1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

• The NCAA implemented a significant change in Division I statistical recordkeeping, officially recording individual assists for the first time since the 1951–52 season. • Under head coach John Thompson, Georgetown defeated Houston 84–75 to win the NCAA tournament, giving Georgetown its first national championship. Thompson became the first African-American head coach to win the NCAA championship. • The NCAA Tournament expanded from 52 to 53 teams. The 53-team 1984 NCAA Tournament was the last to be contested with fewer than 64 teams. • For the first time, the NCAA presented awards to all teams participating in the NCAA tournament. • The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) restored its third-place game between the teams which lost in the semifinals. The third-place game previously had been part of the NIT from 1938 through 1981. == Major rule changes ==

Beginning in 1983–84, the following rules changes were implemented: • If a team was in the bonus situation within the last two minutes of the game and all of overtime, common fouls resulted in two free throws. This rule was changed back to the one-and-one free throw situation after a month due to its unpopularity. • Several conferences were granted permission to experiment with a 45-second shot clock (either for the entire game or shut off in the last 4:00 of the second half) the three-point shot from 19 feet, and coaching boxes to limit coaches to their bench areas. == Season outlook ==

Pre-season polls The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season. == Conference membership changes ==

Conferences Conference winners and tournaments Conference standings Division I independents A total of 20 college teams played as Division I independents. Among them, DePaul (27–3) had both the best winning percentage (.900) and the most wins. Informal championships La Salle and Temple both finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5. Statistical leaders == Postseason tournaments ==

NCAA tournament ==== Final Four - Kingdome, Seattle, Washington ==== National Invitation tournament NIT Semifinals and Final == Award winners ==

Consensus All-American teams Major player of the year awards • Wooden Award: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • Naismith Award: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • Associated Press Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • UPI Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • NABC Player of the Year: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Michael Jordan, North Carolina • Adolph Rupp Trophy: Michael Jordan, North Carolina • 'Sporting News Player of the Year:' Michael Jordan, North Carolina Major coach of the year awards • Associated Press Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul • UPI Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul • Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Gene Keady, Purdue • NABC Coach of the Year: Marv Harshman, Washington • CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Gene Keady, Purdue • 'Sporting News Coach of the Year:' John Thompson, Georgetown Other major awards • '''Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0):''' Ricky Stokes, Virginia • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Ralph Lewis, La Salle • NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro are): Chris Mullin, St. John's and Steve Burtt, Iona == Coaching changes ==

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended. == References ==