High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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 13, 1984, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 52 games were played. This was the last tournament in which some teams earned first round byes as the field expanded to 64 teams beginning in the 1985 field when each team played in the first round.