1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament

1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1984–85
Teams	8
Site	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Loyola–Chicago (1st title)
Winning coach	Gene Sullivan (1st title)
MVP	Alfredrick Hughes (2nd MVP) (Loyola–Chicago)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments

1984–85 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Loyola-Chicago †	13	–	1		.929			27	–	6		.818
Butler	9	–	5		.643			19	–	10		.655
Oral Roberts	8	–	6		.571			15	–	15		.500
Detroit	8	–	6		.571			16	–	12		.571
Xavier	7	–	7		.500			16	–	13		.552
Saint Louis	6	–	8		.429			13	–	15		.464
Evansville	4	–	10		.286			13	–	16		.448
Oklahoma City	1	–	13		.071			6	–	20		.231
† 1985 MCC tournament winner

The 1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 7–9 at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Loyola–Chicago defeated Oral Roberts in the championship game, 89–83, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Ramblers received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament as the #4 seed in the East region, and advanced to the Sweet 16.

Format

All eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 7					Semifinals Saturday, March 8					Championship Sunday, March 9
	1	#16 Loyola–Chicago	100
	8	Oklahoma City	85
						1	#16 Loyola–Chicago	65
						5	Xavier	61
	4	Detroit	69
	5	Xavier	77
											1	#16 Loyola–Chicago	89
											3	Oral Roberts	83
	3	Oral Roberts	56
	6	Saint Louis	53
						3	Oral Roberts	74
						7	Evansville	69
	7	Evansville	73
	2	Butler	72