1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions Marshall (2nd title)
Winning coach Rick Huckabay (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1984  1986»
1984–85 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 14 2   .875     24 8   .750
Marshall 12 4   .750     21 13   .618
The Citadel 11 5   .688     18 11   .621
Western Carolina 8 8   .500     14 14   .500
VMI 7 9   .438     16 14   .533
Appalachian State 7 9   .438     14 14   .500
Davidson 6 10   .375     10 20   .333
Furman 4 12   .250     7 21   .250
East Tennessee State 3 13   .188     9 18   .333
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1985; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1985 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 2
Finals
March 3
         
1 Chattanooga 63
8 Furman 60
1 Chattanooga 69
5 VMI 71*
4 Western Carolina 63
5 VMI 65*
2 Marshall 70
5 VMI 65
2 Marshall 83
7 Davidson 71
2 Marshall 79
3 The Citadel 68
3 The Citadel 68
6 Appalachian State 62

* Overtime game

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