1984–85_Arkansas_Razorbacks_men's_basketball_team

1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	22–13 (10–6 SWC)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton (11th season);
Assistant coach	Doc Sadler (3rd season)
Home arena	Barnhill Arena
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton, serving for his 11th and final year. The team played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This team finished second in the SWC regular season standings. As No. 9 seed in the West region of the 1985 NCAA Tournament, the Razorbacks defeated Iowa in the opening round^[1] before losing to eventual Final Four participant St. John's in the second round.^[2] Arkansas finished with a record of 22–13 (10–6 SWC).

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1984*	No. 16	Southeastern Louisiana	W 65–62	1–0	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Nov 27, 1984*	No. 17	vs. Central Florida	W 59–45	2–0
Dec 1, 1984*	No. 17	at Ohio State	L 84–85	2–1	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 8, 1984*		SW Missouri State	W 70–56	3–1	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dec 14, 1984*		Charleston Southern	W 74–55	4–1	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dec 15, 1984*		vs. Tulsa	W 70–66	5–1
Dec 18, 1984*		vs. UTSA	W 74–67	6–1
Dec 20, 1984*		vs. Minnesota	W 56–46	7–1
Dec 22, 1984*		at Oral Roberts	W 64–57	8–1	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 25, 1984*		vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech Rainbow Classic	L 52–72	8–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 26, 1984*		vs. Iowa State Rainbow Classic	W 84–79 ^OT	9–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 27, 1984*		vs. Iowa Rainbow Classic	L 52–71	9–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan 2, 1985		at Texas A&M	W 70–67	10–3 (1–0)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
Jan 5, 1985		at No. 7 SMU	L 60–63	10–4 (1–1)	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Jan 9, 1985		TCU	W 67–59	11–4 (2–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 12, 1985		Texas	W 64–58	12–4 (3–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 16, 1985		at Texas Tech	L 48–64	12–5 (3–2)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 19, 1985		at Houston	L 73–78	12–6 (3–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 23, 1985		Rice	W 67–56	13–6 (4–3)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 27, 1985*		at Virginia	L 52–54	13–7	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 30, 1985		at Baylor	W 64–57	14–7 (5–3)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
Feb 1, 1985		Texas A&M	W 58–53	15–7 (6–3)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb 3, 1985*		at No. 2 Georgetown	L 39–56	15–8	Capital Centre (14,391) Landover, Maryland
Feb 6, 1985		No. 4 SMU	W 69–66	16–8 (7–3)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb 9, 1985		at TCU	L 66–72	16–9 (7–4)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 16, 1985*		Texas Tech	L 50–52	16–10 (7–5)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb 19, 1985		at Texas	W 60–51	17–10 (8–5)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 20, 1985		Houston	W 73–59	18–10 (9–5)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Feb 24, 1985		at Rice	L 68–71	18–11 (9–6)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
Mar 1, 1985		Baylor	W 106–71	19–11 (10–6)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
SWC Tournament
Mar 8, 1985*		vs. Texas Quarterfinals	W 66–46	20–11	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 9, 1985*		vs. No. 20 SMU Semifinals	W 68–55	21–11	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 10, 1985*		vs. Texas Tech Championship game	L 64–67	21–12	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1985*	(9 W)	vs. (8 W) Iowa First round	W 63–54	22–12	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 16, 1985*	(9 W)	vs. (1 W) No. 3 St. John's Second round	L 65–68	22–13	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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"St. John's Routs Southern by 83-59 in First Round". The New York Times. March 15, 1985. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

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"Wennington Meets His Responsibility". The New York Times. March 17, 1985. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

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"1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

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"1984-85 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

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Player	Round	Pick	NBA club
Joe Kleine	1	6	Sacramento Kings

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1984–85 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Texas Tech †	12	–	4	.750	23	–	8	.742
SMU	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Arkansas	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
TCU	8	–	8	.500	16	–	12	.571
Houston	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
Texas	7	–	9	.438	15	–	13	.536
Baylor	4	–	12	.250	11	–	17	.393
Rice	3	–	13	.188	11	–	16	.407

† 1985 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll