1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament

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1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
SiteThe Forum
Inglewood, CA
ChampionsUNLV (2nd title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (2nd title)
MVPRichie Adams (UNLV)
← 1984
1986 →
1984–85 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 UNLV† 17 – 1   .944 28 – 4   .875
Fresno State 15 – 3   .833 23 – 9   .719
Cal State Fullerton 11 – 7   .611 17 – 13   .567
Utah State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 11   .607
San Jose State 10 – 8   .556 16 – 13   .552
UC Irvine 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
UC Santa Barbara 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
Pacific 5 – 13   .278 9 – 19   .321
New Mexico State 4 – 14   .222 7 – 20   .259
Long Beach State 2 – 16   .111 4 – 23   .148
† 1985 PCAA Tournament winner

The 1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 5–7 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[1]

Top-seeded UNLV defeated Cal State Fullerton in the final, 79–61, thus capturing their second PCAA/Big West title (and second in three seasons).

The Runnin' Rebels, in turn, received a bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament, the program's sixth overall.

Format[]

The tournament field remained the same as 1984, with eight total teams. Again, only the top eight teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament.

All eight participating teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.

Bracket[]

First Round
Thursday, March 5 		Semifinals
Friday, March 6 		Championship
Saturday, March 7
         
1 #11 UNLV 89
8 Pacific 58
1 #11 UNLV 60
5 San José State 59
5 San José State 92
4 Utah State 56
1 #11 UNLV 79
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Cal State Fullerton 61
3 Cal State Fullerton 79
6 UC Irvine 68
3 Cal State Fullerton 56
2 Fresno State 54
7 UC Santa Barbara 50
2 Fresno State 56

References[]

  1. ^ "1984-85 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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