Year: | 1985 |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Asheville Civic Center |
City: | Asheville, NC |
Champions: | Marshall |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coach: | Rick Huckabay |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
The 1985 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 1–3, 1985 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1985 NCAA tournament.[1]
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.