# 1984–85 LSU Tigers basketball team

The 1984-85 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1984–85 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at LSU Assembly Center.
The Tigers finished in first place in the SEC regular season standings, but lost to Auburn in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. LSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the Southeast region where they were upset in the opening round to Navy. The team finished with a 19–10 record (13–5 SEC).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 28, 1984* | No. 16 | Loyola-Chicago | W 102–96 | 1–0 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 1, 1984* | No. 16 | at Oral Roberts | W 74–71 | 2–0 | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Dec 3, 1984* | No. 13 | Texas | W 87–79 | 3–0 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 5, 1984 | No. 13 | Ole Miss | W 89–64 | 4–0 (1–0) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 8, 1984* | No. 13 | at Houston | L 73–81 | 4–1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Dec 21, 1984* | No. 19 | New Orleans | W 78–64 | 5–1 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 22, 1984* | No. 19 | UNC Wilmington | W 88–65 | 6–1 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 28, 1984* | No. 18 | Utah State | W 103–71 | 7–1 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Dec 30, 1984 | No. 18 | Alabama | W 63–61 | 8–1 (2–0) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 2, 1985 | No. 14 | at Georgia | W 79–74 | 9–1 (3–0) | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia |
| Jan 5, 1985 | No. 14 | at Mississippi State | L 69–83 | 9–2 (3–1) | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi |
| Jan 9, 1985 | | at Alabama | L 67–79 | 9–3 (3–2) | Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Jan 12, 1985 | | Tennessee | W 75–65 | 10–3 (4–2) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 17, 1985 | | at Ole Miss | L 65–68 | 10–4 (4–3) | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi |
| Jan 19, 1985 | | at Vanderbilt | W 69–68 | 11–4 (5–3) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 23, 1985 | | Florida | W 86–68 | 12–4 (6–3) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 26, 1985 | | Auburn | W 80–62 | 13–4 (7–3) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Jan 31, 1985 | | at Kentucky | L 43–53 | 13–5 (7–4) | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| Feb 2, 1985 | | Georgia | L 58–59 | 13–6 (7–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 6, 1985 | | Mississippi State | W 80–65 | 14–6 (8–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 10, 1985 | | No. 15 North Carolina | L 70–75 | 14–7 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 14, 1985 | | at Tennessee | W 87–82 | 15–7 (9–5) | Stokely Athletics Center Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Feb 16, 1985 | | at No. 8 Syracuse | L 64–76 | 15–8 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York |
| Feb 20, 1985 | | Vanderbilt | W 64–55 | 16–8 (10–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Feb 23, 1985 | | at Florida | W 61–59 | 17–8 (11–5) | O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida |
| Feb 27, 1985 | | at Auburn | W 78–73 | 18–8 (12–5) | Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama |
| Mar 2, 1985 | | Kentucky | W 67–61 | 19–8 (13–5) | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1985 | No. 19 | vs. Auburn Quarterfinals | L 55–58 | 19–9 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 1985* | (4 SE) No. 20 | vs. (13 SE) Navy First round | L 55–78 | 19–10 | University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. ||||||

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 22 | Jerry Reynolds | Milwaukee Bucks |