1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference Big East Conference
1984–85 record 25–10 (11–8 Big East)
Head coach Rollie Massimino
Assistant coach Mitch Buonaguro
Assistant coach Marty Marbach
Assistant coach Steve Lappas
Home arena Villanova Field House
Seasons
« 1983–84 1985–86 »

The 1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University. The Head Coach was Rollie Massimino. The team played its home games at Villanova Field House in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Big East Conference. The team is famous for one of the biggest upsets in sports history – a 66–64 win over #1 Georgetown in the NCAA Final on April Fool's Day 1985.

Contents

Roster

Name # Position Height Year Home Town
Connally Brown 50 Forward 6–7 Sophomore Orange, TX
Veltra Dawson 10 Guard 6–1 Freshman Highwood, IL
Chuck Everson 51 Center 7–1 Junior Brentwood, NY
Brian Harrington 20 Guard 6–0 Senior Pound Ridge, NY
Harold Jensen 32 Guard 6–5 Sophomore Trumbull, CT
Wyatt Maker 43 Center 6–11 Sophomore Salinas, CA
R. C. Massimino 13 Guard 5–10 Junior Villanova, PA
Dwayne McClain 33 Guard/Forward 6–6 Senior Worcester, MA
Gary McLain 22 Guard 6–0 Senior Methuen, MA
Ed Pinckney 54 Forward/Center 6–9 Senior Bronx, NY
Steve Pinone 25 Forward 6–4 Sophomore Wethersfield, CT
Mark Plansky 31 Forward 6–7 Freshman Wakefield, MA
Harold Pressley 21 Forward 6–7 Junior Mystic, CT
Dwight Wilbur 4 Guard 6–2 Junior Paterson, NJ

NCAA basketball tournament

Main article: 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year Round Pick Player NBA Club
1985 1 10 Ed Pinckney Phoenix Suns[2]
1985 2 27 Dwayne McClain Indiana Pacers[2]
1985 7 144 Gary McLain New Jersey Nets[2]
1986 1 17 Harold Pressley Sacramento Kings[3]
1986 6 130 Chuck Everson Utah Jazz[3]
1987 6 122 Harold Jensen Cleveland Cavaliers[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1985
  2. ^ a b c "1985 NBA Draft". BasketballReference.com. http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1985&lg=N. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "1986 NBA Draft". BasketballReference.com. http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1986&lg=N. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
  4. ^ "1986 NBA Draft". BasketballReference.com. http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1986&lg=N. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball 1984–85 NCAA Champions
4 Dwight Wilbur | 21 Harold Pressley | 22 Gary McLain | 31 Mark Plansky | 32 Harold Jensen | 33 Dwayne McClain | 54 Ed Pinckney (MOP)
Head coach Rollie Massimino
Assistant coaches Mitch Buonaguro | Steve Lappas

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Bold connotes national championship, Italic connotes final four appearance, * means results were vacated