1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 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.

1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pacific-10 Conference Co-champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	22–10 (13–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Marv Harshman (14th season)
Assistant coach	Bob Johnson
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were 22–9 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, co-champions with USC.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5] The Wildcats defeated fourth-seed UNLV and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, where they fell to St. John's, the top seed in the West.

Harshman, age 67, retired at the end of the season.^[2][4][5] Andy Russo, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, was hired in early April.^[6][7]

Postseason results

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 draft

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	8	Detlef Schrempf	Dallas Mavericks

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References

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 links

• Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1984–85 basketball season