1984–85 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

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
AP	#4
1984-85 record	31–6 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Billy Tubbs
Assistant coach	Mike Anderson
Assistant coach	Jim Kerwin
Assistant coach	Mike Mims
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

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 Men's Division I 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 Men's Division I 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]

NCAA basketball tournament

Main article: 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:^[5]

Midwest
- Oklahoma (1) 96, North Carolina A&T (16) 83
- Oklahoma 75, Illinois State (9) 69
- Oklahoma 86, Louisiana Tech (5) 84 (OT) (Sweet 16)
- Memphis State (2) 63, Oklahoma 61 (Regional Final)

Honors

All-American: Wayman Tisdale (2nd of 3 times)^[6]
Big Eight POY: Tisdale^[7]

Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1985 NBA Draft:^[8]^[9]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	2	Wayman Tisdale	Indiana Pacers

The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA Draft in later years:^[10] ^[11]

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

References

↑ "Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
↑ "1985 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 126. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Honored Jerseys". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "1985 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 164. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 165. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1985&lg=N
↑ "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. pp. 168–169. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Venues	McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)

Rivalries	Oklahoma State

Culture & lore	History List of conference championships Boomer and Sooner Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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