1985 Minnesota Gophers Basketball Roster

The 1985 Minnesota Gophers men’s Basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball season The Head Coach was Jim Dutcher, serving his 5th year. The team finished the season with an overall record of 2012 and a conference record of 95, placing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference.

Players

The 1985 Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season The head coach was Jim Dutcher, coaching his fourth season with the Golden Gophers The team played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and finished the season with a record of 21-11, 12-6 in Big Ten Conference play to finish in a tie for second place.

Coaches

The 1985 Minnesota Gophers Basketball Roster included Head Coach Jim Dutcher and assistant coaches Clem Haskins and Mark Johnson The roster also included Ken “Mouse” McFadden, Andre McClure, Willie Burton, Jon Ingles, Kevin McHale, Randy Breuer, Gregor Fucka, Doug Woog, Ian Thompson and Whitney Robinson.

Schedule

The 1985 Minnesota Gophers Men’s basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season The Gophers finished the season with an overall record of 2110.

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The 1985 Minnesota Gophers Men’s basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball Season The Gophers finished the season with an overall record of 2110.

The Gophers began the season ranked #19, but fell out of the rankings after losing their first game to Louisville. They would not be ranked again until late in the season, when they rose to #18 after winning 12 of their last 13 games. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Ohio State

Results

The 1985-86 Minnesota men’s basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985-86 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball season The team was coached by Jim Dutcher and played their home games at Williams Arena. The Gophers finished with a 27-7 Overall Record and were Big Ten Conference Co-Champions, sharing the regular season title with Indiana. They were also NCAA Tournament participants, reaching the Elite Eight before losing to eventual National Champion Louisville. This was the first time in school history that the Gophers made it to the Elite Eight.

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The following is the Gophers’ roster for their Sweet Sixteen game against Oklahoma:

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Record

The 198586 Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s Basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 198586 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball season The Head coach was Jim Dutcher, serving his 5th year. The team played their home games in Williams Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20-11, 10-8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 6th place.

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Awards

The 1985 Minnesota Gophers men’s Basketball Team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball season The team was coached by Jim Dutcher, in his sixth and final season with the Golden Gophers They finished the season with a record of 24-8 (10-6 Big Ten), tied for fourth place in the Big Ten conference As the fourth seed in the Midwest Region of the 1985 NCAA tournament they defeated Arkansas Little Rock and Texas before losing to eventual national champion Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen

This was Dutcher’s final season as head coach he would be succeeded by Clem Haskins prior to the following season.

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Awards and honors

* Randy Breuer Honorable Mention All-American (AP)

Legacy

The 1985 Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s Basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball season The head coach was Jim Dutcher, serving his fourth and final season. The team captain was Mike Giomi. The Gophers finished with an overall record of 2011 and a conference record of 115, placing second in the Big Ten They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament losing in the first round to Virginia Commonwealth.

References

The 1985 Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1985 NCAA Division I men’s Basketball Season The head coach was Jim Dutcher, serving his fourth and final year in his second stint as head coach at Minnesota. The team played its Home Games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 229, 115 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. As the #3 seed in the 1985 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament they defeated Indiana and Illinois before losing to Iowa in the Championship game They received an at-large bid as the #7 seed in the West region of the 1985 NCAA Tournament where they defeated Northeastern before losing to Dayton in the second round to finish with a final record of 2310.

The “1995 minnesota Gophers Basketball roster” is a list of the players on the Minnesota Gophers Basketball Team in 1995.

External References-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_basketball

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/MINN/minnesota-golden-gophers/roster/

1985 Minnesota Gophers Basketball Roster