1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruins received their first invitation to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in school history. The team went 5–0 and defeated the Indiana Hoosiers in the final; Reggie Miller was named the tournament's most valuable player.

1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NIT, champions
ConferencePacific-10
Record21–12 (12–6, T-3rd Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Walt Hazzard
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1984–85 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Washington135 .7222210  .688
USC135 .7221910  .655
Oregon State126 .667229  .710
Arizona126 .6672110  .677
UCLA126 .6672112  .636
Oregon810 .4441516  .484
Arizona State711 .3891216  .429
Washington State513 .2781315  .464
California513 .2781315  .464
Stanford315 .1671117  .393
As of November 25, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

Walt Hazzard began his first season as head coach of UCLA after replacing Larry Farmer. The team included a core of seniors in center Brad Wright, power forward Gary Maloncon, and point guard Nigel Miguel. Miguel was a defensive stopper, and assigned to the opponents' best scorer. He was the only Bruin named to the all-conference team in the Pacific-10, and he was also the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.