1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–14 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Yoder (3rd season);
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Steve Yoder, coaching his third season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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

Roster

1984–85 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	10	Mike Heineman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Connersville, Indiana
G	12	Rick Olson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Madison, Wisconsin
F	14	Don Harris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	22	Jack Hippen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Chadwick, Illinois
G	24	Shelton Smith, Jr.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	32	Scott Roth	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Brecksville, Ohio
F	40	J.J. Weber	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Wales, Wisconsin
F	41	Robert Barnes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Racine, Wisconsin
F	42	Rod Ripley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Pulaski, Wisconsin
F	44	Gregg Steinhaus	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Portage, Wisconsin
C	50	John Ploss	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Antioch, Illinois
F	54	Jay Laszewski	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Head coach

Steve Yoder (Illinois Wesleyan)

Assistant coach(es)

Rick Bowen (Indiana)
Brad McNulty (Purdue)
Ray McCallum (Ball State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/25/1984*	Morgan State	W 93–78	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/1/1984*	Washington State	W 61–59	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/3/1984*	Kentucky State	W 88–74	3–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/6/1984*	South Dakota	W 96–56	4–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/8/1984*	Central Michigan	W 74–63	5–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/12/1984*	at Nebraska	L 51–53	5–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
12/14/1984*	Dartmouth	W 90–70	6–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/22/1984*	vs. Northern Illinois	W 83–71	7–1	MetroCentre Rockford, IL
12/28/1984*	vs. Texas A&M Lobo Invitational	W 71–69	8–1	University Arena Albuquerque, NM
12/29/1984*	New Mexico Lobo Invitational	W 83–74	9–1	University Arena Albuquerque, NM
1/5/1985	at Northwestern	W 52–51	10–1 (1–0)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/9/1985	at Ohio State	L 88–99	10–2 (1–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/12/1985	at No. 11 Indiana	L 68–90	10–3 (1–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/17/1985	No. 11 Illinois	L 67–78	10–4 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/19/1985	Purdue	L 68–72	10–5 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/24/1985	at Minnesota	L 62–72	10–6 (1–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/26/1985	at Iowa	L 65–105^[2]	10–7 (1–6)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/31/1985	Michigan State	L 68–77	10–8 (1–7)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/2/1985	No. 10 Michigan	L 81–94	10–9 (1–8)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/7/1985	Indiana	L 54–58	10–10 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/9/1985	Ohio State	W 92–78	11–10 (2–9)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/14/1985	at Purdue	L 52–67	11–11 (2–10)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/16/1985	No. 17 Illinois	L 49–68	11–12 (2–11)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/20/1985	No. 14 Iowa	W 54–53	12–12 (3–11)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/24/1985	Minnesota	W 65–61	13–12 (4–11)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/28/1985	No. 3 Michigan	L 68–88	13–13 (4–12)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1985	Michigan State	L 63–83	13–14 (4–13)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
3/9/1985	Northwestern	W 61–51	14–14 (5–13)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

^ "1984-85 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ "Hawks alarm Yoder's club with big win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 28, 1985. p. 1B. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-13.

External links

1984-85 Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Program

[1] "1984-85 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[2] "Hawks alarm Yoder's club with big win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 28, 1985. p. 1B. Retrieved December 31, 2015.

[3] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-13.

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