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)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1984  1986»

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

  1. "1984–85 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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