The Final Four, 1983-84: George Washington will face...
Princeton 74, Brigham Young 62. The Tigers (29-6) continue to play inspired basketball after being written off as an undeserving #1 seed. Five Tigers scored in double-figures, led by Travis Cruz' 13. Princeton used 22 BYU fouls to take 20 free throws, compared to just 12 for BYU. Joshua Binkley scored 18 for BYU (30-6), who shot badly (39%), and never found a rhythm against Princeton's defense.
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Princeton 74, Brigham Young 62
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Princeton (29-6, 10-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kermit Lee C 32 5-9 1-1 5 9 0 3 11
Charles Snell PF 33 4-6 2-2 2 8 4 3 10
Blake Quillen SF 32 6-14 0-0 1 4 4 1 12
Travis Cruz SG 24 5-14 0-0 1 2 1 2 13
Stephen Williams PG 32 1-4 1-2 0 6 11 1 3
Benton Gober SG 18 2-3 0-1 0 2 0 1 5
Gerald Alarcon PG 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Harvey Dipietro SF 7 1-3 4-6 0 2 0 0 7
Dennis Davis PF 11 3-4 5-8 2 2 0 1 11
Brian Lingerfelt C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 15 (C.Snell 3, B.Quillen 6, T.Cruz 4,
S.Williams 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (K.Lee 2, C.Snell 1)
Steals: 7 (K.Lee 1, C.Snell 2, B.Quillen 3, T.Cruz 1)
3P FGs: 5-15 (T.Cruz 3-7, S.Williams 0-3, B.Gober 1-2,
H.Dipietro 1-3)
Brigham Young (30-6, 9-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Noble Crossley C 29 1-5 4-6 3 9 1 3 6
Tony Barnes PF 16 4-9 0-0 1 3 1 5 8
Joshua Binkley SF 33 7-10 0-0 2 9 2 2 18
Paul Honaker SG 22 2-10 0-0 1 4 1 2 6
Isaiah McAlpine PG 27 0-2 0-0 0 1 3 3 0
John Toro SG 15 2-8 0-0 0 2 0 2 5
Napoleon Gentry PG 17 2-5 0-0 1 1 1 0 4
Merle Clift PG 4 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Chris Galarza PF 18 3-5 3-4 2 3 2 3 9
Stephen Harr SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Douglas Zepeda C 12 1-2 2-2 1 2 0 0 4
Forest France C 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Turnovers: 18 (N.Crossley 2, T.Barnes 4, J.Binkley 5,
I.McAlpine 3, N.Gentry 1, M.Clift 1, C.Galarza 1,
D.Zepeda 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Binkley 1, P.Honaker 1, C.Galarza 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Binkley 2, C.Galarza 1)
3P FGs: 7-26 (J.Binkley 4-7, P.Honaker 2-8, I.McAlpine
0-1, J.Toro 1-6, N.Gentry 0-2, M.Clift 0-2)
Player of Game: C Kermit Lee (PRNC)
Final Four, 1983-84
1) Princeton 74, 1) Brigham Young 62
5) George Washington 91, 1) Rice 79
The 1983-84 National Championship Game
Princeton (30-6, Ivy League) vs George Washington (33-1, Independent)