1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Eldon Miller, the Buckeyes finished 20–10 (11–7 Big Ten) and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Headcoach
- Eldon Miller (9th season)
Assistant coachRandy Ayers (1st season)
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NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 20–10 (11–7 Big Ten) |
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| Assistant coach | Randy Ayers (1st season) |
| Home arena | St. John Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Michigan | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Illinois | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule/results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 24, 1984* |
Lafayette | W 85–67 | 1–0 |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Dec 1, 1984* |
No. 17 Arkansas | W 85–84 | 2–0 |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Dec 8, 1984* |
vs. Connecticut | W 72–65 | 3–0 |
Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
| Dec 11, 1984* |
at Maryland | L 73–76 | 3–1 |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | |||||||
| Dec 15, 1984* |
Tulane | W 76–71 | 4–1 |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Dec 19, 1984* |
Central Florida | W 83–59 | 5–1 |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Dec 22, 1984* |
Missouri | W 88–77 | 6–1 |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Dec 27, 1984* |
vs. Chattanooga | W 84–62 | 7–1 |
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| Dec 28, 1984* |
vs. Stetson | W 73–67 | 8–1 |
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| Big Ten Regular Season | |||||||||||
| Jan 3, 1985 |
at Michigan State | L 79–82 | 8–2 (0–1) |
Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan | |||||||
| Jan 5, 1985 |
at No. 16 Michigan | L 82–87 | 8–3 (0–2) |
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan | |||||||
| Jan 9, 1985 |
Wisconsin | W 99–88 | 9–3 (1–2) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Jan 12, 1985 |
Northwestern | W 79–59 | 10–3 (2–2) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Jan 19, 1985 |
No. 8 Indiana | W 86–84 | 11–3 (3–2) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Jan 23, 1985 |
at No. 6 Illinois | L 66–84 | 11–4 (3–3) |
Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois | |||||||
| Jan 26, 1985 |
at Purdue | W 67–63 | 12–4 (4–3) |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana | |||||||
| Jan 31, 1985 |
Minnesota | W 76–62 | 13–4 (5–3) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Feb 2, 1985 |
Iowa | L 58–67 | 13–5 (5–4) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Feb 7, 1985 |
Northwestern | W 63–60 | 14–5 (6–4) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois | |||||||
| Feb 9, 1985 |
at Wisconsin | L 78–92 | 14–6 (6–5) |
Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin | |||||||
| Feb 14, 1985 |
at Indiana | W 72–63 | 15–6 (7–5) |
Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana | |||||||
| Feb 16, 1985* |
vs. Northeastern | L 74–76 | 15–7 |
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| Feb 21, 1985 |
Purdue | W 86–68 | 16–7 (8–5) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Feb 23, 1985 |
No. 16 Illinois | W 72–64 | 17–7 (9–5) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Feb 28, 1985 |
at Iowa | L 82–87 | 17–8 (9–6) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa | |||||||
| Mar 2, 1985 |
at Minnesota | W 78–77 | 18–8 (10–6) |
Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||||
| Mar 6, 1985 |
No. 3 Michigan | L 72–77 | 18–9 (10–7) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| Mar 9, 1985 |
Michigan State | W 90–79 | 19–9 (11–7) |
St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 14, 1985* |
(4 MW) | vs. (13 MW) Iowa State First round |
W 75–64[2] | 20–9 |
Mabee Center (10,575) Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||
| Mar 16, 1985* |
(4 MW) | vs. (5 MW) No. 8 Louisiana Tech Second round |
L 67–79[3] | 20–10 |
Mabee Center (10,575) Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
