1983–84 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1983–84 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
1983–84 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
NCAA Tournament, Regional semifinals, L 55–63 vs. Virginia
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 18
Record	23–9 (12–4 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (8th season);
Assistant coach	Bernie Fine (8th season)
Home arena	Carrier Dome
	Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Georgetown†	14	–	2	.875	34	–	3	.919
No. 18 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
Villanova	12	–	4	.750	19	–	12	.613
Boston College	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
St. John's	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Pittsburgh	6	–	10	.375	18	–	13	.581
Connecticut	5	–	11	.313	13	–	15	.464
Providence	5	–	11	.313	15	–	14	.517
Seton Hall	2	–	14	.125	9	–	19	.321

† 1984 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1984^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983–84 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1983–84 college basketball season.

Roster

1983–84 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	11	Greg Monroe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Rochester, New York
SF	12	Rafael Addison	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Jersey City, New Jersey
F	25	Howard Triche	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Syracuse, New York
PG	31	Dwayne Washington	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Brooklyn, New York
PF	45	Wendell Alexis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Queens, New York
F	50	Joey Kohm	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Ithaca, New York

Head coach

Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Bernie Fine (Syracuse)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2019-Mar-16

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 26* no, no		Colgate	W 88–49	1-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
November 29* no, no		Cornell	W 84–55	2-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 3* no, no		Dusquesne Carrier Classic	W 87–69	3-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 4* no, no		Iona Carrier Classic	W 109–92	4-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 10* no, no		No. 1 North Carolina	L 64–87	4-1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 13* no, no		Utica	W 80–65	5-1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 17* no, no		at Marquette	L 68–79	5-2	Milwaukee Arena/MECCA Milwaukee, WI
December 23* no, no		St. Bonaventure	W 71–62	6-2	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 30 no, no		Seton Hall	W 79–74	7-2 (1-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 3 no, no		Villanova	W 79–70	8-2 (2-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 17* no, no		No. 17 Oklahoma	L 91–98	8-3 (2-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 11 no, no		at Seton Hall	W 93–65	9-3 (3-0)	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
January 14 no, no		at Providence	W 70–62	10-3 (4-0)	Providence, RI
January 18 no, no		at Connecticut Rivalry	W 95–68	11-3 (5-0)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
January 21 no, no		No. 16 Boston College	W 75–73	12-3 (6-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 25 no, no	No. 20	at Pittsburgh	W 62–58	13-3 (7-0)	Pittsburgh, PA
January 28 no, no	No. 20	St. John's	W 78–74 ^OT	14-3 (8-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 30 8:00 p.m., MetroSports/ESPN	No. 20	No. 4 Georgetown	L 67–80	14-4 (8-1)	Carrier Dome (30,758) Syracuse, NY
February 5 no, no	No. 13	at Villanova	L 75–77	14-5 (8-2)	Philadelphia, PA
February 11* no, no	No. 19	C.W. Post	W 103–86	15-5	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 14 no, no	No. 16	Providence	W 89–64	16-5 (9-2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 18 no, no	No. 16	Connecticut Rivalry	W 87–85 ^3OT	17-5 (10-2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 22 no, no	No. 16	at Boston College	L 88–90 ^OT	17-6 (10-3)	Chestnut Hill, MA
February 25 no, no	No. 16	Pittsburgh	W 66–65	18-6 (11-3)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 27 no, no	No. 16	at St. John's	W 82–81 ^OT	19-6 (12-3)	Queens, NY
February 29* no, no	No. 16	at Canisius	W 68–64	20-6	Buffalo, NY
March 3 12:00 p.m., MetroSports	No. 16	at No. 4 Georgetown	L 71–88	20-7 (12-4)	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, MD
Big East tournament
March 8* no, no		vs. Connecticut Big East tournament • Quarterfinals/Rivalry	W 73–58	21-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 9* no, no		vs. Villanova Big East tournament • Semifinals	W 66–65	22-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 10* 7:00 p.m., MetroSports/ESPN	(2)	vs. (1) No. 2 Georgetown Big East tournament • Final	L 71–82 ^OT	22-8	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York, NY
NCAA tournament
March 18* no, no	No. 18	vs. VCU NCAA tournament • Second Round	W 78–63	23-8	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutheford, NJ
March 22* no, NCAA	No. 18	vs. Virginia NCAA Tournament • Regional semifinals	L 55–63	23-9	The Omni Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

[1] sports-reference.com 1983-84 Big East Conference Season Summary

[2] "2009-10HistoryMaster.indd" (PDF).

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v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics