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NCAA Final Four Champion > Georgetown > 1984 |
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1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 53 Finals Site Kingdome Seattle, Washington Champions Georgetown (1st title) Runner-Up Houston (2nd title game) Semifinalists Kentucky (9th Final Four) Virginia (2nd Final Four) Winning Coach John Thompson (1st title) MOP Patrick Ewing Georgetown Attendance 397,481 Top scorer Roosevelt Chapman Dayton (105 points) |
The 1984 NCAA Men's Division I 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 2, 1984, and ended with the championship
game on April 2 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 52 games were played. Georgetown, coached by John Thompson, won the national title with a 84-75 victory in the final game over Houston, coached by Guy Lewis. Patrick Ewing of Georgetown was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Thompson became the first African American head coach to lead his team to the title. |
The Hoyas historically have been well regarded not only for their team success, but
also for their ability to generate players that after graduation succeed both
on the court (such as Patrick Ewing) and off (such as Henry Hyde). The team has reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four 5 times, has won the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament 7 times, and has won the Big East regular season title 3 times; in each of these cases, it most recently achieved the feat in 2007. |
The Georgetown University Men's Basketball team (which, like all sports teams at
Georgetown University, is named the Georgetown Hoyas) is a well-known basketball
program in the NCAA Big East. Georgetown's first intercollegiate men's basketball
team was formed in 1907. John Thompson III, son of the accomplished Hoyas
coach John Thompson, is the current head coach. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The current coach is Thompson's son, John Thompson III, who took over from Craig
Esherick. Leading the team are Big East 2007 pre-season player of the year Roy
Hibbert and pre-season All-Big East first team guard Jonathan Wallace.The team
will also introduce freshmen Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, and Omar Wattad. The Hoyas currently employ their own variant of the Princeton offense, a slow, cerebral style of play that is very rare in the modern college game. The hallmark of the offense is the "backdoor" pass, where a player on the wing suddenly moves in towards the basket, receives a bounce pass from a guard on the perimeter, and finds himself with no defenders between him and a layup. |
