The 1983–84 Cheyney State Lady Wolves basketball team represented
Cheyney State College as an NCAA independent during the 1983–84 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by second–year head coach Winthrop McGriff and played their home games at Cope Hall in
Cheyney, Pennsylvania
Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 cen ...
. The Lady Wolves earned a record of 25–5 and a No. 9 ranking, were invited to the NCAA tournament, and reached their second Final Four in three seasons.
To date, Cheyney State is the only
HBCU
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of serving African Americans. Most are in the Southern U ...
to reach the NCAA women's Final Four doing so twice. They played for the NCAA championship in 1982, finishing runner-up.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
Awards and honors
* Yolanda Laney All-American
See also
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1981–82 Cheyney State Lady Wolves basketball team
References
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons