1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

The 1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fifth year head coach Bill Mulligan and played their home games at the Crawford Hall. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in PCAA play.

1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record13–17 (8–10 PCAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Bokosky
  • Mike Scarano
Home arenaCrawford Hall
Seasons
1984–85 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 UNLV 17 1   .944 28 4   .875
Fresno State 15 3   .833 23 9   .719
Cal State Fullerton 11 7   .611 17 13   .567
Utah State 10 8   .556 17 11   .607
San Jose State 10 8   .556 16 13   .552
UC Irvine 8 10   .444 12 16   .429
UC Santa Barbara 8 10   .444 12 16   .429
Pacific 5 13   .278 9 19   .321
New Mexico State 4 14   .222 7 20   .259
Long Beach State 2 16   .111 4 23   .148
1985 PCAA tournament winner

Previous season

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The 1983–84 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team returned finished with a record of 19–10 and 14–4 in PCAA play. Senior Forward Ben McDonald received AP Honorable Mention All-American Honors.[1]

Roster

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1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F Anthony Burgess 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fr
F 24 Troy Carmon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Sr Long Beach, CA
C 35 Rick Ciaccio 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Newport Beach, CA
F 30 Wayne Engelstad 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Rosemead, CA
G Boris King 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
G Jerome Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sr
F Dexter Magee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr
C 43 Tod Murphy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Long Beach, CA
F 32 Johnny Rogers 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Fullerton, CA
G Rodney Scott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
F Tom Tolbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Long Beach, CA
G 11 Brian Williams 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Los Angeles, CA
Head coach

Bill Mulligan

Assistant coach(es)
  • Mike Bokosky
  • Mike Scarano

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 15, 2017

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference Season
November 26, 1984*
at Colorado L 73–80  0–1
CU Events/Conference Center (4,772)
Boulder, CO
November 29, 1984*
San Diego State L 77–86  0–2
Anaheim Convention Center[2] (2,094)
Anaheim, CA
December 1, 1984*
Loyola Marymount L 66–76  0–3
Crawford Hall (1,373)
Irvine, CA
December 6, 1984*
at Hawaii Pacific W 83–75  1–3
McKinley Gym (704)
Honolulu, HI
December 8, 1984*
at Hawaii W 87–82  2–3
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (4,000)
Honolulu, HI
December 15, 1984*
at Montana L 68–83  2–4
Dahlberg Arena (5,886)
Missoula, MT
December 15, 1984*
at Portland L 69–86  2–5
Chiles Center (2,353)
Portland, OR
December 19, 1984*
Southern Utah W 95–59  3–5
Crawford Hall (889)
Irvine, CA
December 20, 1984*
Pepperdine W 95–59  4–5
Crawford Hall (953)
Irvine, CA
December 28, 1984*
vs. Nebraska
Cable Car Classic
L 67–73  4–6
Toso Pavilion (2,335)
Santa Clara, CA
December 29, 1984*
vs. Cincinnati
Cable Car Classic
W 99–81  5–6
Toso Pavilion (3,674)
Santa Clara, CA
Conference Season
January 3, 1985
at San Jose State L 71–93  5–7
(0–1)
San Jose Civic Auditorium (1,496)
San Jose, CA
January 5, 1985
at Utah State W 83–73  6–7
(1–1)
Smith Spectrum (8,005)
Logan, UT
January 9, 1985
Fresno State L 66–72  6–8
(1–2)
Crawford Hall (1,496)
Irvine, CA
January 12, 1985
Pacific W 69–64  7–8
(2–2)
Crawford Hall (1,004)
Irvine, CA
January 14, 1985
New Mexico State L 89–91  7–9
(2–3)
Crawford Hall (1,096)
Irvine, CA
January 17, 1985
Cal State Fullerton L 80–89  7–10
(2–4)
Crawford Hall (1,496)
Irvine, CA
January 19, 1985
at UC Santa Barbara L 67–70 OT 7–11
(2–5)
UC Santa Barbara Events Center (2,119)
Santa Barbara, CA
January 24, 1985
at Long Beach State W 99–84  8–11
(3–5)
Long Beach Arena[3] (1,556)
Long Beach, CA
January 26, 1985
at New Mexico State W 78–75  9–11
(4–5)
Pan American Center (7,831)
Las Cruces, NM
January 31, 1985
Utah State L 84–87  9–12
(4–6)
Crawford Hall (1,263)
Irvine, CA
February 2, 1985
San Jose State W 78–77  10–12
(5–6)
Crawford Hall (1,385)
Irvine, CA
February 9, 1985
at Pacific W 70–65  11–12
(6–6)
Alex G. Spanos Center (3,820)
Stockton, CA
February 11, 1985
at Fresno State L 40–52  11–13
(6–7)
Selland Arena (10,114)
Fresno, CA
February 16, 1985
No. 14 UNLV L 89–99  11–14
(6–8)
Crawford Hall (1,496)
Irvine, CA
February 20, 1985
Long Beach State W 75–67  12–14
(7–8)
Crawford Hall (927)
Irvine, CA
February 25, 1985
UC Santa Barbara W 84–76  13–14
(8–8)
Crawford Hall (1,257)
Irvine, CA
February 27, 1985
at No. 9 UNLV L 95–97  13–15
(8–9)
Thomas & Mack Center (11,692)
Paradise, NV
March 2, 1985
at Cal State Fullerton L 74–84  13–16
(8–10)
Titan Gym (3,145)
Fullerton, CA
PCAA tournament
March 7, 1985
vs. Cal State Fullerton
Quarterfinals
L 68–79  13–17
The Forum (10,147)
Inglewood, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[4][5]

Awards and honors

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Source: [6]

References

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  1. ^ "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Appleman, Marc (November 29, 1984). "San Diego State's Post-Cage Era Begins Tonight Against UC Irvine". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. ProQuest 153982480.
  3. ^ Dufresne, Chris (January 25, 1985). "UC Irvine Scores 99-84 Win Over Cal State Long Beach". Los Angeles Times. Irvine, CA. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Final 1985 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2017.