1985 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198485
Teams8
SiteHampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
ChampionsVCU (3rd title)
Winning coachJ.D. Barnett (3rd title)
MVPMike Schlegel (VCU)
1984–85 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 VCU122 .857266  .813
UAB113 .786259  .735
Old Dominion95 .6431912  .613
South Florida68 .4291812  .600
Jacksonville68 .4291514  .517
South Alabama68 .4291513  .536
Western Kentucky59 .3571414  .500
UNC Charlotte113 .071523  .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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