| Year: | 1985 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Arena: | Mississippi Coast Coliseum |
| City: | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Champions: | Southern |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Robert Hopkins |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1985 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 8–9, 1985, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1] Southern defeated, 85–70 in the championship game. The Jaguars received the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the West Region.