1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball
Southland Conference regular season champions
Southland Conference tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record29–3 (11–1 Southland)
Head coach
Home arenaThomas Assembly Center
1984–85 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisiana Tech 11 1   .917 29 3   .906
McNeese State 9 3   .750 18 10   .643
Lamar 8 4   .667 20 12   .625
Arkansas State 6 6   .500 14 14   .500
Northeast Louisiana 4 8   .333 17 12   .586
Texas-Arlington 3 9   .250 12 16   .429
North Texas 1 11   .083 5 23   .179
1985 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach Andy Russo were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was Karl Malone. Malone would lead the Bulldogs to their best season to date in program history as well as earning himself All-American honors. Following the season, Malone would enter the NBA draft, being selected 13th overall by the Utah Jazz. Spending the majority of his career with Utah, Malone would be named an NBA All-Star fourteen times, NBA Most Valuable Player twice, and be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 2010.