1984–85 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team

The 1984–85 Georgia Lady Bulldogs women's basketball team represented University of Georgia in the 1984–85 college basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by sixth-year head coach Andy Landers, played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 29–5, 7–1 in SEC play to finish as Eastern division champions. Georgia was the No. 2 seed in the West region of the NCAA tournament. They defeated Tennessee Tech, No. 18 UCLA, and No. 3 Long Beach State to reach their second NCAA Final Four in three seasons. In the National semifinal game, Georgia defeated No. 14 Western Kentucky^[1] to reach the National championship game. After holding a 31–22 lead in the first half, foul trouble caught up to the Lady Bulldogs and they were defeated by No. 5 Old Dominion, 70–65,^[2] to finish runner-up.

1984–85 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
SEC Eastern division champions Buckeye Classic champions Mid-America Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	29–5 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Landers (6th season)
Home arena	Stegeman Coliseum
Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Division
No. 8 Georgia	7	–	1		.875			29	–	5		.853
Florida	4	–	4		.500			22	–	9		.710
No. 13 Tennessee†	4	–	4		.500			22	–	10		.688
Kentucky	3	–	5		.375			16	–	12		.571
Vanderbilt	2	–	6		.250			14	–	13		.519
Western Division
No. 6 Ole Miss	8	–	0		1.000			29	–	3		.906
No. 10 Auburn	5	–	3		.625			25	–	6		.806
LSU	4	–	4		.500			20	–	9		.690
Alabama	3	–	5		.375			18	–	10		.643
Mississippi State	0	–	8		.000			8	–	19		.296
† 1985 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

1984–85 Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 5 Teresa Edwards 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Cairo HS Cairo, Georgia F/C 32 Katrina McClain 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So St. Andrews HS Charleston, South Carolina F 43 Lisa O'Connor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr   Cartersville, Georgia F/C 45 Janet Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr John Marshall Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Andy Landers Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 1984*	No. 1	at Middle Tennessee State	W 84–73	1–0	Murphy Center  Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Nov 23, 1984*	No. 1	at Tennessee State	W 86–69	2–0	Gentry Complex  Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 26, 1984*	No. 1	No. 3 Texas	L 69–83	2–1	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Nov 29, 1984*	No. 3	at Georgia Tech	W 100–69	3–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 2, 1984*	No. 3	Chattanooga	W 91–61	4–1	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Dec 9, 1984	No. 3	No. 15 Tennessee	W 78–72	5–1 (1–0)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Dec 10, 1984*	No. 3	Georgia Southern	W 76–56	6–1	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Dec 12, 1984*	No. 3	at Western Kentucky	L 67–72 OT	6–2	E. A. Diddle Arena  Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dec 14, 1984*	No. 5	vs. No. 16 Texas Tech Mid-America Classic	W 80–68	7–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 15, 1984*	No. 5	at No. 18 Missouri Mid-America Classic	W 70–67	8–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 28, 1984*	No. 5	vs. No. 14 Rutgers Buckeye Classic	W 58–57	9–2	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 29, 1984*	No. 5	at No. 9 Ohio State Buckeye Classic	W 58–57	10–2	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 2, 1985*	No. 5	at Cincinnati	W 89–61	11–2	Riverfront Coliseum  Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 3, 1985*	No. 5	at Xavier	W 106–38	12–2	Schmidt Fieldhouse  Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 6, 1985*	No. 5	at No. 6 USC	W 77–56	13–2	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 12, 1985	No. 5	at Florida	W 88–73	14–2 (2–0)	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, Florida
Jan 15, 1985*	No. 5	at Mercer	W 94–78	15–2	Porter Gym  Macon, Georgia
Jan 17, 1985*	No. 5	at Georgia Southern	W 86–59	16–2	Hanner Fieldhouse  Statesboro, Georgia
Jan 19, 1985	No. 3	Florida	W 67–56	17–2 (3–0)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Jan 21, 1985*	No. 3	Florida A&M	W 85–50	18–2	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Jan 27, 1985	No. 3	at Vanderbilt	W 83–67	19–2 (4–0)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 29, 1985	No. 3	at No. 17 Kentucky	L 57–61	19–3 (4–1)	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
Feb 2, 1985	No. 5	at Tennessee	W 72–56	20–3 (5–1)	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 6, 1985*	No. 6	Tennessee State	W 102–55	21–3	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Feb 10, 1985	No. 6	Vanderbilt	W 95–71	22–3 (6–1)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Feb 13, 1985*	No. 6	Georgia State	W 99–57	23–3	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Feb 17, 1985	No. 6	Kentucky	W 87–65	24–3 (7–1)	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
SEC tournament
Feb 28, 1985*	No. 6	Vanderbilt Quarterfinals	W 79–67	25–3	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Mar 3, 1985*	No. 6	vs. No. 9 Auburn Second round	L 65–80	25–4	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 1985*	(2 W) No. 8	(7 W) Tennessee Tech Second round	W 91–74	26–4	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, Georgia
Mar 21, 1985*	(2 W) No. 8	at (6 W) No. 18 UCLA Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 78–42	27–4	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Mar 23, 1985*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (1 MW) No. 3 Long Beach State Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 97–82	28–4	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
March 29, 1985*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (4 ME) No. 14 Western Kentucky National semifinal – Final Four	W 91–78[1]	29–4	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
March 31, 1985*	(2 W) No. 8	vs. (1 E) No. 5 Old Dominion National championship	L 65–70[2]	29–5	Frank Erwin Center (7,597) Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings