1984–85 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 14th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1984–85 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Runner up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–14 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (14th season)
Captain	Dan Dakich Uwe Blab
Home arena	Assembly Hall
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 Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–14 and a conference record of 7–11, finishing 7th in the Big Ten Conference. Missing out on the NCAA Tournament, IU was invited to participate in the 1985 NIT; IU advanced to the championship game, but they lost to the UCLA Bruins.^[1]

Olympics

Prior to the start of the season, Bobby Knight was the head coach of the US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Steve Alford was a member of the gold medal-winning team.^[2] Hoosiers trainer Tim Garl was the trainer of the Olympic team.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Dan Dakich	G	6–5	Sr.	Merrillville, Indiana
12	Steve Alford	G	6–2	So.	New Castle, Indiana
14	Magnus Pelkowski	C	6–10	Fr.	Bogotá, Colombia
21	Winston Morgan	G/F	6–5	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
22	Stew Robinson	G	6–1	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
23	Delray Brooks	G	6–4	Fr.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Daryl Thomas	F/C	6–7	So.	Westchester, Illinois
30	Todd Meier	F/C	6–8	So.	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
32	Steve Eyl	F	6–6	Fr.	Hamilton, Ohio
33	Uwe Blab	C	7–2	Sr.	Munich, Germany
41	Mike Giomi	F	6–8	Jr.	Newark, Ohio
42	Kreigh Smith	G/F	6–7	Fr.	Tipton, Indiana
44	Joe Hillman	G	6–2	Fr.	Glendale, California
45	Brian Sloan	F/C	6–8	Fr.	McLeansboro, Illinois
50	Marty Simmons	G/F	6–5	So.	Lawrenceville, Illinois
52	Courtney Witte	F/C	6–8	RS Sr.	Vincennes, Indiana

Player stats

Player	Games	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Steve Alford[3]	32	232	N/A	116	101	0	44	580
Uwe Blab[4]	33	212	N/A	105	207	72	15	529

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/24/1984*	No. 4	No. 17 Louisville	L 64–75	0–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/1/1984*	No. 12	Ohio	W 90–73	1–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/4/1984*	No. 11	at Notre Dame	L 63–74	1–2	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, Indiana
12/8/1984*	No. 11	Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 81–68	2–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1984*	No. 16	at Iowa State	W 69–67	3–2	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
12/14/1984*	No. 16	Western Kentucky Indiana Classic	W 80–57	4–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1984*	No. 16	St. Joseph (Pa.) Indiana Classic	W 81–44	5–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/22/1984*	No. 16	at Kansas State	W 70–58	6–2	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
12/29/1984*	No. 15	vs. Miami (OH) Hoosier Classic	W 77–72	7–2	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis
12/30/1984*	No. 15	vs. Florida Hoosier Classic	W 80–63	8–2	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis
1/2/1985	No. 12	at No. 16 Michigan	W 87–62	9–2 (1–0)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/5/1985	No. 12	at Michigan State	L 61–68	9–3 (1–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
1/10/1985	No. 11	Northwestern	W 77–50	10–3 (2–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/12/1985	No. 11	Wisconsin	W 90–68	11–3 (3–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/19/1985	No. 8	at Ohio State	L 84–86	11–4 (3–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
1/24/1985	No. 13	at Purdue Rivalry	L 52–62	11–5 (3–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
1/27/1985	No. 13	at No. 6 Illinois Rivalry	L 41–52	11–6 (3–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
1/31/1985		Iowa	L 59–72	11–7 (3–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/2/1985		Minnesota	W 89–66	12–7 (4–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/7/1985		at Wisconsin	W 58–54	13–7 (5–5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
2/9/1985		at Northwestern	W 78–59	14–7 (6–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
2/14/1985		Ohio State	L 63–72	14–8 (6–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/21/1985		No. 16 Illinois Rivalry	L 50–66	14–9 (6–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/23/1985		Purdue Rivalry	L 63–72	14–10 (6–8)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/28/1985		at Minnesota	W 79–68	15–10 (7–8)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
3/3/1985		at Iowa	L 50–70	15–11 (7–9)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
3/7/1985		Michigan State	L 58–68	15–12 (7–10)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/10/1985		No. 3 Michigan	L 71–73	15–13 (7–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
NIT
3/15/1985*		Butler First Round	W 79–57	16–13 (7–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/19/1985*		Richmond Second Round	W 75–53	17–13 (7–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/24/1985*		Marquette Quarterfinals	W 94–82	18–13 (7–11)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/27/1985*		vs. Tennessee Semifinals	W 74–67	19–13 (7–11)	Madison Square Garden  New York City
3/29/1985*		vs. UCLA Championship	L 62–65	19–14 (7–11)	Madison Square Garden  New York City
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	17	Uwe Blab	Dallas Mavericks

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References

1. "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Steve Alford Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
4. "Uwe Blab Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
5. "1985 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2009.