1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

1984 NIT Tournament Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1983–84 record	23–10 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Frieder
Assistant coach	Steve Fisher
Assistant coach	Mike Boyd
Assistant coach	Bud VanDeWege
MVP	Roy Tarpley
Captain	Tim McCormick
Captain	Eric Turner
Home arena	Crisler Arena

	Conf				Overall
1983–84 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Illinois	15	–	3	.833	26	–	5	.839
#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	4	–	14	.222	8	–	20	.286

Rankings from AP Poll)

The 1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1983–84 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned an invitation to the 1984 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) where it was crowned champion.^[2] Although during the seventeen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty Poll the team was ranked twice, including a peak of number fifteen, it began and finished the season unranked^[3] and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.^[4] Dan Pelekoudas earned honorable mention Academic All-American recognition.^[5] Tim McCormick and Eric Turner served as team captains, while Roy Tarpley earned team MVP.^[6] Turner's career assist total of 421 eclipsed Steve Grote's 358 and would stand until Antoine Joubert tied him as a junior and then totaled 539 in 1987, while his career average of 5.00 per game, which surpassed Ricky Green's 4.05 would stand until Gary Grant's career ended in 1988 with 5.67 per game.^[7] Tarpley 69 blocked shots and 2.09 blocked shot average were school records that he would break himself in subsequent seasons.^[8] Turner ended his career with an average of 35.3 minutes per game, which surpassed Mike McGee's 1981 record and continues to be the school's best.^[9] On January 28, 1984 against Illinois Turner played 56 minutes for the highest single game total in school history, surpassing his 55 minute effort the prior year. The record still stands.^[9]

In the 32-team National Invitation Tournament, Michigan advanced to the final four by defeating the Wichita State Shockers 94–70, the Marquette Golden Eagles 83–70 and the Xavier Musketeers 63–62. At the final four in Madison Square Garden the team defeated the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 65–59 before beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 83–63. McCormick was awarded the 1984 NIT Most valuable player award.

Schedule

The team had the following schedule:^[10]

#	Opponent	Date	Location	W/L	Attend.
1	Toledo	November 25, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-55-52	13,042
2	N.C. A&T	November 28, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-71-55	10,805
3	Central Michigan	November 30, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-58-39	10,158
4	Northern Michigan	December 3, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-96-78	10,033
5	at Georgia	December 5, 1983	The Omni, Atlanta, GA	W-76-70	4,160
6	Dayton	December 10, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-82-60	10,972
7	Detroit	December 17, 1983	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-84-63	13,079
8	at Rutgers	December 21, 1983	Byrne Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ	W-97-69	5,144
9	vs UTEP	December 27, 1983	Special Events Center, El Paso, TX	L-71-72	11,539
10	vs TX Tech	December 28, 1983	Special Events Center, El Paso, TX	L-58-59	11,907
11	Northwestern	January 5, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-68-51	11,715
12	IA	January 7, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-53-49	13,609
13	at Minnesota	January 12, 1984	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN	W-66-62	14,366
14	at Wisconsin	January 14, 1984	UW Fieldhouse, Madison, WI	L-64-71	8,646
15	OH State	January 18, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	L-60-62	13,011
16	Indiana	January 21, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-55-50	13,609
17	at Purdue	January 26, 1984	Mackey Arena, West Lafeyette, IN	L-57-61	13,610
18	at Illinois	January 28, 1984	Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL	L-66-75	15,952
19	at Michigan State	February 2, 1984	Jenison Fieldhouse, East Lansing, MI	L-67-72	10,004
20	Michigan State	February 11, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-71-61	13,609
21	Illinois	February 16, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-62-60	13,511
22	Purdue	February 18, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	L-64-67	13,609
23	at Indiana	February 23, 1984	Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN	L-57-72	16,723
24	at OH State	February 25, 1984	St. John Arena, Columbus, OH	W-62-59	13,591
25	Wisconsin	March 1, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-84-75	13,109
26	Minnesota	March 3, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-51-50	13,485
27	at IA	March 7, 1984	Carver-Hawkeye Arena, IA City, IA	W-53-46	15,450
28	at Northwestern	March 10, 1984	Welsh-Ryan Arena, McGaw Hall, Evanston, IL	L-52-54	8,092
29	vs Wichita State	March 15, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-94-70	7,043
30	vs Marquette	March 19, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-83-70	11,529
31	vs Xavier	March 22, 1984	Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	W-63-62	12,178
32	vs Virginia Tech	March 26, 1984	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	W-78-75	0
33	vs Notre Dame	March 28, 1984	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	W-83-63	13,123

