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1985 SEC men's basketball tournament

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1985 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams10
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Birmingham, Alabama[1]
ChampionsAuburn[1] (1st title)
Winning coachSonny Smith (1st title)
MVPChuck Person (Auburn)
Attendance122,900
TelevisionLorimar Sports Network (Entire tournament)
NBC (Championship game)
← 1984
1986 →
1984–85 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 LSU 13 5   .722 19 10   .655
No. 19 Georgia 12 6   .667 22 9   .710
Alabama 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Kentucky 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
Florida 9 9   .500 18 12   .600
Mississippi State 9 9   .500 13 15   .464
Tennessee 8 10   .444 22 15   .595
Auburn 8 10   .444 22 12   .647
Ole Miss 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
Vanderbilt 4 14   .222 11 17   .393
1985 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1985 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–9, 1985 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Auburn Tigers men's basketball team won their first ever SEC Tournament title in the championship game on March 9, 1985. Auburn defeated Alabama 53–49 for the SEC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament.[2][3]

Television coverage of the tournament’s first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Lorimar Sports Network (formerly Sports Productions, Inc.), the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar Productions. Outside of the SEC geographical footprint, the championship game was nationally televised on NBC via that network’s in-house sports division, NBC Sports (With Marv Albert and Bucky Waters handling the Play by Play and Color respectively).

Bracket

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First Round
Wednesday, March 6
Lorimar Sports Network
Second Round
Thursday, March 7
LSN
Semi-Finals
Friday, March 8
LSN
Finals
Saturday, March 9
LSN, NBC
            
8 Auburn 68
9 Ole Miss 60
8 Auburn 58
1 #19 LSU 55
8 Auburn 43
5 Florida 42
5 Florida 58
4 Kentucky 55
8 Auburn 53
3 Alabama 49
6 Mississippi State 31
3 Alabama 42
3 Alabama 74
2 #17 Georgia 53
2 #17 Georgia 67
7 Tennessee 61
7 Tennessee 71
10 Vanderbilt 51

References

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