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1984 TAAC men's basketball tournament

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1984 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1983–84
Teams8
SiteSpring Branch Coliseum
Houston, Texas
ChampionsHouston Baptist (1st title)
Winning coachGene Iba (1st title)
MVPCraig Beard (Samford)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
← 1983
1985 →
1983–84 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Houston Baptist 11 3   .786 24 7   .774
Samford 10 4   .714 22 8   .733
Georgia Southern 8 6   .571 16 12   .571
Arkansas–Little Rock 7 7   .500 14 15   .483
Centenary 7 7   .500 12 16   .429
Mercer 6 8   .429 14 14   .500
Hardin–Simmons 5 9   .357 9 22   .290
Northwestern State 2 12   .143 6 22   .214
Nicholls State* 0 0   19 7   .731
Georgia State   6 22   .214
1984 TAAC tournament winner
*Provisional member; played no conference games.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 8–10, 1984 at Spring Branch Coliseum in Houston, Texas.[1]

Houston Baptist defeated Samford in the championship game, 81–76, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Huskies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Even though Georgia State joined the TAAC for the 1983–84 season, the Panthers did not compete in the conference tournament.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
         
1 Houston Baptist 71
8 Northwestern State 53
1 Houston Baptist 76
4 Arkansas–Little Rock 58
5 Centenary 72
4 Arkansas–Little Rock 73
1 Houston Baptist 81
2 Samford 76
3 Georgia Southern 77
6 Mercer 80
6 Mercer 80
2 Samford 84
7 Hardin–Simmons 69
2 Samford 82

References

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  1. ^ "1983-84 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.