1985_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_tournament

1985 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Season	1984–85
Teams	64
Finals site	Rupp Arena; Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Villanova Wildcats (1st title, 1st title game,; 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Georgetown Hoyas (4th title game,; 5th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Memphis State Tigers (Vacated) (2nd Final Four); St. John's Redmen (2nd Final Four);
Winning coach	Rollie Massimino (1st title)
MOP	Ed Pinckney (Villanova)
Attendance	422,519
Top scorer	Chris Mullin (St. John's); (110 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1984	1986»

1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began on March 14, 1985, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Lexington, Kentucky. A total of 63 games were played.

Quick Facts Season, Teams ...

Eighth-seed Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, won their first national title with a 66–64 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by John Thompson. Ed Pinckney of Villanova was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The game, often cited as "The Perfect Game", is widely considered among the greatest upsets in college basketball history, and is the second biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history.^[1]^[2] This Villanova team remains the lowest-seeded team to win the tournament. The Wildcats are also notable as the last Division I men's national champion to date to represent a school that did not sponsor varsity football at the time of its title (Villanova had dropped football after the 1980 season and did not reinstate the sport until the 1985 season, the first after the championship game). The game is also notable as the last played without a shot clock.

This year's Final Four saw an unprecedented and unmatched three teams from the same conference, with Big East members Villanova and Georgetown joined by St. John's. The only "interloper" in the Big East party was Memphis State, then of the Metro Conference (Memphis State's 1985 Final Four appearance was vacated due to using ineligible players, as were all of its tournament appearances from 1982 to 1986). Lehigh, champion of the East Coast Conference Tournament, became the first team in NCAA Tournament history to compete with a record below .500, as they were 12–18 at the time they played in the First Round.^[3]

This was also the first year that one of the regionals was named "Southeast", replacing "Mideast". This name was used until 1998, when the regional was renamed "South". This was also the last tournament until 2010 to feature two private schools in the title game. This tournament was also the last until 2012 to feature no teams in the Sweet 16 from the Mountain or Pacific Time Zones.

This tournament's East Region is the only one in NCAA Tournament history in which the higher-seeded team won every game.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Announcers

Television

CBS Sports

Brent Musburger First round (Kentucky–Washington), (Arizona–Alabama), second round & Dick Stockton Regional, Final Four served as studio hosts and Bill Raftery Regional, Final Four served as studio analyst.
Dick Stockton/Brent Musburger and Billy Packer – Stockton/Packer, first round (Kentucky–Washington), second round at Salt Lake City, Utah & Houston, Texas; Musburger/Packer, East Regionals at Providence, Rhode Island, Southeast Regional Finals at Birmingham, Alabama, Final Four at Lexington, Kentucky
Gary Bender and Doug Collins – Second Round at South Bend, Indiana & Dayton, Ohio, West Regionals at Denver, Colorado
Frank Glieber and James Brown – Second Round at Hartford, Connecticut, Midwest Regionals at Dallas, Texas
Pat Summerall/Verne Lundquist and Larry Conley – Summerall/Conley, second round at Atlanta, Georgia; Lundquist/Conley, Southeast Regional semifinals (Auburn–North Carolina) at Birmingham, Alabama
Verne Lundquist and Steve Grote – First round (Arizona–Alabama) & Second Round at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tim Ryan and Bill Raftery – Second Round at Tulsa, Oklahoma

ESPN and NCAA Productions

Bob Ley (NCAA Tournament Today/NCAA Tournament Tonight) served as studio host and Dick Vitale served as studio analyst.
– First round (Lehigh–Georgetown) & (Old Dominion–SMU) at Hartford, Connecticut
– First round (Virginia Tech–Temple) & (Iona–Loyola-Chicago) at Hartford, Connecticut
Mike Patrick and Larry Conley – First round (Northeastern–Illinois) & (Mercer–Georgia Tech) at Atlanta, Georgia
– First round (Wichita State–Georgia) & (DePaul–Syracuse) at Atlanta, Georgia
– First round (Iowa State–Ohio State) & (Illinois State–Southern California) at Tulsa, Oklahoma
– First round (Pittsburgh–Louisiana Tech) & (North Carolina A&T–Oklahoma) at Tulsa, Oklahoma
– First round (Penn–Memphis State) & (Pepperdine–Duke) at Houston, Texas
– First round (Navy–Louisiana State) & (Dayton–Villanova) at Dayton, Ohio
Frank Herzog/Ralph Hacker and Joe Dean– First round (Miami (OH)–Maryland) & (Fairleigh Dickinson–Michigan) at Dayton, Ohio
– First round (Ohio–Kansas) & (Oregon State–Notre Dame) at South Bend, Indiana
Tom Hammond and Jack Givens – First round (Auburn–Purdue) & (Middle Tennessee–North Carolina) at South Bend, Indiana
– First round (Southern–St. John's) at Salt Lake City, Utah
– First round (Arkansas–Iowa) & (San Diego State–UNLV) at Salt Lake City, Utah
Larry Zimmer and Ted Owens – First round (Nevada–NC State) at Albuquerque, New Mexico
– First round (UTEP–Tulsa) & (Marshall–VCU) at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Frank Fallon and Gary Thompson- First round (Michigan State–UAB) & (Boston College–Texas Tech) at Houston, Texas Midwest Regional semifinals (Louisiana Tech–Oklahoma) at Dallas, Texas
Mike Patrick and Larry Conley – Southeast Regional semifinals (Villanova–Maryland) at Birmingham, Alabama

