The 1985
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3 at the
Hampton Coliseum in
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton () is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 137,148. It is the List ...
.
Top-seeded
VCU defeated rival
Old Dominion in the championship game, 87–82, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
The Rams, in turn, received an automatic bid to the
1985 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Sun Belt members UAB and Old Dominion, both of whom received at-large bids.
Format
No changes were made to the tournament format. All eight conference members were placed into the initial quarterfinal round, and each team was seeded based on its regular season conference record.
Bracket
See also
*
1985 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
References
{{1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Tournament
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament