1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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Pacific-10 Conference Co-champions | |
Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
1984–85 record | 22–10 (13–5 Pac-10) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Bob Johnson |
Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
1984–85 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of November 25, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll |
The Huskies were 22–9 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, co-champions with USC.[2][3] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted two years later.
Washington was seeded fifth in the West regional of the 64-team NCAA Tournament, but was upset by Kentucky in the first round in Salt Lake City.[4][5] The Wildcats defeated fourth-seed UNLV and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, where they fell to St. John's, the top seed in the West.
Harshman, age 67, retired at the end of the season.[2][4][5] Andy Russo, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, was hired in early April.[6][7]
Postseason results
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Thu, March 14* 8:37 pm, CBS |
vs. (12W) Kentucky First round |
L 58–66 | 22–10 |
Special Events Center (7,351) Salt Lake City, Utah | |||||||
References
- "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- Devlin, Vince (March 11, 1985). "Washington opens with Kentucky". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 15.
- "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 10, 1985. p. 1B.
- Kragthorpe, Kurt (March 15, 1985). "Kentucky win retires Harshman". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 2B.
- Devlin, Bruce (March 15, 1985). "Harshman loses his Husky voice". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. p. 17.
- "UW finds basketball coach, too". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 4, 1985. p. C1.
- "Huskies think Andy's dandy". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 4, 1985. p. 2B.
External links
- Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1984–85 basketball season