1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Birmingham, Alabama [1]
Champions Auburn Tigers [1] (1st title)
Winning coach Sonny Smith (1st title)
MVP Chuck Person (Auburn)
Attendance 122,900
Television Lorimar Sports Network (First Round, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals)
NBC (Championship game)
SEC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1984  1986»

The 1985 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–9, 1985 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Auburn Tigers men's basketball team won their first ever SEC Tournament title in the championship game on March 9, 1985. Auburn defeated Alabama 53-49 for the SEC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament.[2][3]

Television coverage of the tournament’s first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Lorimar Sports Network (formerly Sports Productions, Inc.), the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar Productions. The championship game was nationally televised on NBC via that network’s in-house sports division, NBC Sports.

1985 SEC Tournament

  First Round
Wednesday, March 6
Lorimar Sports Network		 Second Round
Thursday, March 7
LSN		 Semi-Finals
Friday, March 8
LSN		 Finals
Saturday, March 9
NBC
                                     
8  Auburn 68  
9  Mississippi 60  
  8  Auburn 58  
    1  LSU 55  
 
   
  8  Auburn 43  
  5  Florida 42  
   
   
  5  Florida 58
    4  Kentucky 55  
 
   
  8  Auburn 53
  3  Alabama 49
   
   
  6  Mississippi State 31
    3  Alabama 42  
 
   
  3  Alabama 74
  2  Georgia 53  
   
   
  2  Georgia 67
    7  Tennessee 61  
7  Tennessee 71
10  Vanderbilt 51  

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  2. ↑ 1984-85 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ 1984-85 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com

External links

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