1985 SEC men's basketball tournament

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.

1985 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198485
Teams10
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsAuburn (1st title)
Winning coachSonny Smith (1st title)
MVPChuck Person (Auburn)
Attendance122,900
TelevisionLorimar Sports Network (Entire tournament)
NBC (Championship game)
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1984–85 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 LSU135 .7221910  .655
No. 19 Georgia126 .667229  .710
Alabama117 .6112310  .697
Kentucky117 .6111813  .581
Florida99 .5001812  .600
Mississippi State99 .5001315  .464
Tennessee810 .4442215  .595
Auburn810 .4442212  .647
Ole Miss513 .2781117  .393
Vanderbilt414 .2221117  .393
1985 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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).

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