1985 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1985 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
SiteHanner Fieldhouse
Statesboro, GA
ChampionsMercer (2nd title)
Winning coach (2nd title)
MVPSam Mitchell (Mercer)
← 1984
1986 →

The 1985 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 2–4 at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia.[1]

Mercer defeated Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 105–96, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Bears, therefore, received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.

Nicholls State and Northwestern State departed the TAAC for the Southland Conference prior to the season, keeping the total membership of the conference at eight. In turn, this was Georgia State's first TAAC tournament.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 2 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 3 		Championship
Monday, March 4
         
1 Georgia Southern 109
8 Georgia State 61
1 Georgia Southern 65
4 Arkansas–Little Rock 67
5 Hardin–Simmons 73
4 Arkansas–Little Rock 75
4 Arkansas–Little Rock 96
2 Mercer 105
3 Houston Baptist 77
6 Samford 67
3 Houston Baptist 65
2 Mercer 69
7 Centenary (LA) 70
2 Mercer 74

References[]

  1. ^ "1984-85 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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