1984–85 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1984–85 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–9 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (5th season) Kevin Stallings (3rd season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan	16	–	2	.889	26	–	4	.867
No. 12 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	26	–	9	.743
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	20	–	9	.690
Ohio State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	10	.667
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	10	.655
Indiana	7	–	11	.389	19	–	14	.576
Minnesota	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	6	–	22	.214

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1984–85 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the team played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermakers finished third in the Big Ten standings and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed in the Southeast Region. Purdue was upset in the opening round by Auburn, 59–58, to finish the season with a 20–9 record (11–7 Big Ten).

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Roster

1984–85 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	11	Mack Gadis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	15	Jim Bullock	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr
G	21	Everette Stephens	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Evanston, Illinois
G	23	Troy Lewis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Toledo, Ohio
F	33	Todd Mitchell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Anderson, Indiana

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Bruce Weber (Milwaukee)
Kevin Stallings (Purdue)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Dec 1, 1984*		Kentucky	W 66–56	2–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 5, 1984*		Miami (OH)	L 79–84	2–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 8, 1984*		South Carolina	W 85–63	3–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 17, 1984*		Evansville	W 82–57	5–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 20, 1984*		Southern Illinois	W 75–66	6–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 28, 1984*		vs. Mississippi State Sun Bowl Classic	W 77–46	8–1	Special Events Center El Paso, Texas
Dec 29, 1984*		at UTEP Sun Bowl Classic	W 74–64	9–1	Special Events Center El Paso, Texas
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 3, 1985		at Iowa	L 63–75	9–2 (0–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 5, 1985		at Minnesota	W 74–65	10–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 10, 1985		No. 17 Michigan State	L 72–81	10–3 (1–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 12, 1985		Michigan	L 65–81	10–4 (1–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 16, 1985		at Northwestern	W 50–49	11–4 (2–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 19, 1985		at Wisconsin	W 72–68	12–4 (3–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 24, 1985		No. 13 Indiana	W 62–52	13–4 (4–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 26, 1985		Ohio State	L 63–67	13–5 (4–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 30, 1985		No. 5 Illinois	W 54–34	14–5 (5–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 7, 1985		at No. 8 Michigan	L 84–95	14–6 (5–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 9, 1985		at Michigan State	W 66–65	15–6 (6–5)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 14, 1985		Wisconsin	W 67–52	16–6 (7–5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 16, 1985		Northwestern	W 76–57	17–6 (8–5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 21, 1985		at Ohio State	L 68–86	17–7 (8–6)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 23, 1985		at Indiana	W 72–63	18–7 (9–6)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 2, 1985		at No. 18 Illinois	L 43–86	18–8 (9–7)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Mar 7, 1985		Minnesota	W 79–67	19–8 (10–7)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 9, 1985		Iowa	W 60–54	20–8 (11–7)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1985*	(6 SE)	vs. (11 SE) Auburn First round	L 58–59^[1]	20–9	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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References

^ "Auburn Alive and Well--Just Ask Purdue". The Chicago Tribune. March 15, 1985. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 921–922. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

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Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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