1985 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]
1985 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1984–85 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
Champions | Memphis State (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Dana Kirk (3rd title) |
MVP | Dean Shaffer (Florida State) |
1984–85 Metro Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Memphis State † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 19 | – | 18 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1985 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
Memphis State defeated Florida State in the championship game, 90–86 in OT, to win their third Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Tigers received the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament, and would go on to reach the 1985 Final Four. Additionally, Virginia Tech received an at-large bid.
Format
All eight members of the conference participated. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.
Bracket
Quarterfinal Thursday, March 7 | Semifinals Friday, March 8 | Championship Saturday, March 9 | ||||||||||||
1 | Memphis State | 68 | ||||||||||||
8 | Southern Miss | 58 | ||||||||||||
1 | Memphis State | 81 | ||||||||||||
4 | Louisville | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | Louisville | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | South Carolina | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Memphis State | 90* | ||||||||||||
7 | Florida State | 86 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cincinnati | 58 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tulane | 44 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cincinnati | 65 | ||||||||||||
7 | Florida State | 75 | ||||||||||||
7 | Florida State | 97 | ||||||||||||
2 | Virginia Tech | 93 | ||||||||||||
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References
- sports-reference.com 1984-85 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1984-85 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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