1985 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1985 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
Hampton Coliseum Hampton, VA | ||||
| Champions | VCU (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | J.D. Barnett (3rd title) | ||||
| MVP | Mike Schlegel (VCU) | ||||
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The 1985 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 1–3 at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.[1]
Top-seeded VCU defeated rival Old Dominion in the championship game, 87–82, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
The Rams, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Sun Belt members UAB and Old Dominion, both of whom received at-large bids.
Format
No changes were made to the tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round, and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, March 1 | Semifinals Saturday, March 2 | Championship Sunday, March 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | VCU | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UNC Charlotte | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | VCU | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jacksonville | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jacksonville | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Florida | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | VCU | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Old Dominion | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Old Dominion | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | South Alabama | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Old Dominion | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Western Kentucky | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 64 | ||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "1984–85 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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