1984–85_Oklahoma_Sooners_men's_basketball_team

1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Big 8 Conference regular season champions; Big 8 Conference tournament champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, #1 Seed, Elite Eight
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
Record	31–6 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Billy Tubbs (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Anderson; Jim Kerwin (1st season); Mike Mims;
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 31–6 overall record and a 13–1 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the first Big Eight Conference tournament championship and second Conference regular season championship for Tubbs.^[1] This was Tubbs' first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament #1 seed.

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The team was led by All American and Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale. The team lost two of its first four games, both to Illinois. It then won four home games before losing to SMU in the Chaminade Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team then won four more before losing at Tulsa. The team then won twelve in a row before losing at Kansas. The team then won its last three regular season games, its three conference tournament games and its first three 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament games before it was eliminated in the elite eight round by Memphis.^[2]

Among his numerous accomplishments, Wayman Tisdale established the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball career scoring (2661), career scoring average (25.6), career rebounds (1048), single-season points (932) records.^[3] Tisdale became the first Associated Press All-American first team selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior and first three-time Big Eight Conference scoring champion.^[4]

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 18, 1984*	No. 5	vs. No. 2 Illinois Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	L 64–81	0–1	Springfield Civic Center (7,530) Springfield, Massachusetts
Nov 24, 1984*	No. 5	Morehead State	W 94–48	1–1	Lloyd Noble Center (11,400) Norman, Oklahoma
Nov 26, 1984*	No. 10	Arkansas-Little Rock	W 90–63	2–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 1, 1984*	No. 10	at No. 7 Illinois	L 70–73	2–2	Assembly Hall (16,671) Champaign, Illinois
Dec 5, 1984*	No. 17	St. Mary's (TX)	W 88–55	3–2	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 8, 1984*	No. 17	Loyola-Chicago	W 115–82	4–2	Lloyd Noble Center (11,200) Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 10, 1984*	No. 15	Southwestern (TX)	W 126–76	5–2	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 15, 1984*	No. 15	Puget Sound	W 101–71	6–2	Lloyd Noble Center (11,455) Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 22, 1984*	No. 11	vs. No. 6 Southern Methodist	L 76–85	6–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 25, 1984*	No. 17	vs. No. 20 Louisville	W 90–72	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 29, 1984*	No. 17	vs. Manhattan All-College Tournament	W 121–74	8–3	The Myriad Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dec 30, 1984*	No. 17	vs. No. 19 Louisiana Tech All-College Tournament	W 84–72	9–3	The Myriad (10,287) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 5, 1985*	No. 13	Northeast Louisiana	W 101–95	10–3	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 9, 1985*	No. 8	at Tulsa	L 89–104	10–4	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 12, 1985*	No. 8	Northwestern State	W 98–62	11–4	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 16, 1985	No. 13	Missouri	W 92–65	12–4 (1–0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 19, 1985	No. 13	No. 9 Kansas	W 87–76	13–4 (2–0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 23, 1985	No. 11	at Iowa State	W 81–74	14–4 (3–0)	Hilton Coliseum (14,342) Ames, Iowa
Jan 26, 1985	No. 9	Kansas State	W 94–75	15–4 (4–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (11,495) Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 29, 1985	No. 7	at Colorado	W 90–71	16–4 (5–0)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 2, 1985	No. 7	at Oklahoma State	W 83–81	17–4 (6–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 6, 1985	No. 7	Nebraska	W 83–74	18–4 (7–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (11,450) Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 9, 1985	No. 7	at Kansas State	W 81–75	19–4 (8–0)	Ahearn Fieldhouse Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 13, 1985	No. 4	Iowa State	W 104–76	20–4 (9–0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 16, 1985	No. 4	at Missouri	W 88–84	21–4 (10–0)	Hearnes Center (12,288) Columbia, Missouri
Feb 20, 1985	No. 5	Colorado	W 110–80	22–4 (11–0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 24, 1985	No. 5	at No. 15 Kansas	L 76–82	22–5 (11–1)	Allen Fieldhouse (15,200) Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 27, 1985	No. 6	Oklahoma State	W 89–84	23–5 (12–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 2, 1985	No. 6	at Nebraska	W 65–62	24–5 (13–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (14,688) Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 3, 1985*	No. 6	No. 10 Georgia Tech	W 87–80	25–5	Lloyd Noble Center (11,619) Norman, Oklahoma
Big 8 Tournament
Mar 5, 1985*	(1) No. 4	(8) Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 116–91	26–5	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 8, 1985*	(1) No. 4	vs. (4) Missouri Semifinals	W 104–84	27–5	Kemper Arena (17,200) Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 7, 1985*	(1) No. 4	vs. (3) Iowa State Championship Game	W 73–71	28–5	Kemper Arena (13,200) Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1985*	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (16 MW) North Carolina A&T First round	W 96–83^[5]	29–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 16, 1985*	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (9 MW) Illinois State Second Round	W 75–69	30–5	Mabee Center (10,575) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 21, 1985*	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (5 MW) No. 8 Louisiana Tech Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–84 ^{OT^[6]}	31–5	Reunion Arena (17,007) Dallas, Texas
Mar 23, 1985*	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Memphis State Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight	L 61–63	31–6	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

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Schedule and results

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma†	13	–	1	.929	31	–	6	.838
No. 13 Kansas	11	–	3	.786	26	–	8	.765
Iowa State	7	–	7	.500	21	–	13	.618
Missouri	7	–	7	.500	18	–	14	.563
Kansas State	5	–	9	.357	14	–	14	.500
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	11	–	17	.393
Nebraska	5	–	9	.357	16	–	14	.533
Oklahoma State	3	–	11	.214	12	–	16	.429

† 1985 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll