This Day in Sports

Pete Rose Collects 4000 hit

April 13, 1984 4

April 2, 1984: Georgetown’s John Thompson becomes the first African American to coach a team to a title in the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

April 2, 1984 11

March 24, 1984: The Central Missouri men’s and women’s teams win the Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, making Central Missouri the first school in any division to accomplish the dual feat in basketball.

March 24, 1984 7

March 15-17, 1984: Florida’s Tracy Caulkins wins four events at the Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships to extend her record career total to 12 individual titles. The same year, Texas wins the first of five straight team titles under coach Richard Quick, who then moves to Stanford and wins six more titles by 1998.

March 17, 1984 10

March 9-10, 1984: Arkansas wins the first of 12 straight Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships team titles under coach John McDonnell. The team added another four consecutive titles from 1997 to 2000.

March 10, 1984 7

March 8-10, 1984: Kenyon wins the first of 17 straight Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships team titles (16 under coach Jim Steen and one under Jon Howell). It added six more titles between 2002 and 2009.

March 10, 1984 7

David Stern Makes History

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Jan. 9-11, 1984: Creation of the NCAA Presidents Commission is approved.

January 9, 1984 11

Detroit beat Denver 186-184 in a triple-overtime game

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Dec. 10, 1983: North Dakota State University wins the first of five Division II Football Championship titles between 1983 and 1990. The school would later go on to win eight Football Championship Subdivision titles from the 2011 through the 2019 seasons after moving to Division I.

December 10, 1983 5