American college basketball season
The 1984–85 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Led by fourteenth-year head coach Marv Harshman , the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington .
The Huskies were 22–9 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, co-champions with USC .[ 2] [ 3] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted two years later .
Washington was seeded fifth in the West regional of the 64-team NCAA tournament , but was upset by Kentucky in the first round in Salt Lake City .[ 4] [ 5] The Wildcats defeated fourth-seed UNLV and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, where they fell to St. John's , the top seed in the West.
Harshman, age 67, retired at the end of the season.[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] Andy Russo , the head coach at Louisiana Tech , was hired in early April.[ 6] [ 7]
Postseason results
NBA draft
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References
^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" . Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 25, 2011 .
^ a b Devlin, Vince (March 11, 1985). "Washington opens with Kentucky" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. 15.
^ "Pac-10 standings" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. March 10, 1985. p. 1B.
^ a b Kragthorpe, Kurt (March 15, 1985). "Kentucky win retires Harshman" . Deseret News . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 2B.
^ a b Devlin, Bruce (March 15, 1985). "Harshman loses his Husky voice" . Spokane Chronicle . Washington. p. 17.
^ "UW finds basketball coach, too" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 4, 1985. p. C1.
^ "Huskies think Andy's dandy" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. wire reports. April 4, 1985. p. 2B.
^ "1985 NBA Draft" . Basketball-reference.com . Retrieved March 6, 2022 .
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