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Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	Runner-up	8 Villanova	L 66–64
East	2	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	1 Georgetown	L 60–54
East	3	Illinois	Lou Henson	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	2 Georgia Tech	L 61–53
East	4	Loyola Chicago	Gene Sullivan	Midwestern City	Sweet Sixteen	1 Georgetown	L 65–53
East	5	SMU	Dave Bliss	Southwest	Round of 32	4 Loyola–Chicago	L 70–57
East	6	Georgia	Hugh Durham	Southeastern	Round of 32	3 Illinois	L 74–58
East	7	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	Round of 32	2 Georgia Tech	L 70–53
East	8	Temple	John Chaney	Atlantic 10	Round of 32	1 Georgetown	L 63–46
East	9	Virginia Tech	Charles Moir	Metro	Round of 64	8 Temple	L 60–57
East	10	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Independent	Round of 64	7 Syracuse	L 70–65
East	11	Wichita State	Gene Smithson	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	6 Georgia	L 67–59
East	12	Old Dominion	Paul Webb	Sun Belt	Round of 64	5 SMU	L 85–68
East	13	Iona	Pat Kennedy	Metro Atlantic	Round of 64	4 Loyola–Chicago	L 59–58
East	14	Northeastern	Jim Calhoun	ECAC North	Round of 64	3 Illinois	L 76–57
East	15	Mercer	Bill Bibb	Trans America	Round of 64	2 Georgia Tech	L 65–58
East	16	Lehigh	Tom Schneider	East Coast	Round of 64	1 Georgetown	L 68–43
Midwest
Midwest	1	Oklahoma	Billy Tubbs	Big Eight	Regional Runner-up	2 Memphis State	L 63–61
Midwest	2	Memphis State	Dana Kirk	Metro	National semifinals	8 Villanova	L 52–45
Midwest	3	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	11 Boston College	L 74–73
Midwest	4	Ohio State	Eldon Miller	Big Ten	Round of 32	5 Louisiana Tech	L 79–67
Midwest	5	Louisiana Tech	Andy Russo	Southland	Sweet Sixteen	1 Oklahoma	L 86–84
Midwest	6	Texas Tech	Gerald Myers	Southwest	Round of 64	11 Boston College	L 55–53
Midwest	7	UAB	Gene Bartow	Sun Belt	Round of 32	2 Memphis State	L 67–66
Midwest	8	USC	Stan Morrison	Pacific-10	Round of 64	9 Illinois State	L 58–55
Midwest	9	Illinois State	Bob Donewald	Missouri Valley	Round of 32	1 Oklahoma	L 75–69
Midwest	10	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Big Ten	Round of 64	7 UAB	L 70–68
Midwest	11	Boston College	Gary Williams	Big East	Sweet Sixteen	2 Memphis State	L 59–57
Midwest	12	Pittsburgh	Roy Chipman	Big East	Round of 64	5 Louisiana Tech	L 78–54
Midwest	13	Iowa State	Johnny Orr	Big Eight	Round of 64	4 Ohio State	L 75–64
Midwest	14	Pepperdine	Jim Harrick	West Coast	Round of 64	3 Duke	L 75–62
Midwest	15	Penn	Craig Littlepage	Ivy League	Round of 64	2 Memphis State	L 67–55
Midwest	16	North Carolina A&T	Don Corbett	Mid-Eastern	Round of 64	1 Oklahoma	L 96–83
Southeast
Southeast	1	Michigan	Bill Frieder	Big Ten	Round of 32	8 Villanova	L 59–55
Southeast	2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	8 Villanova	L 56–44
Southeast	3	Kansas	Larry Brown	Big Eight	Round of 32	11 Auburn	L 66–64
Southeast	4	LSU	Dale Brown	Southeastern	Round of 64	13 Navy	L 78–55
Southeast	5	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	8 Villanova	L 46–43
Southeast	6	Purdue	Gene Keady	Big Ten	Round of 64	11 Auburn	L 59–58
Southeast	7	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Independent	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 60–58
Southeast	8	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Big East	Champion	1 Georgetown	W 66–64
Southeast	9	Dayton	Don Donoher	Independent	Round of 64	8 Villanova	L 51–49
Southeast	10	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Pacific-10	Round of 64	7 Notre Dame	L 79–70
Southeast	11	Auburn	Sonny Smith	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen	2 North Carolina	L 62–56
Southeast	12	Miami (OH)	Jerry Peirson	Mid-American	Round of 64	5 Maryland	L 69–68
Southeast	13	Navy	Paul Evans	ECAC South	Round of 32	5 Maryland	L 64–59
Southeast	14	Ohio	Danny Nee	Mid-American	Round of 64	3 Kansas	L 49–38
Southeast	15	Middle Tennessee State	Bruce Stewart	Ohio Valley	Round of 64	2 North Carolina	L 76–57
Southeast	16	Fairleigh Dickinson	Tom Green	ECAC Metro	Round of 64	1 Michigan	L 59–55
West
West	1	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Big East	National semifinals	1 Georgetown	L 77–59
West	2	VCU	J. D. Barnett	Sun Belt	Round of 32	7 Alabama	L 63–59
West	3	NC State	Jim Valvano	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	1 St. John's	L 69–60
West	4	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Pacific Coast	Round of 32	12 Kentucky	L 64–61
West	5	Washington	Marv Harshman	Pacific-10	Round of 64	12 Kentucky	L 66–58
West	6	Tulsa	Nolan Richardson	Missouri Valley	Round of 64	11 UTEP	L 79–75
West	7	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen	3 NC State	L 61–55
West	8	Iowa	George Raveling	Big Ten	Round of 64	9 Arkansas	L 63–54
West	9	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Southwest	Round of 32	1 St. John's	L 68–65
West	10	Arizona	Lute Olson	Pacific-10	Round of 64	7 Alabama	L 50–41
West	11	UTEP	Don Haskins	Western Athletic	Round of 32	3 NC State	L 86–73
West	12	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen	1 St. John's	L 86–70
West	13	San Diego State	Smokey Gaines	Western Athletic	Round of 64	4 UNLV	L 85–80
West	14	Nevada	Sonny Allen	Big Sky	Round of 64	3 NC State	L 65–56
West	15	Marshall	Rick Huckabay	Southern	Round of 64	2 VCU	L 81–65
West	16	Southern	Robert Hopkins	Southwestern Athletic	Round of 64	1 St. John's	L 83–59

