# 1984–85 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team

The 1984–85 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represented Old Dominion University in the 1984–85 college basketball season. This was head coach Paul Webb's 10th and final season at Old Dominion. The Monarchs compete in the Sun Belt Conference and played their home games at the ODU Fieldhouse. They finished the season 19–12, 9–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place during the regular season. They reached the championship game of the 1985 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 12 seed in the East Region where they were beaten by 5 seed SMU in the opening round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 17, 1984* | | Yugoslavia | W 67–60 | – | Norfolk Scope (3,632) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 24, 1984* | | at No. 15 Virginia Tech | L 76–102 | 0–1 | Cassell Coliseum (8,463) Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Nov 28, 1984* | | VMI | W 56–50 | 1–1 | Norfolk Scope (3,480) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Nov 30, 1984* | | South Carolina Aiken | W 107–72 | 2–1 | Norfolk Scope (4,011) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Dec 5, 1984* | | Saint Joseph's | W 87–63 | 3–1 | Norfolk Scope (3,533) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Dec 8, 1984* | | at William & Mary | W 62–57 | 4–1 | Kaplan Arena (5,120) Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Dec 15, 1984* | | James Madison | W 66–57 | 5–1 | Norfolk Scope (4,982) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Dec 27, 1984* | | vs. No. 5 St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival | L 66–77 | 5–2 | Madison Square Garden (12,570) New York, New York |
| Dec 29, 1984* | | vs. Rutgers ECAC Holiday Festival | W 82–80 | 6–2 | Madison Square Garden (15,090) New York, New York |
| Jan 2, 1985 | | at South Alabama | W 86–84 | 7–2 (1–0) | Jaguar Gym (3,118) Mobile, Alabama |
| Jan 5, 1985 | | at Western Kentucky | L 67–73 | 7–3 (1–1) | E. A. Diddle Arena (8,000) Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Jan 8, 1985* | | at James Madison | L 68–80 | 7–4 | Convocation Center (4,400) Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| Jan 10, 1985 | | UNC Charlotte | W 86–60 | 8–4 (2–1) | Norfolk Scope (3,307) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Jan 12, 1985 | | Western Kentucky | W 84–76 | 9–4 (3–1) | Norfolk Scope (4,825) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Jan 14, 1985* | | at No. 10 DePaul | L 58–64 | 9–5 | Rosemont Horizon (11,752) Rosemont, Illinois |
| Jan 17, 1985 | | South Florida | W 74–62 | 10–5 (4–1) | Norfolk Scope (3,037) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Jan 24, 1985 | | UAB | L 55–56 | 10–6 (4–2) | Norfolk Scope (5,021) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Jan 26, 1985 | | South Alabama | W 86–74 | 11–6 (5–2) | Norfolk Scope (6,289) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Jan 31, 1985 | | at No. 20 UAB | W 59–58 | 12–6 (6–2) | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (12,032) Birmingham, Alabama |
| Feb 2, 1985 | | Jacksonville | L 78–79 $^{OT}$ | 12–7 (6–3) | Norfolk Scope (6,532) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Feb 4, 1985* | | at No. 17 Maryland | L 75–87 | 12–8 | Cole Field House (10,125) College Park, Maryland |
| Feb 7, 1985 | | at South Florida | W 75–73 | 13–8 (7–3) | Sun Dome (3,507) Tampa, Florida |
| Feb 9, 1985 | | at Jacksonville | W 67–65 | 14–8 (8–3) | Jacksonville Coliseum (7,869) Jacksonville, Florida |
| Feb 14, 1985 | | at UNC Charlotte | W 80–64 | 15–8 (9–3) | Charlotte Coliseum (1,086) Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Feb 16, 1985 | | at VCU Rivalry | L 71–90 | 15–9 (9–4) | Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia |
| Feb 18, 1985* | | Dayton | W 91–82 | 16–9 | Norfolk Scope (4,119) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Feb 20, 1985* | | William & Mary | W 72–58 | 17–9 | Norfolk Scope (3,863) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Feb 25, 1985 | | No. 17 VCU Rivalry | L 66–78 | 17–10 (9–5) | Norfolk Scope (5,478) Norfolk, Virginia |
| Sun Belt tournament ||||||
| Mar 1, 1985* | (3) | vs. (6) South Alabama Quarterfinals | W 84–66 | 18–10 | Hampton Coliseum (8,522) Hampton, Virginia |
| Mar 2, 1985* | (3) | vs. (2) UAB Semifinals | W 68–67 | 19–10 | Hampton Coliseum (9,558) Hampton, Virginia |
| Mar 3, 1985* | (3) | vs. (1) No. 17 VCU Championship game | L 82–87 | 19–11 | Hampton Coliseum (9,804) Hampton, Virginia |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 1985* | (12 E) | vs. (5 E) Southern Methodist First round | L 68–85 | 19–12 | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 4 | 79 | Mark Davis | Cleveland Cavaliers |