1983–84 Miami Redskins men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Miami Redskins men's basketball team represent Miami University in the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redskins, led by 14th-year head coach Darrell Hedric, played their home games at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference. The team finished atop the conference regular season standings, and followed that success by winning the MAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 8 seed in the West region, Miami was beaten by No. 9 seed SMU in the opening round, 83–69.

1983–84 Miami Redskins men's basketball
MAC Regular season champion MAC tournament champion
NCAA tournament
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	24–6 (16–2 MAC)
Head coach	Darrell Hedric (14th season)
Home arena	Millett Hall

1983–84 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Miami†	16	–	2		.889			24	–	6		.800
Ohio	14	–	4		.778			20	–	8		.714
Bowling Green	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			18	–	11		.621
Northern Illinois	9	–	9		.500			12	–	15		.444
Eastern Michigan	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Kent State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	14		.517
Central Michigan	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
Ball State	5	–	13		.278			8	–	19		.296
Western Michigan	2	–	16		.111			4	–	22		.154
† Mid-American Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1983–84 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 34 Ron Harper 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Dayton, Ohio F Chuck Dahn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr C Rusty Doyle 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr F Mike Hall 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr F Ron Hunter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So Dayton, Ohio F Tony Lehman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr F Billy Lewis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr C Jim Manuel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Sr C John Marx 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr G Eric Newsome 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) — Fr G Chuck Stahl 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Sr F Stepfon Sudduth 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So G John Willoughby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr	Head coach Darrell Hedric (Miami (OH)) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 1983*		at No. 19 Indiana	W 63–57	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Dec 3, 1983*		Purdue	L 58–67	1–1	Millett Hall  Oxford, Ohio
Dec 7, 1983*		Dayton	W 67–59	2–1	Millett Hall  Oxford, Ohio
Dec 10, 1983*		Xavier	W 72–53	3–1	Millett Hall  Oxford, Ohio
Dec 17, 1983*		at Cincinnati	W 55–50	4–1	Riverfront Coliseum  Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 27, 1983*		vs. Davidson	W 70–52	5–1	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 28, 1983*		at Marquette	L 47–59	5–2	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 2, 1984*		at Dayton	L 79–89	5–3	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, Ohio
MAC regular season
Jan 4, 1984		at Eastern Michigan	W 50–48	6–3 (1–0)	Bowen Field House  Ypsilanti, Michigan
Jan 7, 1984		at Western Michigan	W 70–67	7–3 (2–0)	University Arena  Kalamazoo, Michigan
Mar 5, 1984		at Ball State	W 85–76	21–5 (16–2)	Irving Gymnasium  Muncie, Indiana
MAC tournament
Mar 8, 1984*		vs. Ball State Quarterfinals	W 85–76	22–5	Rockford MetroCentre  Rockford, Illinois
Mar 9, 1984*		vs. Toledo Semifinals	W 51–46	23–5	Rockford MetroCentre  Rockford, Illinois
Mar 10, 1984*		vs. Kent State Championship game	W 42–40	24–5	Rockford MetroCentre  Rockford, Illinois
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1984*	(9 W)	vs. (8 W) Southern Methodist First round	L 69–83	24–6	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

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