1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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).

1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
Record	22–7 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (4th season)
Assistant coach	Bruce Weber (4th season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

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)

Roster

1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 11 Mack Gadis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So Indianapolis, Indiana F 15 Jim Bullock 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr G 21 Ricky Hall 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr   C 40 Russell Cross 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois C 41 Jim Rowinski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Long Island, New York	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

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.

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Rankings

Main article: 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Gene Keady – Big Ten Coach of the Year

References

1. "Houston Advances With Memphis St". The New York Times. March 18, 1984. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
2. "2019-20 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved August 16, 2020.