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1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

American college basketball season


American college basketball season

FieldValue
modeBasketball
year1984–85
teamOklahoma Sooners
imageOklahoma Sooners Logo 1979-2000.png
image_size150
conferenceBig 8 Conference
short_confBig 8
CoachRank5
APRank4
record31–6
conf_record13–1
head_coachBilly Tubbs
hc_year5th
asst_coach1Mike Anderson
asst_coach2Jim Kerwin
ac2_year1st
asst_coach3Mike Mims
stadiumLloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 11,528)
championBig 8 Conference regular season champions
Big 8 Conference tournament champions
bowl[NCAA men's Division I tournament](1985-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result#1 Seed, Elite Eight

Big 8 Conference tournament champions 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. This was Tubbs' first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament #1 seed.

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.

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. Tisdale became the first Associated Press All-American first-team selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior and the first three-time Big Eight Conference scoring champion.

Roster

  • Billy Tubbs ()

Schedule and results

|- !colspan=9 style=| Regular season |- !colspan=9 style=| Big 8 Tournament |- !colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament

NCAA basketball tournament

Main article: 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament:

Honors

  • All-American: Wayman Tisdale (3rd of 3 times)
  • Big Eight POY: Tisdale

Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1985 NBA draft:

12Wayman TisdaleCenterIndiana Pacers

The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA draft in later years:

  • 1987 NBA draft: Tim McCalister (3rd, 47th, Los Angeles Clippers), David Johnson (4th, 89th, Dallas Mavericks), Darryl Kennedy (4th, 91st, Boston Celtics)

References

References

  1. "Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com.
  2. "1985 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com.
  3. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  4. "Honored Jerseys". [[CBS Interactive]].
  5. (March 15, 1985). "Oklahoma Advances by 96-83". [[The New York Times]].
  6. (March 22, 1985). "Tisdale's Roller Lifts Oklahoma". [[Chicago Tribune]].
  7. "1985 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com.
  8. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  9. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
  10. "Sooners in NBA Draft". [[CBS Interactive]].
  11. "1985 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com".
  12. "Sooners in NBA Draft". [[CBS Interactive]].
  13. "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide". [[CBS Interactive]].
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