1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball
1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball
PCAA tournament champion
NCAA tournament
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association Conference
Record	25–8 (13–5 PCAA)
Head coach	Boyd Grant (7th season);
Home arena	Selland Arena

1983–84 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 UNLV	16	–	2	.889	29	–	6	.829
UC Irvine	14	–	4	.778	19	–	10	.655
†	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
Utah State	12	–	6	.667	19	–	11	.633
New Mexico State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	15	.464
Cal State Fullerton	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
San Jose State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	18	.357
Long Beach State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	19	.321
UC Santa Barbara	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Pacific	1	–	17	.056	3	–	27	.100

† 1984 PCAA tournament winner

The 1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Boyd Grant's 7th season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Selland Arena and were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in PCAA play to finish 3rd in the conference regular standings. They defeated Cal State Fullerton to win the PCAA tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Bulldogs lost in the opening round to future Hall of Famer Karl Malone and Louisiana Tech, 66–56.^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	34	Bernard Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Sr	South Mountain HS	Phoenix, Arizona

Head coach

Boyd Grant (Colorado State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1983*	No. 13	North Dakota State Sun Met Classic	W 83–54	1–0	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Nov 26, 1983*	No. 13	Purdue Sun Met Classic	L 55–56	1–1	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Nov 29, 1983*	No. 17	Abilene Christian	W 74–55	2–1	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 1, 1983*	No. 17	UC Davis	W 92–49	3–1	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 8, 1983*	No. 20	at Portland	W 70–45	4–1	Howard Hall Portland, Oregon
Dec 10, 1983*	No. 20	at Boise State	L 52–60	4–2	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Dec 19, 1983*		No. 15 Oregon State	W 60–47	5–2	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 22, 1983*		Southwestern Louisiana	W 81–66	6–2	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Dec 25, 1983*		at Chaminade Chaminade Classic	W 66–59	7–2	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 26, 1983*		vs. No. 3 Houston Chaminade Classic	W 68–61	8–2	Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan 7, 1984		Pacific	W 65–47	9–2 (1–0)	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Jan 12, 1984		UC Santa Barbara	W 69–51	10–2 (2–0)	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Mar 3, 1984		at Long Beach State	W 79–58	22–7 (13–5)	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California
PCAA Tournament
Mar 8, 1984*		vs. Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals	W 53–51	23–7	The Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 9, 1984*		vs. UC Irvine Semifinals	W 71–57	24–7	The Forum Inglewood, California
Mar 10, 1984*		vs. No. 10 UNLV Championship game	W 51–49	25–7	The Forum Inglewood, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1984*	(7 MW)	vs. (10 MW) Louisiana Tech First round	L 56–66	25–8	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

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NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	19	Bernard Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers

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References

^ "ORAL ROBERTS LOSES TO MEMPHIS STATE". The New York Times. March 16, 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^ "1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.
^ "1984 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[ncaa-latech-1] "ORAL ROBERTS LOSES TO MEMPHIS STATE". The New York Times. March 16, 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[2] "1983–84 Fresno State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[ESPN-3] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

[4] "1984 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

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