1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 none 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Basketball Southland Conference Southland 8 8 29–3 11–1 Andy Russo 6th Thomas Assembly Center Southland Conference regular season championsSouthland Conference tournament champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-tech/1985.html 1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach Andy Russo were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was Karl Malone. Malone would lead the Bulldogs to their best season to date in program history as well as earning himself All-American honors. Following the season, Malone would enter the NBA draft, being selected 13th overall by the Utah Jazz. Spending the majority of his career with Utah, Malone would be named an NBA All-Star fourteen times, NBA Most Valuable Player twice, and be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 2010. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/latc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910-mbk-Sec7.pdf History grfx.cstv.com PDF 2018-05-11 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112130322/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/latc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910-mbk-Sec7.pdf dead Roster 1984 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs y Karl Malone 32 FC 6 9 250 Jr y Summerfield, Louisiana Andy Russo Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-tech/1985.html 1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com April 12, 2020 Schedule and results https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-tech/1985-schedule.html 1984-85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com2019–20 Louisiana Tech Men's Basketball Media Guide https://latechsports.com/sports/2018/7/20/_m_baskbl_media_guides_html.aspx Louisiana Tech Athletics April 12, 2020 no |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs| Regular season 11/28/1984 yes Concordia Lutheran Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,150 82–61 1–0 12/1/1984 yes yes Centenary Gold Dome Shreveport, LA 3,382 78–62 2–0 12/3/1984 yes Rice Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,325 75–63 3–0 12/7/1984 yes yes Louisville 6 E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Wendy's Classic 12,450 73–64 4–0 12/8/1984 yes yes Western Kentucky E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Wendy's Classic 13,000 59–54 5–0 12/10/1984 yes Ball State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,780 73–59 6–0 12/14/1984 yes yes Alabama State Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV Marshall Invitational 7,000 80–57 7–0 12/15/1984 yes yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV Marshall Invitational 8,446 69–63 8–0 12/17/1984 yes yes Northwestern State Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA 1,200 78–50 9–0 12/29/1984 yes yes 19 Oklahoma City The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK All-College Tournament 9,458 90–62 10–0 12/30/1984 yes yes 19 Oklahoma 17 The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK All-College Tournament 10,287 72–84 10–1 1/5/1985 yes 18 Northwestern State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 6,120 92–63 11–1 1/7/1985 yes 18 Centenary Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,660 83–65 12–1 1/12/1985 yes 14 Texas-Arlington Texas Hall Arlington, TX 2,500 76–65 13–1 1/17/1985 12 North Texas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,370 68–50 14–1 1/19/1985 yes 12 Southwestern Louisiana Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,150 94–74 15–1 1/24/1985 yes 12 McNeese State Lake Charles Civic Center Lake Charles, LA 6,700 88–69 16–1 1/26/1985 yes 12 Lamar Montagne Center Beaumont, TX 8,317 64–72 16–2 1/31/1985 15 Arkansas State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,360 80–73 17–2 2/2/1985 yes 15 Northeast Louisiana Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 6,840 73-63 18–2 2/7/1985 yes 14 Texas-Arlington Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,720 86-61 19–2 2/9/1985 yes 14 North Texas UNT Coliseum Denton, TX 2,100 90-72 20–2 2/14/1985 yes yes 12 Southwestern Louisiana Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, LA 8,800 83-76 21–2 2/18/2003 12 McNeese State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,410 59–58 22–2 2/21/1985 10 Lamar Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 7,215 73–65 23–2 2/23/1985 10 Arkansas State ASU Field House Jonesboro, AR 4,874 100–67 24–2 2/28/1985 7 Northeast Louisiana Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 6,090 72-65 25–2 11–1 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs| Southland Conference tournament 3/6/1985 8 Northeast Louisiana Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Southland Conference tournament Semifinal 6,155 72-20 OT 26–2 3/7/1985 8 Lamar Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Southland Conference Championship 6,620 70-69 27–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs| NCAA tournament 3/14/1985 yes yes 8 5 MW Pittsburgh 12 MW Mabee Center Tulsa, OK NCAA first round 9,975 78–54 28–2 3/16/1985 yes yes 8 5 MW Ohio State 4 MW Mabee Center Tulsa, OK NCAA round of 32 10,575 79–67Oklahoma Gains; La. Tech Triumphs https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/17/sports/oklahoma-gains-la-tech-triumphs.html The New York Times March 17, 1985 March 5, 2022 29–2 3/21/1985 yes yes 8 5 MW Oklahoma 4 1 MW Reunion Arena Dallas, TX Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen 17,007 84–86 OTTisdale's Roller Lifts Oklahoma https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-03-22-8501160395-story.html Chicago Tribune March 22, 1985 October 19, 2020 29–3 AP Poll https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1985_366_Louisiana%20Tech%20University.pdf 1984-1985 Louisiana Tech Men's Basketball Stats NCAA Career Statistics Rankings 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Awards and honors Karl Malone – All-American NBA draft 1985 NBA draft Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Round Pick Player NBA Club 1 13 Karl Malone Utah Jazz https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1985.html 1985 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com April 12, 2020 References Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball seasons Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Category:1984 in sports in Louisiana Category:1985 in sports in Louisiana