1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Midwestern City Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 14
Record	27–6 ({{{conf_record}}} Midwestern City Conference)
Head coach	Gene Sullivan;
Home arena	Alumni Gym
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago as a member of the Midwestern City Conference during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Gene Sullivan. The Ramblers won regular season and conference tournament titles, reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, finished with a record of 27–6 (13–1 MW City), and were ranked No. 14 in the season’s final AP poll.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	21	Alfredrick Hughes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Gene Sullivan

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Sources: Sports Reference, Loyola yearbook^[1]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Midwestern City Tournament
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1985*	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (13 E) Iona First Round	W 59–58	26–5	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 16, 1985*	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (5 E) Southern Methodist Second Round	W 70–57	27–5	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Mar 21, 1985*	(4 E) No. 14	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Georgetown East Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 53–65	27–6	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

References

^ "1984–85 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

External links

Season statistics at Sports Reference

[1] "1984–85 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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Venues	Alumni Gym Alumni Hall McGaw Memorial Hall Chicago Stadium International Amphitheatre Allstate Arena Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1996–present)
Culture & lore	Racial integration leader Game of Change Wolf Rambler Rowdies Sister Jean
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics