1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 5–7 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[1]

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
SiteThe Forum
Inglewood, CA
ChampionsUNLV (2nd title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (2nd title)
MVPRichie Adams (UNLV)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournaments
1984–85 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 UNLV†17–1 .944  28–4  .875
Fresno State15–3 .833  23–9  .719
Cal State Fullerton11–7 .611  17–13  .567
Utah State10–8 .556  17–11  .607
San Jose State10–8 .556  16–13  .552
UC Irvine8–10 .444  12–16  .429
UC Santa Barbara8–10 .444  12–16  .429
Pacific5–13 .278  9–19  .321
New Mexico State4–14 .222  7–20  .259
Long Beach State2–16 .111  4–23  .148
† 1985 PCAA Tournament winner

Top-seeded UNLV defeated Cal State Fullerton in the final, 79–61, thus capturing their second PCAA/Big West title (and second in three seasons).

The Runnin' Rebels, in turn, received a bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament, the program's sixth overall.

Format

The tournament field remained the same as 1984, with eight total teams. Again, only the top eight teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament.

All eight participating teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.

Bracket
  First Round
Thursday, March 5		 Semifinals
Friday, March 6		 Championship
Saturday, March 7
                           
  1 #11 UNLV 89
8 Pacific 58
1 #11 UNLV 60  
5 San José State 59  
5 San José State 92
  4 Utah State 56
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 #11 UNLV 79
  3 Cal State Fullerton 61
  3 Cal State Fullerton 79
6 UC Irvine 68
3 Cal State Fullerton 56
2 Fresno State 54  
7 UC Santa Barbara 50
  2 Fresno State 56
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References
  1. "1984-85 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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