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1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	25–12 (8–6 ACC)
Head coach	Lefty Driesell;
Assistant coach	Sherman Dillard; Mel Cartwright; Ron Bradley
Home arena	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

† 1985 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 1984–1985 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell and played their home games at the Cole Field House. They finished 8–6 (tied for fourth place) in the ACC regular season.

The Terrapins lost to Duke in the first round of the ACC tournament.^[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament,^[2] where they advanced to the Sweet 16.

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)

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	Blaisdell Center 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)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum 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^[3]
- Consensus Second-team All-American

References

^ Laye, Leonard (March 9, 1985). "Duke Blasts Maryland". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Teams At a Glance". The Wichita Eagle. March 11, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maryland's Bias ACC's top player". The York Dispatch. March 12, 1985. p. 14. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Laye, Leonard (March 9, 1985). "Duke Blasts Maryland". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "NCAA Teams At a Glance". The Wichita Eagle. March 11, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Maryland's Bias ACC's top player". The York Dispatch. March 12, 1985. p. 14. Retrieved November 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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