1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Eldon Miller (9th season);
Assistant coach	Randy Ayers (1st season)
Home arena	St. John Arena
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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

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.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	32	Dennis Hopson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Toledo, Ohio
C		Brad Sellers	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Warrensville Heights, Ohio

Head coach

Eldon Miller (Wittenberg)

Assistant coach(es)

Randy Ayers

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule/results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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
Dec 28, 1984*		vs. Stetson	W 73–67	8–1
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
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.

Rankings[edit]

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References[edit]

^ "1984-85 Ohio State Buckeyes Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Georgetown Tops Lehigh in Opener". The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ "Oklahoma Gains; La. Tech Triumphs". The New York Times. March 17, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 919–920. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[1] "1984-85 Ohio State Buckeyes Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[2] "Georgetown Tops Lehigh in Opener". The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

[3] "Oklahoma Gains; La. Tech Triumphs". The New York Times. March 17, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 919–920. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

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