The 1984–85 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by new head coach Joey Meyer, in his 1st season after ten years as an assistant, and played their home games at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont.
1984–85 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 19–10 |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Rosemont Horizon |
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 24, 1984* |
No. 3 | Northern Illinois | W 59–58 | 1–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (15,645) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 1, 1984* |
No. 2 | UCLA | W 80–61 | 2–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,269) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 3, 1984* |
No. 2 | Chico State | W 77–37 | 3–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (7,528) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 5, 1984* |
No. 2 | at Illinois State | W 84–71 | 4–0 |
Horton Field House (7,775) Normal, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 8, 1984* |
No. 2 | Notre Dame | W 95–83 | 5–0 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 12, 1984* |
No. 2 | at Penn State | W 78–61 | 6–0 |
Rec Hall (8,157) University Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Dec 15, 1984* |
No. 2 | at No. 1 Georgetown | L 57–77 | 6–1 |
Capital Centre (19,135) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
Dec 19, 1984* |
No. 5 | at Western Michigan | L 64–65 | 6–2 |
University Arena (6,754) Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||||||
Dec 22, 1984* |
No. 5 | Northwestern | W 61–56 | 7–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (14,981) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Dec 27, 1984* |
No. 9 | Creighton | W 87–58 | 8–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (14,198) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 3, 1985* |
No. 10 | Saint Mary's | W 76–53 | 9–2 |
Rosemont Horizon (11,797) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 4, 1985* |
No. 10 | at UAB | L 59–66 | 9–3 |
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (17,222) Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||
Jan 12, 1985* |
Houston | W 69–58 | 10–3 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 14, 1985* |
Old Dominion | W 64–58 | 11–3 |
Rosemont Horizon (11,752) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 20, 1985* |
at Notre Dame | W 71–66 | 12–3 |
Athletic & Convocation Center (11,335) South Bend, Indiana | |||||||
Jan 21, 1985* |
Eastern Washington | W 72–50 | 13–3 |
Rosemont Horizon (9,279) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Jan 26, 1985* |
No. 7 | at Dayton | L 64–65 | 13–4 |
University of Dayton Arena (13,485) Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
Jan 29, 1985* |
vs. Princeton | W 56–42 | 14–4 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (6,347) Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 2, 1985* |
at Louisville | L 73–77 | 14–5 |
Freedom Hall (19,210) Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
Feb 6, 1985* |
No. 18 | Dayton | L 63–67 | 14–6 |
Rosemont Horizon (16,803) Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Feb 9, 1985* |
Pepperdine | W 90–65[1] | 15–6 |
Rosemont Horizon (14,355) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 12, 1985* |
at Loyola–Chicago | L 71–78 | 15–7 |
Rosemont Horizon (13,909) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 17, 1985* |
at No. 1 St. John's | L 80–93 | 15–8 |
Madison Square Garden (6,597) New York, New York | |||||||
Feb 20, 1985* |
Indiana State | W 77–65 | 16–8 |
Rosemont Horizon (12,254) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Feb 23, 1985* |
La Salle | W 87–60 | 17–8 |
Rosemont Horizon (12,773) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Mar 2, 1985* |
Marquette | W 69–52 | 18–8 |
Rosemont Horizon (17,499) Rosemont, Illinois | |||||||
Mar 5, 1985* |
at Pan American | W 65–55 | 19–8 |
UTPA Fieldhouse (5,350) Edinburg, Texas | |||||||
Mar 9, 1985* |
at Marquette | L 64–68 | 19–9 |
MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 15, 1985* |
vs. No. 15 Syracuse First round |
L 65–70[2] | 19–10 |
The Omni (15,273) Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East. |
Rankings
editReferences
edit- ^ "Oklahoma Sinks Kansas St". The New York Times. February 10, 1985. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Syracuse Thwarts DePaul with Zone". The New York Times. March 16, 1985. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "1984–85 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "1984–85 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 921–922. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.