1983–84 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
|year=1983–84
|team=West Virginia Mountaineers
|sport=Basketball
|image=File:West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
|image_size=100px
|conference=Atlantic-10 Conference
|short_conf=A-10
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record=20–12
|conf_record=9–9
|head_coach=Gale Catlett
|hc_year=6th
|asst_coach1=
|asst_coach2=
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|captain=Herbie Brooks
| captain2 = Darryl Prue
|stadium=WVU Coliseum
|champion=Atlantic-10 Tournament champions
|tourney=NCAA tournament
|tourney_result=Second Round
}}
{{1983–84 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings}}
The 1983–84 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference during the 1983-84 season. The team played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Led by 6th-year head coach Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers won the conference tournament and received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed in the Mideast region.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/1984.html|title=1983-84 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=Sports Reference|access-date=January 29, 2022}} In the opening round, West Virginia knocked off No. 6 seed Oregon State. The season came to an abrupt end in the round of 32 with a 102–77 loss to No. 3 seed Maryland.
Roster
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{{cite web |title=2019–20 West Virginia Men's Basketball Record Book |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wvuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/1/MBB_Record_Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905193708/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wvuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/1/MBB_Record_Book.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |publisher=WVU Athletic Dept. |access-date=January 29, 2022 }}
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|West Virginia Mountaineers}}| Regular Season
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| date = Nov 28, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=IUP Crimson Hawks |title=Indiana (PA)}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
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| score = 73–46
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| record = 1–0
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 3, 1983
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| away = yes
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| opponent = Marshall
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| site_stadium = Cam Henderson Center
| site_cityst = Huntington, West Virginia
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 67–78
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| record = 1–1
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 7, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=Robert Morris Colonials|title=Robert Morris}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
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| score = 72–62
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| record = 2–1
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 10, 1983
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| away = yes
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| opponent = Nevada-Las Vegas
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| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center
| site_cityst = Las Vegas, Nevada
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| score = 72–86
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| record = 2–2
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 17, 1983
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| opponent = Pittsburgh
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
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| score = 56–53
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| record = 3–2
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 22, 1983
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=Seattle Chieftains |title=Seattle}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
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| score = 77–60
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| record = 4–2
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Jan 5, 1984
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=George Washington Colonials|title=George Washington}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
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| score = 69–66
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| record = 5–2
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|West Virginia Mountaineers}}| Atlantic-10 Tournament
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| date = Mar 8, 1984
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
| gamename = Quarterfinals
| score = 93–73
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| record = 17–11
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 9, 1984
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| opponent = Temple
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
| gamename = Semifinals
| score = 67–65
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| record = 18–11
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 10, 1984
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| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1983|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies|title=St. Bonaventure}}
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| site_stadium = WVU Coliseum
| site_cityst = Morgantown, West Virginia
| gamename = Championship game
| score = 59–56
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| record = 19–11
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|West Virginia Mountaineers}}| NCAA Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 15, 1984
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| nonconf = yes
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| neutral = yes
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| seed = ME 11
| opponent = Oregon State
| opprank = 17
| oppseed = ME 6
| site_stadium = Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
| site_cityst = Birmingham, Alabama
| gamename = Second round
| score = 64–62
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| record = 20–11
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 18, 1984
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| nonconf = yes
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| neutral = yes
| rank =
| seed = ME 11
| opponent = Maryland
| opprank = 11
| oppseed = ME 3
| site_stadium = Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
| site_cityst = Birmingham, Alabama
| gamename = Second round
| score = 77–102
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| record = 20–12
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{{CBB schedule end
| rank =
| poll = AP Poll
| timezone = Eastern
| region = ME
| regionname = Mideast
| notes =
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{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/1984-schedule.html|title=1983-84 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results|website=Sports Reference|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}
{{cite web|url=https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/1983-84|title=1983-84 Men's Basketball Schedule|website=West Virginia University Athletic Department|accessdate=January 29, 2022}}
References
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