1984–85 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1984-85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Wimp Sanderson, who was in his fifth season at Alabama. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in SEC play, finishing in a tie for third place.

1984–85 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	23–10 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach	Wimp Sanderson (5th season)
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 LSU	13	–	5		.722			19	–	10		.655
No. 19 Georgia	12	–	6		.667			22	–	9		.710
Alabama	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Kentucky	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Florida	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Mississippi State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
Tennessee	8	–	10		.444			22	–	15		.595
Auburn †	8	–	10		.444			22	–	12		.647
Ole Miss	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Vanderbilt	4	–	14		.222			11	–	17		.393
† 1985 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Key additions were freshman forward Derrick McKey, the Tide's lone signee from Meridian High School in Mississippi, and guard Mark Gottfried, a transfer from Oral Roberts University.

The Tide made it to the 1985 SEC men's basketball tournament final, but lost to Auburn. They received an at-large bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they defeated Arizona and VCU before losing to North Carolina State in the Sweet Sixteen.^[1]

Roster

1984–85 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F/C 34 Bobby Lee Hurt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Huntsville, Alabama F 24 Buck Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr Hayes High School Birmingham, Alabama G 23 Mark Gottfried 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So F/C 31 Derrick McKey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Fr Meridian High School Meridian, MS G 30 Terry Coner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So G 24 Craig Dudley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — RS So F Darrell Neal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — C 51 Mark Farmer 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Sr F 21 Jim Farmer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So	Head coach Wimp Sanderson Assistant coach(es) 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
Regular Season
November 26, 1984*		Bucknell	W 81–56	1–0	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
November 30, 1984*		Kent State	W 65–64	2–0	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 3, 1984*		East Tennessee State	W 100–76	3–0	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 8, 1984*		Maryland	L 56–59	3–1	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 10, 1984*		Austin Peay	W 68–48	4–1	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 17, 1984*		at Utah	W 73–57	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 20, 1984*		Youngstown State	W 88–69	6–1	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 27, 1984*		at New Orleans	W 73–55	7–1	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, Louisiana
December 28, 1984*		Virginia	W 54–48	8–1
December 30, 1984		at No. 18 LSU	L 61–63	8–2 (0–1)	Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 3, 1985		Mississippi State	L 67–71	8–3 (0–2)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 5, 1985		Georgia	W 87–74	9–3 (1–2)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 9, 1985		LSU	W 79–67	10–3 (2–2)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 12, 1985		Kentucky	W 60–58	11–3 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 16, 1985		at Auburn	W 60–55	12–3 (4–2)	Memorial Coliseum  Auburn, Alabama
January 19, 1985		at Tennessee	L 67–79	12–4 (4–3)	Stokely Center  Knoxville, Tennessee
January 23, 1985		Vanderbilt	W 79–77	13–4 (5–3)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 26, 1985		at Florida	L 77–86	13–5 (5–4)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
January 30, 1985		Ole Miss	W 54–47	14–5 (6–4)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 2, 1985		at Mississippi State	L 46–48	14–6 (6–5)	Humphrey Coliseum  Starkville, Mississippi
February 6, 1985		at Georgia	L 70–74	14–7 (6–6)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
February 13, 1985		at Kentucky	L 48–51	14–8 (6–7)	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
February 16, 1985		Auburn	W 74–72	15–8 (7–7)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 20, 1985		Tennessee	W 80–59	16–8 (8–7)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 23, 1985		at Vanderbilt	W 81–56	17–8 (9–7)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
February 27, 1985		Florida	W 81–66	18–8 (10–7)	Memorial Coliseum  Tuscaloosa, Alabama
March 2, 1985		at Ole Miss	W 61–49	19–8 (11–7)	Tad Smith Coliseum  Oxford, Mississippi
SEC Tournament
March 7, 1985	(3)	(6) Mississippi State Second Round	W 42–31	20–8	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
March 8, 1985	(3)	(2) No. 17 Georgia Semifinals	W 74–53	21–8	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
March 9, 1985	(3)	(8) Auburn SEC Championship	L 49–53	21–9	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 1985*	(7 W)	(10 W) Arizona First Round	W 50–41	22–9	University Arena  Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 17, 1985*	(7 W)	(2 W) No. 11 VCU Second Round	W 63–59	23–9	University Arena  Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 22, 1985*	(7 W)	(3 W) No. 16 NC State Sweet Sixteen	L 55–61	23–10	McNichols Sports Arena  Denver, Colorado
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.