Statistics

The team posted the following statistics:^[10]

Name	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	FG%	3FG	3FGA	3FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	RB	Avg	Ast	Avg	PF	DQ	TO	Stl	Blk	Pts	Avg
Roy Tarpley	33	20	930	28.2	165	315	0.524	--	--		81	102	0.794			265	8.0	29	0.9	94	3	58	19	69	411	12.4
Tim McCormick	32	29	978	30.6	132	226	0.584	--	--		124	186	0.667			189	5.9	31	1.0	87	3	52	13	15	388	12.1
Eric Turner	31	30	1021	32.9	123	292	0.421	--	--		88	113	0.779			65	2.1	141	4.5	57	2	96	32	0	334	10.8
Antoine Joubert	33	22	875	26.5	118	263	0.449	--	--		60	81	0.741			68	2.1	102	3.1	80	0	73	23	1	296	9.0
Richard Rellford	33	28	695	21.1	105	185	0.568	--	--		49	63	0.778			107	3.2	12	0.4	96	1	37	24	13	259	7.8
Leslie Rockymore	29	18	609	21.0	93	219	0.425	--	--		27	34	0.794			41	1.4	42	1.5	45	1	30	20	1	213	7.3
Butch Wade	33	12	661	20.0	75	159	0.472	--	--		28	59	0.475			181	5.5	14	0.4	93	2	27	22	8	178	5.4
Dan Pelekoudas	33	1	552	16.7	21	49	0.429	--	--		26	32	0.813			25	0.8	73	2.2	85	4	53	30	1	68	2.1
Robert Henderson	23	3	180	7.8	11	27	0.407	--	--		15	27	0.556			45	2.0	4	0.2	10	0	10	0	2	37	1.6
Paul Jokisch	13	0	71	5.5	10	25	0.400	--	--		7	13	0.538			8	0.6	1	0.1	13	0	6	1	2	27	2.1
Garde Thompson	18	2	126	7.0	9	26	0.346	--	--		7	8	0.875			11	0.6	14	0.8	12	0	13	6	0	25	1.4
Gerard Rudy	13	0	25	1.9	3	4	0.750	--	--		5	6	0.833			7	0.5	3	0.2	1	0	3	0	0	11	0.9
Quincy Turner	5	0	18	3.6	2	6	0.333	--	--		7	8	0.875			0	0.0	2	0.4	4	0	2	0	0	11	2.2
Jon Antnoides	6	0	9	1.5	0	2	0.000	--	--		3	4	0.750			5	0.8	0	0.0	3	0	3	1	1	3	0.5
Team	33														69	101	3.1
Season total	33				867	1798	0.482				527	736	0.716			1118	33.9	468	14.2	680	16	463	191	113	2261	68.5
Opponents	33				775	1714	0.452	--	--		504	710	0.710			1002	30.4	350	10.6	654	32	472	177	86	2054	62.2

National Invitation Tournament

Michigan won the 1984 National Invitation Tournament.^[11]

First Round
- Michigan 94, Wichita State 70, at Ann Arbor, Mich
Second Round
- Michigan 83, Marquette 70, at Ann Arbor, Mich
Quarterfinal
- Michigan 63, Xavier 62, at Ann Arbor, Mich
Semifinal
- Michigan 78, Virginia Tech 75
Final
- Michigan 83, Notre Dame 63

Awards and honors

During the season team members earned the following honors:^[5]

Tim McCormick
- NIT Most Valuable Player
- Academic All-Big Ten
- All-Big Ten Conference, 3rd team

Dan Pelekoudas
- Academic All-American, honorable mention
- Academic All-Big Ten

Eric Turner
- All-Big Ten Conference, 2nd team

Roy Tarpley
- All-Big Ten Conference, 3rd team

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP Poll^[3]					20	15

Team players drafted into the NBA

Eight players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1984	1	12	12	Tim McCormick	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984	2	8	32	Eric Turner	Detroit Pistons
1984	10	19	225	Dan Pelekoudas	Detroit Pistons
1986	1	7	7	Roy Tarpley	Dallas Mavericks
1986	5	2	95	Richard Rellford	Indiana Pacers
1986	6	1	117	Butch Wade	New York Knicks
1986	7	5	144	Robert Henderson	Chicago Bulls
1987	6	20	135	Antoine Joubert	Detroit Pistons

References

↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 199.
↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 183.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 85. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ 5.0 5.1 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. pp. 144–7.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 176.
↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 179.
↑ 9.0 9.1 "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 20. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
↑ "Tournament Results (1980's)". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
↑ "1984 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1986 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal Michigan IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics