1985 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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1985 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
SiteHampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
ChampionsVCU (3rd title)
Winning coachJ.D. Barnett (3rd title)
MVPMike Schlegel (VCU)
← 1984
1986 →
1984–85 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 VCU † 12 – 2   .857 26 – 6   .813
UAB 11 – 3   .786 25 – 9   .735
Old Dominion 9 – 5   .643 19 – 12   .613
South Florida 6 – 8   .429 18 – 12   .600
Jacksonville 6 – 8   .429 15 – 14   .517
South Alabama 6 – 8   .429 15 – 13   .536
Western Kentucky 5 – 9   .357 14 – 14   .500
UNC Charlotte 1 – 13   .071 5 – 23   .179
† 1985 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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 #17 VCU 85
8 UNC Charlotte 62
1 #17 VCU 75
5 Jacksonville 57
5 Jacksonville 75
4 South Florida 69
1 #17 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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