1985 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1985 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	North Park Vikings (4th title)
Runner-up	Potsdam State Bears (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (1st Final Four) Widener Pride (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bosco Djurickovic (NPC)
MOP	Earnest Hubbard (NPC)
Attendance	31,746
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1984 1986»

The 1985 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 11th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

Held during March 1985, the field included 32 teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

North Park defeated SUNY Potsdam, 72–71, to claim their fourth NCAA Division III national title.

Tournament bracket

Regionals

	First round					Regional Championship
	Clark (MA)		88
	Westfield State		78
						Clark (MA)		62
						WPI		67
	WPI		58*
	Albany (NY)		57			Regional Third-place
						Westfield State		70
						Albany (NY)		78

	First round					Regional Championship
	Widener		54
	Lycoming		52
						Widener		55*
						Scranton		53
	Scranton		85
	Washington & Jefferson		74			Regional Third-place
						Lycoming		102**
						Washington & Jefferson		92

	First round					Regional Championship
	William Paterson		71*
	Roanoke		68
						William Paterson		59
						Trenton State		48
	Trenton State		75
	Salisbury State		62			Regional Third-place
						Roanoke		83
						Salisbury State		98

	First round					Regional Championship
	Buffalo State		76
	Alfred		68
						Buffalo State		56
						Potsdam State		69
	Potsdam State		63
	Hartwick		62			Regional Third-place
						Alfred		47
						Hartwick		52

	First round					Regional Championship
	Wittenberg		70
	DePauw		62
						Wittenberg		68
						Hope		63
	Hope		78
	Otterbein		71			Regional Third-place
						DePauw		78
						Otterbein		79

	First round					Regional Championship
	North Park		95
	Monmouth (IL)		55
						North Park		83*
						Wisconsin–Whitewater		81
	Wisconsin–Whitewater		72
	North Central (IL)		53			Regional Third-place
						Monmouth (IL)		69
						North Central (IL)		60

	First round					Regional Championship
	Nebraska Wesleyan		74
	Saint John's (MN)		56
						Nebraska Wesleyan		76
						Central (IA)		54
	Central (IA)		72
	Redlands		64			Regional Third-place
						Saint John's (MN)		70
						Redlands		80

	First round					Regional Championship
	Centre (KY)		66
	Greensboro		52
						Centre (KY)		91
						LeMoyne-Owen		72
	LeMoyne-Owen		74
	Augsburg		55			Regional Third-place
						Greensboro		83
						Augsburg		69

National finals

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	WPI		38
	Widener		41
						Widener		38
						Potsdam State		54
	William Paterson		59
	Potsdam State		76
											Potsdam State		71
											North Park		72
	Wittenberg		71
	North Park		73
						North Park		85			National third-place game
						Nebraska Wesleyan		80
	Nebraska Wesleyan		69								Widener		44
	Centre (KY)		62								Nebraska Wesleyan		48

See also

• 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1985 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1985 NAIA men's basketball tournament