1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

1984–85 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1985 SWC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 57–70 vs. Loyola (IL)
Conference	Southwest Conference
1984–85 record	23–10 (10–5 SWC)
Head coach	Dave Bliss (5th season);
Home arena	Moody Coliseum

The 1984–85 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1984–85 men's college basketball season. There, they defeated Old Dominion to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #4 seed Loyola (IL), 70–57.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 23*	Texas Southern	W 91–72	1–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 1*	NW Louisiana	W 89–57	2–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 4*	at Kentucky	W 56–54	3–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 8*	Centenary	W 97–79	4–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 14*	Idaho	W 90–71	5–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 15*	Oklahoma State	W 82–65	6–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 17*	Campbell	W 90–70	7–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 19*	North Texas	W 90–45	8–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 22*	vs. Oklahoma	W 85–76	9–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 25*	at Chaminade	L 70–71	9–1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
January 2	at Rice	W 66–57	9–1 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 5	Arkansas	W 63–60	10–1 (2–0)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 9	Baylor	W 95–63	11–1 (3–0)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 11	at Texas A&M	W 73–60	12–1 (4–0)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
January 13*	vs. North Carolina	W 84–82	13–1 (4–0)
January 19	TCU	W 74–70	14–1 (5–0)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 23	at Texas	W 54–46	15–1 (6–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
January 26	at Texas Tech	L 63–64	15–2 (6–1)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
January 30	Houston	W 85–78	16–2 (7–1)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 3	Rice	W 68–52	17–2 (8–1)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 6	at Arkansas	L 66–69	17–3 (8–2)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 9*	at North Carolina State	L 78–82	17–4 (8–2)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 11	at Baylor	L 90–94	17–5 (8–3)	Extraco Events Center Waco, Texas
February 13	Texas A&M	W 81–79	18–5 (9–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 16*	Louisville	W 72–64	19–5 (9–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 20	at TCU	W 72–64	19–5 (9–3)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 23	Texas	W 64–60	20–5 (10–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 27	Texas Tech	L 54–59	20–6 (10–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
March 3	at Houston	L 76–79	20–7 (10–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Southwest Tournament
March 8	vs. Houston	W 84–72	21–7 (10–5)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 9	vs. Arkansas	L 55–68	21–8 (10–5)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
1985 NCAA Tournament
March 14*	vs. Old Dominion First Round	W 85–68	22–8 (10–5)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
March 16*	vs. Loyola (IL) Second Round	L 57–70	22–9 (10–5)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	5	Jon Koncak	Atlanta Hawks
5	113	Carl Wright	Philadelphia 76ers

References

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[1] "1984–85 SMU Mustangs Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Various sites (1916–1927) Old Gym (1927–1942) Perkins Gymnasium (1942–1956) Moody Coliseum (1956–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1984–85 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Texas Tech †	12	–	4	.750	23	–	8	.742
SMU	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Arkansas	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
TCU	8	–	8	.500	16	–	12	.571
Houston	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
Texas	7	–	9	.438	15	–	13	.536
Baylor	4	–	12	.250	11	–	17	.393
Rice	3	–	13	.188	11	–	16	.407

† 1985 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll