1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1983–84 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
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)

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

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

Awards and honors

Gene Keady – Big Ten Coach of the Year

References

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

[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.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics