1984–85 LSU Tigers basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1984-85 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1984–85 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at LSU Assembly Center.
| 1984–85 LSU Tigers basketball | |
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SEC regular season champions | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| West Division | |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 19 |
| AP | No. 20 |
| Record | 19–10 (13–5 SEC) |
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| Home arena | LSU Assembly Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 LSU | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Georgia | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 22 | – | 15 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn † | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1985 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tigers finished in first place in the SEC regular season standings, but lost to Auburn in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.[1] LSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the Southeast region where they were upset in the opening round to Navy.[2] The team finished with a 19–10 record (13–5 SEC).
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 28, 1984* |
No. 16 | Loyola-Chicago | W 102–96 | 1–0 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 1, 1984* |
No. 16 | at Oral Roberts | W 74–71 | 2–0 |
Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||
| Dec 3, 1984* |
No. 13 | Texas | W 87–79 | 3–0 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 5, 1984 |
No. 13 | Ole Miss | W 89–64 | 4–0 (1–0) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 8, 1984* |
No. 13 | at Houston | L 73–81 | 4–1 |
Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas | ||||||
| Dec 21, 1984* |
No. 19 | New Orleans | W 78–64 | 5–1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 22, 1984* |
No. 19 | UNC Wilmington | W 88–65 | 6–1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 28, 1984* |
No. 18 | Utah State | W 103–71 | 7–1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Dec 30, 1984 |
No. 18 | Alabama | W 63–61 | 8–1 (2–0) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||
| Jan 2, 1985 |
No. 14 | at Georgia | W 79–74 | 9–1 (3–0) |
Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia | ||||||
| Jan 5, 1985 |
No. 14 | at Mississippi State | L 69–83 | 9–2 (3–1) |
Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi | ||||||
| Jan 9, 1985 |
at Alabama | L 67–79 | 9–3 (3–2) |
Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |||||||
| Jan 12, 1985 |
Tennessee | W 75–65 | 10–3 (4–2) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 17, 1985 |
at Ole Miss | L 65–68 | 10–4 (4–3) |
Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi | |||||||
| Jan 19, 1985 |
at Vanderbilt | W 69–68 | 11–4 (5–3) |
Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
| Jan 23, 1985 |
Florida | W 86–68 | 12–4 (6–3) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 26, 1985 |
Auburn | W 80–62 | 13–4 (7–3) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 31, 1985 |
at Kentucky | L 43–53 | 13–5 (7–4) |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | |||||||
| Feb 2, 1985 |
Georgia | L 58–59 | 13–6 (7–5) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 6, 1985 |
Mississippi State | W 80–65 | 14–6 (8–5) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 10, 1985 |
No. 15 North Carolina | L 70–75 | 14–7 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 14, 1985 |
at Tennessee | W 87–82 | 15–7 (9–5) |
Stokely Athletics Center Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
| Feb 16, 1985 |
at No. 8 Syracuse | L 64–76 | 15–8 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
| Feb 20, 1985 |
Vanderbilt | W 64–55 | 16–8 (10–5) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Feb 23, 1985 |
at Florida | W 61–59 | 17–8 (11–5) |
O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida | |||||||
| Feb 27, 1985 |
at Auburn | W 78–73 | 18–8 (12–5) |
Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama | |||||||
| Mar 2, 1985 |
Kentucky | W 67–61 | 19–8 (13–5) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 7, 1985 |
No. 19 | vs. Auburn Quarterfinals |
L 55–58 | 19–9 |
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 15, 1985* |
(4 SE) No. 20 | vs. (13 SE) Navy First round |
L 55–78 | 19–10 |
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
Rankings
Team players drafted into the NBA
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA club |
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| 1 | 22 | Jerry Reynolds | Milwaukee Bucks |