1985 SEC men's basketball tournament

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)
1984–85 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 LSU13–5 .72219–10  .655
No. 19 Georgia12–6 .66722–9  .710
Alabama11–7 .61123–10  .697
Kentucky11–7 .61118–13  .581
Florida9–9 .50018–12  .600
Mississippi State9–9 .50013–15  .464
Tennessee8–10 .44422–15  .595
Auburn †8–10 .44422–12  .647
Ole Miss5–13 .27811–17  .393
Vanderbilt4–14 .22211–17  .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

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
1 19 LSU 55
8 Auburn 68 8 Auburn 58
9 Ole Miss 60 8 Auburn 43
5 Florida 42
5 Florida 58
4 Kentucky 55
8 Auburn 53
3 Alabama 49
2 17 Georgia 67
7 Tennessee 71 7 Tennessee 61
10 Vanderbilt 51 2 17 Georgia 53
3 Alabama 74
3 Alabama 42
6 Mississippi State 31

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