FSU Men's Basketball - 1983-84 Year In Review | |
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![]() Top: Maurice Myrick, Vince Martello and Tony William Bottom: Granville Arnold |
Randy Allen, 6-8, 210, F, Milton (Milton)
Joe Farrar, 6-2, 175, G, Gray, GA (Jones County/Spartanburg JC)
Alton Lee Gipson, 6-10, 220, C, Dubach, LA (Dubach/Utica JC)
1984 Roster - By Name
From the 1983-84 FSU Basketball Media Guide, page 30
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 40 Randy Allen F 6-8 210 Fr Milton (Milton)
* 25 Granville Arnold F 6-6 195 So * Kingsport, TN (Sullivan North)
14 Steve Bakich
* 3 Joe Farrar G 6-2 175 Jr Gray, GA (Jones County/Spartanburg JC)
* 54 Alton Lee Gipson C 6-10 220 Jr Dubach, LA (Dubach/Utica JC)
* 32 Michael Johnson F 6-5 205 Sr-R ** Pensacola (Washington/UNC-Charlotte)
* 30 Vince Martello F 6-6 220 Sr * Baker (Baker/Auburn/Gulf Coast JC)
* 33 Bobby Miles C 6-8 220 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Maclay/Georgia)
* 24 Maurice Myrick G 6-5 200 Jr ** Marianna (Marianna)
* 44 Dean Shaffer G 6-3 195 Jr Durham, NC (Fork Union Military Academy/Merced CC)
* 50 David Speights F 6-6 205 Jr ** Marianna (Marianna)
* 11 Ronnie Watson G 6-0 160 Sr ** Cocoa (Washington/Brevard CC)
21 Scott Wilkes G 6-5 175 Sr-R ** Deland (Massanutten Academy/Clemson)
* 23 Tony William G 6-1 180 Sr ** Fort Wayne, IN (North Side/Wabash Valley CC)
1984 Roster - By Number
From the 1983-84 FSU Basketball Media Guide, page 30
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 3 Joe Farrar G 6-2 175 Jr Gray, GA (Jones County/Spartanburg JC)
* 11 Ronnie Watson G 6-0 160 Sr ** Cocoa (Washington/Brevard CC)
14 Steve Bakich
21 Scott Wilkes G 6-5 175 Sr-R ** Deland (Massanutten Academy/Clemson)
* 23 Tony William G 6-1 180 Sr ** Fort Wayne, IN (North Side/Wabash Valley CC)
* 24 Maurice Myrick G 6-5 200 Jr ** Marianna (Marianna)
* 25 Granville Arnold F 6-6 195 So * Kingsport, TN (Sullivan North)
* 30 Vince Martello F 6-6 220 Sr * Baker (Baker/Auburn/Gulf Coast JC)
* 32 Michael Johnson F 6-5 205 Sr-R ** Pensacola (Washington/UNC-Charlotte)
* 33 Bobby Miles C 6-8 220 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Maclay/Georgia)
* 40 Randy Allen F 6-8 210 Fr Milton (Milton)
* 44 Dean Shaffer G 6-3 195 Jr Durham, NC (Fork Union Military Academy/Merced CC)
* 50 David Speights F 6-6 205 Jr ** Marianna (Marianna)
* 54 Alton Lee Gipson C 6-10 220 Jr Dubach, LA (Dubach/Utica JC)
From the 1984-85 FSU Basketball Media Guide, page 12
1983-84 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Alton Lee Gipson Associated Press - All-American - Honorable Mention
All-Americans - 1
1983-84 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Mitchell Wiggins 15 G Chicago Bulls
Noles in the Pros - 1
1984 Schedule and Results
AP |
UPI |
AP |
UPI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL FLORIDA | W 96-65 | ||||||||||
| TAMPA | W 83-70 | ||||||||||
| FLORIDA | W 67-60 | ||||||||||
| AUBURN | L 69-76 | ||||||||||
| JACKSONVILLE | W 76-63 | ||||||||||
| FL INTERNATIONAL | W 94-75 | ||||||||||
| PITTSBURGH | L 89-102 | ||||||||||
| FLORIDA | W 87-64 | ||||||||||
| FURMAN OT |
W 93-91 | ||||||||||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | L 68-76 | ||||||||||
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | W 83-64 | ||||||||||
| TULANE | L 43-50 | ||||||||||
| CINCINNATI | W 71-57 | ||||||||||
| BAPTIST COLLEGE | W 92-75 | ||||||||||
| LOUISVILLE | L 71-95 | ||||||||||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | W 87-82 | ||||||||||
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | W 78-74 | ||||||||||
| LOUISVILLE | W 75-60 | ||||||||||
| MEMPHIS STATE | L 69-73 | ||||||||||
| JACKSONVILLE | L 47-56 | ||||||||||
| MEMPHIS STATE | L 67-75 | ||||||||||
| TULANE | W 52-51 | ||||||||||
| SOUTH FLORIDA | L 51-53 | ||||||||||
| VIRGINIA TECH | W 58-57 | ||||||||||
| CINCINNATI | W 85-64 | ||||||||||
| VIRGINIA TECH | W 93-79 | ||||||||||
| MONMOUTH | W 82-55 | ||||||||||
| SOUTH CAROLINA Metro, Memphis, Tn |
W 72-65 | ||||||||||
| MEMPHIS STATE Metro |
L 63-65 | ||||||||||
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE OT, NIT, Greensboro, NC |
W 74-71 | ||||||||||
| PITTSBURGH NIT, Greensboro, NC |
L 63-66 | ||||||||||
Conference games in bold
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU RECORD IS 20-11 13- 3 5- 7 2- 1
VS METRO CONF 9- 5 5- 2 4- 3 0- 0
AGAINST TOP 25 1- 4 1- 1 0- 3 0- 0
1983-84 - 30 Point Club
Name Date Opponent FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS
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Alton Lee Gipson 03/03/84 VIRGINIA TECH 14 26 7 10 35
Alton Lee Gipson 12/10/83 FL INTERNATIONAL 12 16 6 7 30
1983-84 - 15 Rebound Club
Name Date Opponent O-REB D-REB TOTAL
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None
1983-84 - 10 Assist Club
Name Date Opponent Assists
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Tony William 03/05/84 MONMOUTH 13
Tony William 01/18/84 BAPTIST COLLEGE 12
Tony William 02/11/84 MEMPHIS STATE 12
Tony William 03/08/84 SOUTH CAROLINA 12
Tony William 12/30/83 FURMAN 11
Tony William 02/04/84 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 11
Tony William 12/05/83 AUBURN 10
Dean Shaffer 12/20/83 PITTSBURGH 10
Tony William 02/06/84 LOUISVILLE 10
1983-84 EOY Stats
From the 1984-85 FSU Basketball Media Guide, page 44
Name GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG REB AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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Alton Lee Gipson 31 31 1086 260 497 .523 .000 106 173 .613 626 20.2 208 6.7 74 19 47 54 21
Vince Martello 31 31 956 181 323 .560 .000 67 86 .779 429 13.8 172 5.5 82 2 63 53 6 32
Dean Shaffer 31 31 1025 132 230 .574 .000 44 61 .721 308 9.9 106 3.4 83 4 146 104 9 70
Randy Allen 30 29 879 108 210 .514 .000 37 73 .507 253 8.4 150 5.0 98 6 6 33 23 25
Tony William 28 27 996 103 201 .512 .000 30 44 .682 236 8.4 60 2.1 78 3 215 131 2 62
Granville Arnold 31 1 415 55 102 .539 .000 78 93 .839 188 6.1 74 2.4 37 25 28 2 17
Maurice Myrick 30 1 333 43 91 .473 .000 20 30 .667 106 3.5 69 2.3 46 23 30 5 17
David Speights 21 180 21 40 .525 .000 18 26 .692 60 2.9 48 2.3 23 9 20 0 2
Joe Farrar 25 4 185 15 38 .395 .000 10 11 .909 40 1.6 12 0.5 19 1 16 18 0 12
Bobby Miles 17 125 12 22 .545 .000 8 18 .444 32 1.9 25 1.5 22 4 5 0 1
Michael Johnson 12 48 4 12 .333 .000 6 10 .600 14 1.2 7 0.6 4 0 1 4 3 1
Ronnie Watson 4 18 2 3 .667 .000 1 2 .500 5 1.3 2 0.5 2 7 2 0 1
Steve Bakich 3 4 0 0 .000 .000 1 2 .500 1 0.3 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0
Team 66 0.0
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FSU 31 936 1769 .529 .000 426 629 .677 2298 74.1 999 32.2 569 16 534 476 104 261
Opp 31 867 1841 .471 .000 395 607 .651 2129 68.7 1029 33.2 587 21 440 501 59 208
1983-84 Game Stats
FLORIDA STATE 96, CENTRAL FLORIDA 65
11/26/83, TALLAHASSEE, FL
NAME GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OREB DREB REB PF AST TO BLK STL
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Alton Lee Gipson c 30 8 13 2 2 18 1 6 7 2 1 2 1 1
Granville Arnold 18 6 7 6 8 18 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 1
Randy Allen f 26 5 7 2 2 12 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 2
Vince Martello f 22 5 8 1 1 11 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 2
Tony William g 30 5 9 1 2 11 1 2 3 1 9 6 0 6
Dean Shaffer g 25 3 3 0 0 6 0 2 2 1 3 6 1 1
Bobby Miles 10 2 2 1 2 5 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
David Speights 14 2 3 1 2 5 3 3 6 3 1 3 0 0
Maurice Myrick 10 2 7 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3
Michael Johnson 7 1 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Farrar 8 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
Team 1 1 2
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FSU 5 200 40 65 16 22 96 11 24 35 22 23 25 2 17
Opp 200 25 55 15 21 65 11 19 30 23 8 32 0 6
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL FLORIDA | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMPA | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| FLORIDA |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUBURN | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSONVILLE | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL INTERNATIONAL | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| PITTSBURGH |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FURMAN | ||||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH CAROLINA | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| TULANE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CINCINNATI | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAPTIST COLLEGE | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| LOUISVILLE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUISVILLE | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEMPHIS STATE | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| JACKSONVILLE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| MEMPHIS STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TULANE | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| SOUTH FLORIDA |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRGINIA TECH | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| CINCINNATI |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| VIRGINIA TECH |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONMOUTH | |||
| FLORIDA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| MEMPHIS STATE |
| 1 | 2 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | ||||
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE |
| 1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA STATE | |||
| PITTSBURGH |