finished first in the ECAC South regular-season standings with a 7–3 conference record, and won the ECAC South tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament. One of two teams assigned the No. 12 seed, Richmond secured a victory over Rider in the preliminary round, 89-65.{{cite news |title=LIU Out, Princeton Gains in NCAA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/14/sports/liu-out-princeton-gains-in-ncaa.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 14, 1984 |access-date=January 23, 2021}} In the opening round, the Spiders upset No. 5 seed Auburn, 72–71.{{cite news |title=Richmond Upsets Auburn, Temple Advances in East |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/03/16/richmond-upsets-auburn-temple-advances-in-east/7580441b-7e57-489e-bac9-58b6fc71f3d4/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 16, 1984 |access-date=January 21, 2022}} Richmond lost to No. 4 seed Indiana, 75–67, in the round of 32.
Roster
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Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Richmond Spiders|color=white}}| Regular season
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| date = Nov 25, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=George Mason Patriots|title=George Mason}}
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| score = 68–78
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| record = 0–1
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| date = Nov 26, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=Lafayette Leopards|title=Lafayette}}
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| score = 65–49
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| record = 1–1
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 3, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=East Tennessee State Buccaneers|title=East Tennessee State}}
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| site_stadium = Memorial Center
| site_cityst = Johnson City, Tennessee
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| score = 65–56
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| record = 2–1
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Richmond Spiders|color=white}}| ECAC South tournament
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| date = Mar 9, 1984
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=James Madison Dukes|title=James Madison}}
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| site_stadium = JMU Convocation Center
| site_cityst = Harrisonburg, Virginia
| gamename = Semifinals
| score = 65–57
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| record = 19–9
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| date = Mar 10, 1984
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| opponent = Navy
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| site_stadium = JMU Convocation Center
| site_cityst = Harrisonburg, Virginia
| gamename = Championship game
| score = 74–55
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| record = 20–9
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Richmond Spiders|color=white}}| NCAA Tournament
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| date = Mar 13, 1984
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| seed = 12 E
| opponent = Rider
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| oppseed = 12 E
| site_stadium = Palestra
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| gamename = Preliminary round
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| record = 19–9
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 15, 1984
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| seed = 12 E
| opponent = Auburn
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| oppseed = 5 E
| site_stadium = Charlotte Coliseum
| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina
| gamename = First round
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| record = 22–9
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 17, 1984
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| seed = 12 E
| opponent = Indiana
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| oppseed = 4 E
| site_stadium = Charlotte Coliseum
| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina
| gamename = Second round
| score = 67–75
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| record = 22–10
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| poll = AP poll
| timezone = Eastern
| region = E
| regionname = East
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{{cite web |title=2019–20 Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball Media Guide |url=https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2019/10/24/MBB_Record_Book_2019_20_Final.pdf |publisher=University of Richmond Athletics |page=117 |access-date=January 21, 2022}}
Awards and honors
References
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