1984–85 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1984–85 college basketball season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center. Led by head coach Nolan Richardson, serving in his final season at the school, they finished the season 23–8 overall and 12–4 in conference play to finish tied atop the MVC standings. The Golden Hurricane lost to Wichita State in overtime in the championship game of the MVC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the West region. Tulsa lost to No. 11 seed UTEP in the opening round.

1984–85 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
MVC Regular Season champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record23–8 (12–4 MVC)
Head coach
  • Nolan Richardson (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Edgar (5th season)
  • Al Grushkin
  • Rob Spivery
Home arenaTulsa Convention Center
1984–85 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Tulsa124 .750238  .742
Illinois State115 .688228  .733
Wichita State115 .6881813  .581
Bradley97 .5631713  .567
Creighton97 .5632012  .625
Southern Illinois610 .3751414  .500
Indiana State610 .3751415  .483
West Texas State412 .2501117  .393
Drake412 .2501215  .444
1985 MVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Guard Steve Harris ended his career as the all-time scoring leader (2,272) in program history and first Golden Hurricane player to exceed 2,000 career points. Harris's mark would stand for 12 seasons before Shea Seals finished his career with a total only 16 points greater (2,288).

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