1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach George Raveling and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the West Region, losing in the First Round to Arkansas.

1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Raveling (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Joedy Gardner Brian Hammel
MVP	Greg Stokes Michael Payne
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
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

Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the 1983–84 season 13–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish tied for eighth place.

Roster

1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F/C 3 Gerry Wright 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So San Bernardino, California G 4 Andre Banks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr Chicago, Illinois G 5 Bart Casey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Iowa City, Iowa G 10 Michael Reaves 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Milledgeville, Georgia G 11 Kenny Fullard 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Sr Raytown, Missouri G/F 14 Bill Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Detroit, Michigan G 20 Jeff Moe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Indianapolis, Indiana G 24 Michael Morgan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Haughton, Louisiana G 25 Todd Berkenpas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr Mapleton, Iowa F 32 Dave Snedeker 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So Springfield, Illinois F 40 Kent Hill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Wichita, Kansas F/C 41 Greg Stokes 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Sr Hamilton, Ohio C 42 Michael Payne 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Sr Quincy, Illinois F 44 Al Lorenzen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Fr Cedar Rapids, Iowa F/C 54 Brad Lohaus  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — RS So Phoenix, Arizona	Head coach George Raveling (Villanova) Assistant coach(es) Joedy Gardner (West Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/24/1984*		Arkansas-Little Rock	W 76–47	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
11/26/1984*		Gonzaga	W 62–40	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
11/28/1984*		Morehead State	W 89–46	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/1/1984*		George Mason	W 111–82	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/4/1984* 7:35 pm		Iowa State Rivalry	L 50–54[1]	4–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
12/7/1984*		Boston University Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 67–53	5–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/8/1984*		Texas Tech Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 58–48[2]	6–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/12/1984*		Georgia State	W 89–40	7–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/15/1984*		Illinois Wesleyan	W 99–39[3]	8–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
12/22/1984*		South Carolina	W 88–78	9–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/25/1984*		vs. Maryland Rainbow Classic	L 68–70 OT[4]	9–2	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
12/26/1984*		vs. Cornell Rainbow Classic	W 59–56 OT	10–2	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
12/27/1984*		vs. Arkansas Rainbow Classic	W 71–52	11–2	Honolulu International Center  Honolulu, HI
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1985		Purdue	W 75–63	12–2 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
1/5/1985		No. 6 Illinois	W 64-60	13-2 (2-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
1/12/1985	No. 19	at Minnesota	L 57-65	13-3 (2-1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
1/17/1985		at No. 19 Michigan State	W 79-65	14-3 (3-1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/19/1985		at Michigan	L 67-69 3 OT[5]	14-4 (3-2)	Crisler Arena (13,069) Ann Arbor, MI
1/24/1985		Northwestern	W 66-47	15-4 (4-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/26/1985		Wisconsin	W 105-65[6]	16-4 (5-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
1/31/1985		at Indiana	W 72-59[7]	17-4 (6-2)	Assembly Hall (17,035) Bloomington, IN
2/2/1985		at Ohio State	W 67-58[8]	18-4 (7-2)	St. John Arena (13,681) Columbus, OH
2/6/1987	No. 12	Minnesota	W 70-65[9]	19-4 (8-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
2/14/1985	No. 11	No. 3 Michigan	L 52-56[10]	19-5 (8-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
2/16/1985	No. 11	Michigan State	L 55-57[11]	19-6 (8-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA
2/20/1985	No. 14	at Wisconsin	L 53-54	19-7 (8-5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
2/23/1985	No. 14	at Northwestern	L 58-78	19-8 (8-6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/28/1985		Ohio State	W 87-82	20-8 (9-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/3/1985		Indiana	W 70-50[12]	21-8 (10-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/7/1985		at No. 14 Illinois	L 53-59	21-9 (10-7)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
3/9/1985		at Purdue	L 54–60	21–10 (10–8)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1985*	(8 W)	vs. (9 W) Arkansas First Round	L 54–63[13]	21–11	Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,928) Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region.

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Rankings

Main article: 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team players in the 1985 NBA draft

See also: 1985 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	33	Greg Stokes	Philadelphia 76ers

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