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1984-85 Southwest Conference Season Summary

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Record: 156-114, .578 W-L% (6th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 5.64 (9th of 32) ▪ SOS: 4.25 (8th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Texas Tech
Tournament Champion: Texas Tech

NCAA Tournament: 3 (Arkansas, Southern Methodist and Texas Tech)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Arkansas and Southern Methodist)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Texas Tech)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Texas Tech* RT 12 4 .750 23 8 .742 68.6 62.7 10.1 4.2
2 Southern Methodist*  10 6 .625 23 10 .697 75.7 67.4 11.6 3.3
2 Texas A&M  10 6 .625 19 11 .633 68.3 64.9 7.2 3.7
2 Arkansas*  10 6 .625 22 13 .629 65.3 61.7 9.8 6.2
5 Texas Christian  8 8 .500 16 12 .571 66.8 64.9 4.7 2.8
5 Houston  8 8 .500 16 14 .533 77.0 76.7 5.2 4.9
7 Texas  7 9 .438 15 13 .536 64.4 64.6 3.9 4.1
8 Baylor  4 12 .250 11 17 .393 78.5 83.0 -0.8 3.8
9 Rice  3 13 .188 11 16 .407 63.3 69.4 -0.9 5.2

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/25 1/1 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Texas Tech                                 17
Arkansas 16 17                              
Southern Methodist 10 9 8 7 6 4 7 4 3 2 4 4 9 9 13 20  

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Arkansas won (63-54) versus Iowa (West Regional)
Southern Methodist won (85-68) versus Old Dominion (East Regional)
Texas Tech lost (55-53) versus Boston College (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
Arkansas lost (68-65) versus St. John's (NY) (West Regional)
Southern Methodist lost (70-57) versus Loyola (IL) (East Regional)