1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team
[2] The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach Andy Russo were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was Karl Malone. Malone would lead the Bulldogs to their best season to date in program history as well as earning himself All-American honors. Following the season, Malone would enter the NBA draft, being selected 13th overall by the Utah Jazz. Spending the majority of his career with Utah, Malone would be named an NBA All-Star fourteen times, NBA Most Valuable Player twice, and be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 2010. [3]
1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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Southland Conference Regular Season Champions Southland Conference Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
AP | No. 8 |
1984–85 record | 29–3 (11–1 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Thomas Assembly Center |
1984–85 Southland Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Louisiana Tech † | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 29 | – | 3 | .906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas-Arlington | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1985 Southland Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/28/1984* |
Concordia Lutheran | W 82–61 | 1–0 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | |||||||
12/1/1984* |
at Centenary | W 78–62 | 2–0 |
Gold Dome Shreveport, LA | |||||||
12/3/1984* |
Rice | W 75–63 | 3–0 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | |||||||
12/7/1984* |
vs. No. 6 Louisville Wendy's Classic |
W 73–64 | 4–0 |
E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/8/1984* |
at Western Kentucky Wendy's Classic |
W 59–54 | 5–0 |
E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/10/1984* |
Ball State | W 73–59 | 6–0 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | |||||||
12/14/1984* |
vs. Alabama State Marshall Invitational |
W 80–57 | 7–0 |
Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV | |||||||
12/15/1984* |
at Marshall Marshall Invitational |
W 69–63 | 8–0 |
Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV | |||||||
12/17/1984* |
at Northwestern State | W 78–50 | 9–0 |
Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||
12/29/1984* |
No. 19 | at Oklahoma City All-College Tournament |
W 90–62 | 10–0 |
The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
12/30/1984* |
No. 19 | vs. No. 17 Oklahoma All-College Tournament |
L 72–84 | 10–1 |
The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
1/5/1985* |
No. 18 | Northwestern State | W 92–63 | 11–1 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
1/7/1985* |
No. 18 | Centenary | W 83–65 | 12–1 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
1/12/1985 |
No. 14 | at Texas-Arlington | W 76–65 | 13–1 |
Texas Hall Arlington, TX | ||||||
1/17/1985 |
No. 12 | North Texas | W 68–50 | 14–1 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
1/19/1985* |
No. 12 | Southwestern Louisiana | W 94–74 | 15–1 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
1/24/1985 |
No. 12 | at McNeese State | W 88–69 | 16–1 |
Lake Charles Civic Center Lake Charles, LA | ||||||
1/26/1985 |
No. 12 | at Lamar | L 64–72 | 16–2 |
Montagne Center Beaumont, TX | ||||||
1/31/1985 |
No. 15 | Arkansas State | W 80–73 | 17–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
2/2/1985 |
No. 15 | at Northeast Louisiana | W 73-63 | 18–2 |
Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA | ||||||
2/7/1985 |
No. 14 | at Texas-Arlington | W 86-61 | 19–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
2/9/1985 |
No. 14 | at North Texas | W 90-72 | 20–2 |
UNT Coliseum Denton, TX | ||||||
2/14/1985* |
No. 12 | at Southwestern Louisiana | W 83-76 | 21–2 |
Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, LA | ||||||
2/18/2003 |
No. 12 | McNeese State | W 59–58 | 22–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
2/21/1985 |
No. 10 | Lamar | W 73–65 | 23–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
2/23/1985 |
No. 10 | Arkansas State | W 100–67 | 24–2 |
ASU Field House Jonesboro, AR | ||||||
2/28/1985 |
No. 7 | Northeast Louisiana | W 72-65 | 25–2 (11–1) |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
Southland Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
3/6/1985 |
No. 8 | Northeast Louisiana Southland Conference Tournament Semifinal |
W 72-20 OT | 26–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
3/7/1985 |
No. 8 | Lamar Southland Conference Championship |
W 70-69 | 27–2 |
Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/14/1985* |
(5 MW) No. 8 | vs. (12 MW) Pittsburgh NCAA First Round |
W 78–54 | 28–2 |
Mabee Center Tulsa, OK | ||||||
3/16/1985* |
(5 MW) No. 8 | vs. (4 MW) Ohio State NCAA Round of 32 |
W 79–67 | 29–2 |
Mabee Center Tulsa, OK | ||||||
3/21/1985* |
(5 MW) No. 8 | vs. (1 MW) No. 4 Oklahoma Midwest Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 84–86 OT[7] | 29–3 |
Reunion Arena Dallas, TX | ||||||
Rankings
Awards and honors
- Karl Malone – All-American
References
- sports-reference.com 1984-85 Southland Conference Season Summary
- "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- "History" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com.
- "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- "2019–20 Louisiana Tech Men's Basketball Media Guide". Louisiana Tech Athletics. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- "Tisdale's Roller Lifts Oklahoma". Chicago Tribune. March 22, 1985. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
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