1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball
1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball
Southland Conference Regular Season Champions; Southland Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southland Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
1984–85 record	29–3 (11–1 Southland)
Head coach	Andy Russo (6th season)
Home arena	Thomas Assembly Center

^[1] The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach Andy Russo were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was Karl Malone. Malone would lead the Bulldogs to their best season to date in program history as well as earning himself All-American honors. Following the season, Malone would enter the NBA draft, being selected 13th overall by the Utah Jazz. Spending the majority of his career with Utah, Malone would be named an NBA All-Star fourteen times, NBA Most Valuable Player twice, and be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 2010. ^[2]

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/1/1984*		at Centenary	W 78–62	1–0	Gold Dome Shreveport, LA
12/3/1984*		Rice	W 75–63	2–0	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
12/6/1984*		vs. No. 6 Louisville	W 73–64	3–0	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/8/1984*		at Western Kentucky	W 59–54	4–0	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/10/1984*		Ball State	W 73–59	5–0	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
12/14/1984*		vs. Alabama State	W 80–57	6–0	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
12/15/1984*		at Marshall	W 69–63	7–0	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
12/17/1984*		at Northwestern State	W 78–50	8–0	Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA
12/29/1984*	No. 19	at Oklahoma City	W 90–62	9–0	Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, OK
12/30/1984*	No. 19	vs. No. 17 Oklahoma	L 72–84	9–1	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK
1/5/1985*	No. 18	Northwestern State	W 92–63	10–1	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
1/7/1985*	No. 18	Centenary	W 83–65	11–1	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
1/12/1985	No. 14	at Texas-Arlington	W 76–65	12–1	Texas Hall Arlington, TX
1/17/1985	No. 12	North Texas	W 68–50	13–1	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
1/19/1985*	No. 12	Louisiana	W 94–74	14–1	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
1/24/1985	No. 12	at McNeese State	W 88–69	15–1	Lake Charles Civic Center Lake Charles, LA
1/26/1985	No. 12	at Lamar	L 64–72	15–2	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
1/31/1985	No. 15	Arkansas State	W 80–73	16–2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
2/2/1985	No. 15	at Louisiana-Monroe	W 73-63	17-2	Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA
2/7/1985	No. 14	at Texas-Arlington	W 86-61	18-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
2/9/1985	No. 14	at North Texas	W 90-72	19-2	UNT Coliseum Denton, TX
2/14/1985*	No. 12	at Louisiana	W 83-76	20-2	Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, LA
2/18/2003	No. 12	McNeese State	W 59-58	21-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
2/21/1985	No. 10	Lamar	W 73-65	22-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
2/23/1985	No. 10	Arkansas State	W 100-67	23-2	ASU Field House Jonesboro, AR
2/28/1985	No. 7	Louisiana-Monroe	W 72-65	24-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
3/6/1985	No. 8	Louisiana-Monroe Southland Conference Tournament Semifinal	W 72-20 ^OT	25-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
3/7/1985	No. 8	Lamar Southland Conference Championship	W 70-69	26-2	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
3/14/1985*	No. 5(8)	vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh NCAA First Round	W 78-54	28-2	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
3/16/1985*	No. 5(8)	vs. No. 4 Ohio State NCAA Round of 32	W 79-67	29-2	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
3/21/1985*	No. 5(8)	vs. No. 1(4) Oklahoma NCAA Sweet Sixteen	L 84-86 ^OT	29-3	Reunion Arena Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ "History" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com.
↑ "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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[1] "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] "History" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com.

[3] "1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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