The 1984–85 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented

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in Ruston, Louisiana for the 1984–85 season. Although other players on the team as well as head coach

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were well in the spotlight, the real star of the show for the Bulldogs that season was

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. 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

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, being selected 13th overall by the

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. 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.

Roster

Source

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards and honors

*Karl Malone –

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NBA draft

References

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