The 1983–84 Alcorn State Braves basketball team represented

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during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 21–10, 11–3 in SWAC play to win the conference regular season. They also won the SWAC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as one of two No. 12 seeds in the Midwest region. The Braves defeated Houston Baptist 79–60, and then pushed No. 5 seed

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to the brink before falling, 57–56.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Alcorn State Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. ...