1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1985 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams10
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Birmingham, Alabama[1]
ChampionsAuburn[1] (1st title)
Winning coachSonny Smith (1st title)
MVPChuck Person (Auburn)
Attendance122,900
TelevisionLorimar Sports Network (Entire tournament)
NBC (Championship game)
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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.

Bracket[]

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 #19 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 #17 Georgia 67
7 Tennessee 61
7 Tennessee 71
10 Vanderbilt 51

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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
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