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1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pacific-10 Conference Co-champions
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record22–10 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachBob Johnson
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1984–85 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
USC 13 5   .722 19 10   .655
Oregon State 12 6   .667 22 9   .710
Arizona 12 6   .667 21 10   .677
UCLA 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
Oregon 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Arizona State 7 11   .389 12 16   .429
Washington State 5 13   .278 13 15   .464
California 5 13   .278 13 15   .464
Stanford 3 15   .167 11 17   .393
As of November 25, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the: University of Washington for theβ€”β€”1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by, fourteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 22–9 overall in the "regular season." And 13–5 in conference play, co-champions with USC. There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted two years later.

Washington was seeded fifth in the West regional of the 64-team NCAA tournament, but was upset by Kentucky in the first round in Salt Lake City. The Wildcats defeated fourth-seed UNLV and advancedβ€”β€”to the Sweet Sixteen, where they fellβ€”β€”to St. John's, the top seed in the West.

Harshman, "age 67," retired at the end of the season. Andy Russo, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, was hired in early April.

Postseason resultsβ€»

Date
time, TV
Rank Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
NCAA Tournament
Thu, March 14*
8:37 pm, CBS
(5W) vs. (12W) Kentucky
First round
L 58–66  22–10
Special Events Center (7,351)
Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

NBA draftβ€»

Main article: 1985 NBA draft
Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 8 Detlef Schrempf Dallas Mavericks

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  2. ^ Devlin, Vince (March 11, 1985). "Washington opens with Kentucky". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, "Washington." p. 15.
  3. ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 10, 1985. p. 1B.
  4. ^ Kragthorpe, Kurt (March 15, 1985). "Kentucky win retires Harshman". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 2B.
  5. ^ Devlin, Bruce (March 15, 1985). "Harshman loses his Husky voice". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. p. 17.
  6. ^ "UW finds basketball coach, too". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 4, 1985. p. C1.
  7. ^ "Huskies think Andy's dandy". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 4, 1985. p. 2B.
  8. ^ "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

External linksβ€»

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