# 1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach George Raveling and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the West Region, losing in the First Round to Arkansas.

## Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the 1983–84 season 13–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish tied for eighth place.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/24/1984* | | Arkansas-Little Rock | W 76–47 | 1–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 11/26/1984* | | Gonzaga | W 62–40 | 2–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 11/28/1984* | | Morehead State | W 89–46 | 3–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/1/1984* | | George Mason | W 111–82 | 4–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/4/1984* 7:35 pm | | Iowa State Rivalry | L 50–54 | 4–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/7/1984* | | Boston University Amana-Hawkeye Classic | W 67–53 | 5–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/8/1984* | | Texas Tech Amana-Hawkeye Classic | W 58–48 | 6–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/12/1984* | | Georgia State | W 89–40 | 7–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/15/1984* | | Illinois Wesleyan | W 99–39 | 8–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/22/1984* | | South Carolina | W 88–78 | 9–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 12/25/1984* | | vs. Maryland Rainbow Classic | L 68–70 | 9–2 | Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI |
| 12/26/1984* | | vs. Cornell Rainbow Classic | W 59–56 $^{OT}$ | 10–2 | Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI |
| 12/27/1984* | | vs. Arkansas Rainbow Classic | W 71–52 | 11–2 | Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 1/3/1985 | | Purdue | W 75–63 | 12–2 (1–0) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/5/1985 | | No. 6 Illinois | W 64-60 | 13-2 (2-0) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/12/1985 | No. 19 | at Minnesota | L 57-65 | 13-3 (2-1) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN |
| 1/17/1985 | | at No. 19 Michigan State | W 79-65 | 14-3 (3-1) | Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI |
| 1/19/1985 | | at Michigan | L 67-69 | 14-4 (3-2) | Crisler Arena (13,069) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1/24/1985 | | Northwestern | W 66-47 | 15-4 (4-2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/26/1985 | | Wisconsin | W 105-65 | 16-4 (5-2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/31/1985 | | at Indiana | W 72-59 | 17-4 (6-2) | Assembly Hall (17,035) Bloomington, IN |
| 2/2/1985 | | at Ohio State | W 67-58 | 18-4 (7-2) | St. John Arena (13,681) Columbus, OH |
| 2/6/1987 | No. 12 | Minnesota | W 70-65 | 19-4 (8-2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/14/1985 | No. 11 | No. 3 Michigan | L 52-56 | 19-5 (8-3) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/16/1985 | No. 11 | Michigan State | L 55-57 | 19-6 (8-4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,450) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/20/1985 | No. 14 | at Wisconsin | L 53-54 | 19-7 (8-5) | Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI |
| 2/23/1985 | No. 14 | at Northwestern | L 58-78 | 19-8 (8-6) | Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL |
| 2/28/1985 | | Ohio State | W 87-82 | 20-8 (9-6) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 3/3/1985 | | Indiana | W 70-50 | 21-8 (10-6) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 3/7/1985 | | at No. 14 Illinois | L 53-59 | 21-9 (10-7) | Assembly Hall Champaign, IL |
| 3/9/1985 | | at Purdue | L 54–60 | 21–10 (10–8) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/14/1985* | (8 W) | vs. (9 W) Arkansas First Round | L 54–63 | 21–11 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,928) Salt Lake City, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. ||||||

## Team players in the 1985 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 2 | 33 | Greg Stokes | Philadelphia 76ers |