1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

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1984–85 Cole Field House
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86  →

1984–85 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Georgia Tech †	9	–	5		.643			27	–	8		.771
No. 7 North Carolina	9	–	5		.643			27	–	9		.750
No. 16 NC State	9	–	5		.643			23	–	10		.697
No. 10 Duke	8	–	6		.571			23	–	8		.742
Maryland	8	–	6		.571			25	–	12		.676
Clemson	5	–	9		.357			16	–	13		.552
Wake Forest	5	–	9		.357			15	–	14		.517
Virginia	3	–	11		.214			17	–	16		.515
† AP Poll

The 1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the

. They finished 8–6 (tied for fourth place) in the ACC regular season and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 1984 NCAA basketball tournament.

Roster

1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Keith Gatlin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Grimesland, NC G 10 Jeff Adkins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Martinsville, VA G 11 Chuck Driesell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Silver Spring, MD G 12 Jeff Baxter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Washington, DC G 22 Walter Lancaster 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Lanham, MD G/F 24 Adrian Branch 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Largo, MD C 31 Bryan Palmer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Glen Rock, PA F/C 32 Terry Long 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Glen Allen, VA F 33 Derrick Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Temple Hills, MD F 34 Len Bias 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Landover, MD F 41 Tom Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Oak Hill, WV F 50 Ed Woods 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Rockville, MD	Head coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell Assistant coach(es) Sherman Dillard Mel Cartwright Ron Bradley Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 23		vs. No. 19 Kansas Great Alaska Shootout	L 56-58	0-1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
November 24		vs.  Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 54-52	1-1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
November 25		vs. Tennessee Great Alaska Shootout	W 72-49	2-1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
December 1		West Virginia	W 56-47	3-1	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
December 5		Cleveland State	W 95-84	4-1	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
December 8		at Alabama	W 59-54	5-1	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 11		Ohio State	W 76-73	6-1	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
December 13		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 87-48	7-1	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
December 22		at Loyola (MD)	W 81-74	8-1	Baltimore, Maryland
December 25		vs. Iowa Rainbow Classic	W 70-68 OT	9-1	Honolulu, Hawaii
December 27		vs. Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 79-71	10-1	Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
December 28		vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech Rainbow Classic	L 69-70	10-2	Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
January 2	No. 19	No. 17 NC State	W 58-56	11-2 (1-0)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 5	No. 19	at Dayton	L 63-67	11-3	Dayton Arena  Dayton, Ohio
January 9		at No. 5 North Carolina	L 74-75	11-4 (1-1)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 14		No. 2 Duke	W 78-76 OT	12-4 (2-1)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 16		Clemson	W 94-84	13-4 (3-1)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 19		at UNLV	L 76-78	13-5	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, Nevada
January 21		Holy Cross	W 99-75	14-5	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 26		Notre Dame	W 77-65	15-5	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 27		No. 14 Villanova	W 77-74	16-5	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
January 30	No. 17	Virginia	W 71-58	17-5 (4-1)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 2	No. 17	No. 8 Georgia Tech	L 60-72	17-6 (4-2)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 4	No. 17	Old Dominion	W 87-75	18-6	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 6	No. 20	at Wake Forest	W 64-62	19-6 (5-2)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 9	No. 20	at No. 5 Duke	L 62-70	19-7 (5-3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 13	No. 20	No. 13 North Carolina	L 54-60	19-8 (5-4)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 17	No. 20	at  Clemson	L 64-71	19-9 (5-5)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 19	No. 20	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	L 43-48	19-10 (5-6)	Atlanta, Georgia
February 21		Towson State	W 91-38	20-10	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 24		Wake Forest	W 69-66	21-10 (6-6)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 27		at No. 16 NC State	W 71-70	22-10 (7-6)	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
March 3		at Virginia	W 60-55	23-10 (8-6)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
March 8		vs. No. 7 Duke	L 73-86	23-11	Omni Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
March 15	(5 SE)	vs. (12 SE) Miami (OH) First round	W 69-68 OT	24-11	Dayton Arena  Dayton, Ohio
March 17	(5 SE)	vs. (13 SE) Navy Second Round	W 64-59	25-11	Dayton Arena  Dayton, Ohio
March 22	(5 SE)	vs. (8 SE) Villanova Regional semifinal	L 43-46	25-12	Birmingham Coliseum  Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

Rankings

Awards and honors

• Len Bias – ACC Player of the Year, Consensus Second-team All-American

References