NEW: We've added Women's College Basketball Stats to 1981-82! Learn more about this major site update here.

1984-85 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 26-9 (12-6, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 68.9 (156th of 284)

PA/G: 57.2 (5th of 284)

SRS: 18.85 (2nd of 282)

SOS: 8.14 (13th of 282)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Won East First Round (76-57) versus #14 Northeastern
Won East Second Round (74-58) versus #6 Georgia
Lost East Regional Semifinal (61-53) versus #2 Georgia Tech

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

AP Poll Summary

1984-85 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/26	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Illinois	2	7	7	6	4	8	6	15	11	6	5	9	17	16	18	14	12

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sun, Nov 18, 1984	REG	N	Oklahoma (5)	Big 8	18.12	W	81	64		1	0	W 1	MassMutual Center
2	Fri, Nov 23, 1984	REG	N	Idaho State	Big Sky	-4.05	W	64	44		2	0	W 2	Sullivan Arena
3	Sat, Nov 24, 1984	REG	N	UAB	Sun Belt	9.26	L	52	59		2	1	L 1	Sullivan Arena
4	Sun, Nov 25, 1984	REG	N	Oregon	Pac-10	4.09	W	75	72	3OT	3	1	W 1	Sullivan Arena
5	Wed, Nov 28, 1984	REG		Chicago State	Ind	-2.86	W	81	63		4	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
6	Sat, Dec 1, 1984	REG		Oklahoma (10)	Big 8	18.12	W	73	70		5	1	W 3	Assembly Hall
7	Thu, Dec 6, 1984	REG	N	Missouri	Big 8	6.40	W	65	50		6	1	W 4	St. Louis Arena
8	Fri, Dec 7, 1984	REG		Columbia	Ivy	-6.67	W	72	48		7	1	W 5	Assembly Hall
9	Sat, Dec 8, 1984	REG		New Mexico State	PCAA	-6.12	W	93	55		8	1	W 6	Assembly Hall
10	Sat, Dec 15, 1984	REG		South Carolina State	MEAC	-13.13	W	83	47		9	1	W 7	Assembly Hall
11	Tue, Dec 18, 1984	REG	N	Cincinnati	Metro	4.20	W	87	65		10	1	W 8
12	Sat, Dec 22, 1984	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	MW City	10.29	L	62	63		10	2	L 1	Rosemont Horizon
13	Thu, Jan 3, 1985	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.57	L	58	60		10	3	L 2	Williams Arena
14	Sat, Jan 5, 1985	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	16.68	L	60	64		10	4	L 3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
15	Thu, Jan 10, 1985	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	18.60	W	64	58		11	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
16	Sat, Jan 12, 1985	REG		Michigan State (17)	Big Ten	13.70	W	75	63		12	4	W 2	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Jan 17, 1985	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.51	W	78	67		13	4	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
18	Sat, Jan 19, 1985	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.24	W	55	43		14	4	W 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
19	Wed, Jan 23, 1985	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.58	W	84	66		15	4	W 5	Assembly Hall
20	Sun, Jan 27, 1985	REG		Indiana (13)	Big Ten	15.23	W	52	41		16	4	W 6	Assembly Hall
21	Wed, Jan 30, 1985	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	13.62	L	34	54		16	5	L 1	Mackey Arena
22	Sun, Feb 3, 1985	REG	@	Houston	SWC	5.24	W	77	76		17	5	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
23	Thu, Feb 7, 1985	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	13.70	L	56	64		17	6	L 1	Jenison Field House
24	Sat, Feb 9, 1985	REG	@	Michigan (8)	Big Ten	18.60	L	45	57		17	7	L 2	Crisler Arena
25	Thu, Feb 14, 1985	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.24	W	64	42		18	7	W 1	Assembly Hall
26	Sat, Feb 16, 1985	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.51	W	68	49		19	7	W 2	Assembly Hall
27	Thu, Feb 21, 1985	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	15.23	W	66	50		20	7	W 3	Assembly Hall
28	Sat, Feb 23, 1985	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.58	L	64	72		20	8	L 1	St. John Arena
29	Sat, Mar 2, 1985	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	13.62	W	86	43		21	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
30	Thu, Mar 7, 1985	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	16.68	W	59	53		22	8	W 2	Assembly Hall
31	Sat, Mar 9, 1985	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.57	W	82	56		23	8	W 3	Assembly Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 15, 1985	NCAA	N	Northeastern	ECACN	2.38	W	76	57		24	8	W 4	The Omni
33	Sun, Mar 17, 1985	NCAA	N	Georgia (19)	SEC	15.65	W	74	58		25	8	W 5	The Omni
34	Thu, Mar 21, 1985	NCAA	N	Georgia Tech (6)	ACC	16.45	L	53	61		25	9	L 1	Providence Civic Center