1984 TAAC men's basketball tournament

1984 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1983–84
Teams	8
Site	Spring Branch Coliseum Houston, Texas
Champions	Houston Baptist (1st title)
Winning coach	Gene Iba (1st title)
MVP	Craig Beard (Samford)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments

1983–84 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Houston Baptist †	11	–	3		.786			24	–	7		.774
Samford	10	–	4		.714			22	–	8		.733
Georgia Southern	8	–	6		.571			16	–	12		.571
Arkansas–Little Rock	7	–	7		.500			14	–	15		.483
Centenary	7	–	7		.500			12	–	16		.429
Mercer	6	–	8		.429			14	–	14		.500
Hardin–Simmons	5	–	9		.357			9	–	22		.290
Northwestern State	2	–	12		.143			6	–	22		.214
Nicholls State*	0	–	0		–			19	–	7		.731
Georgia State		–			–			6	–	22		.214
† 1984 TAAC tournament winner *Provisional member; played no conference games. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 8–10, 1984 at Spring Branch Coliseum in Houston, Texas.^[1]

Houston Baptist defeated Samford in the championship game, 81–76, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Huskies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Even though Georgia State joined the TAAC for the 1983–84 season, the Panthers did not compete in the conference tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship Saturday, March 10
	1	Houston Baptist	71
	8	Northwestern State	53
						1	Houston Baptist	76
						4	Arkansas–Little Rock	58
	5	Centenary	72
	4	Arkansas–Little Rock	73
											1	Houston Baptist	81
											2	Samford	76
	3	Georgia Southern	77
	6	Mercer	80
						6	Mercer	80
						2	Samford	84
	7	Hardin–Simmons	69
	2	Samford	82

References

1. "1983-84 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.