The 1983–84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented

Houston Baptist University Houston Christian University (HCU), formerly Houston Baptist University (HBU), is a private Baptist university in Houston, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Its Cultural Arts Center houses three museums: the ...

in the 1983–84

college basketball College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athle ...

season. This was head coach Gene Iba’s seventh of eight seasons at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the

Sharp Gymnasium The Frank and Lucille Sharp Gymnasium is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas. It was built in 1963 and is home to the Houston Christian University Huskies basketball and volleyball teams. Sharp Gymnasium served as the temporary ho ...

and were new members of the Trans America Athletic Conference. After finishing atop the conference regular season standings, the Huskies followed that success by winning the TAAC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the

1984 NCAA tournament The 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 53 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1984, and ended with the champion ...

– the only appearance in program history. Houston Baptist was beaten by

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. T ...

in the play-in round to finish the season 24–7, 11–3 in TAAC play. The Huskies led the league in field goal percentage and, as of 2017, the 1983-84 team has the tenth-highest all-time season shooting percentage of an NCAA Division I team. Of the team members, three (Fred Goporo, Bruno Kongaouin, and Anicet Lavodrama) represented the Central African Republic men's national basketball team at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

Roster

Sources:

Schedule and results

, - !colspan=12 style=, Regular Season , - !colspan=12 style=, TAAC Tournament , - !colspan=12 style=, NCAA Tournament Sources:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1983-84 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball seasons Houston Baptist Houston Baptist Houston Baptist Huskies basketball Houston Baptist Huskies basketball