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Georgetown	68

16	Lehigh	43
			1	Georgetown	63
Hartford
			8	Temple	46
8	Temple	60

9	Virginia Tech	57
						1	Georgetown	65

						4	Loyola Chicago	53
5	SMU	85

12	Old Dominion	68
			5	SMU	57
Hartford
			4	Loyola Chicago	70
4	Loyola–Chicago	59

13	Iona	58
									1	Georgetown	60

									2	Georgia Tech	54
6	Georgia	67

11	Wichita State	59
			6	Georgia	58
Atlanta
			3	Illinois	74
3	Illinois	76

14	Northeastern	57
						3	Illinois	53

						2	Georgia Tech	61
7	Syracuse	70

10	DePaul	65
			7	Syracuse	53
Atlanta
			2	Georgia Tech	70
2	Georgia Tech	65

15	Mercer	58

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	St John's	83

16	Southern	59
			1	St John's	68
Salt Lake City
			9	Arkansas	65
8	Iowa	54

9	Arkansas	63
						1	St John's	86

						12	Kentucky	70
5	Washington	58

12	Kentucky	66
			12	Kentucky	64
Salt Lake City
			4	UNLV	61
4	UNLV	85

13	San Diego State	80
									1	St John's	69

									3	NC State	60
6	Tulsa	75

11	UTEP	79
			11	UTEP	73
Albuquerque
			3	NC State	86
3	NC State	65

14	Nevada	56
						3	NC State	61

						7	Alabama	55
7	Alabama	50

10	Arizona	41
			7	Alabama	63
Albuquerque
			2	VCU	59
2	VCU	81

15	Marshall	65

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Michigan	59

16	Fairleigh Dickinson	55
			1	Michigan	55
Dayton
			8	Villanova	59
8	Villanova	51

9	Dayton	49
						8	Villanova	46

						5	Maryland	43
5	Maryland	69*

12	Miami (OH)	68
			5	Maryland	64
Dayton
			13	Navy	59
4	LSU	55

13	Navy	78
									8	Villanova	56

									2	North Carolina	44
6	Purdue	58

11	Auburn	59
			11	Auburn	66
South Bend
			3	Kansas	64
3	Kansas	49

14	Ohio	38
						11	Auburn	56

						2	North Carolina	62
7	Notre Dame	79

10	Oregon State	70
			7	Notre Dame	58
South Bend
			2	North Carolina	60
2	North Carolina	76

15	Middle Tennessee State	57

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

1	Oklahoma	96

16	North Carolina A&T	83
			1	Oklahoma	75
Tulsa
			9	Illinois State	69
8	Southern California	55

9	Illinois State	58
						1	Oklahoma	86*

						5	Louisiana Tech	84
5	Louisiana Tech	78

12	Pittsburgh	54
			5	Louisiana Tech	79
Tulsa
			4	Ohio State	67
4	Ohio State	75

13	Iowa State	64
									1	Oklahoma	61

									2	Memphis State	63
6	Texas Tech	53

11	Boston College	55
			11	Boston College	74
Houston
			3	Duke	73
3	Duke	75

14	Pepperdine	62
						11	Boston College	57

						2	Memphis State	59
7	UAB	70

10	Michigan State	68
			7	UAB	66
Houston
			2	Memphis State	67*
2	Memphis State	67

15	Penn	55

1985_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_tournament

1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Schedule and venues

Teams

Bracket

East Regional – Providence, Rhode Island

Regional Final Summary

West Regional – Denver, Colorado

First round Summary

Second Round Summary

Regional semifinal Summary

Regional Final Summary

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

Regional Final Summary

Midwest Regional – Dallas, Texas

Regional Final Summary

Final Four – Lexington, Kentucky

Game summaries

National Championship

Announcers

Television

Radio

Regionals

Final four

Further reading

See also

References

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#1 Georgetown Hoyas 60, #2 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 54
Pts: P. Ewing – 14 Rebs: R. Dalton – 6 Asts: M. Jackson – 5		Pts: J. Salley – 15 Rebs: J. Salley – 5 Asts: S. Petway – 4 Halftime Score: 29–29

#1 St. John's Redmen 83, #16 Southern Jaguars 59
Pts: W. Berry – 24 Rebs: W. Berry – 13 Asts: C. Mullin – 6		Halftime Score: St. John's, 34–18

#1 St. John's Redmen 86, #12 Kentucky Wildcats 70
Pts: C. Mullin – 30 Rebs: W. Berry – 7 Asts: C. Mullin – 7		Pts: K. Walker – 23 Rebs: K. Walker – 8 Asts: R. Harden – 7 Halftime Score: St. John's, 39–38

#1 St. John's Redmen 69, #3 NC State Wolfpack 60
Pts: C. Mullin – 25 Rebs: B. Wennington – 10 Asts: M. Moses, M. Jackson – 5		Pts: L. Charles – 15 Rebs: L. Charles, C. McQueen – 11 Asts: S. Webb – 9 Halftime Score: St. John's, 30–29

#8 Villanova Wildcats 56, #2 North Carolina Tar Heels 44
Pts: H. Pressley – 15 Rebs: E. Pinckney – 7 Asts: E. Pinckney, H. Jensen – 3		Pts: B. Daugherty – 17 Rebs: B. Daugherty – 12 Asts: J. Wolf, K. Smith – 5 Halftime Score: North Carolina, 22–17

#2 Memphis State Tigers 63, #1 Oklahoma Sooners 61
Pts: D. Kennedy – 16 Rebs: W. Tisdale – 12 Asts: T. McCalister, A. Bowie – 5		Pts: K. Lee – 23 Rebs: K. Lee – 11 Asts: A. Turner – 12 Halftime Score: 33–33

National semifinals			National Championship Game

E1	Georgetown	77

W1	St John's	59
			E1	Georgetown	64

			S8	Villanova	66
S8	Villanova	52

M2	Memphis State	45

#8 Villanova Wildcats 52, #2 Memphis State Tigers 45
Pts: D. McClain – 19 Rebs: E. Pinckney – 9 Asts: M. Plansky, G. McLain, D. McClain – 2		Pts: A. Turner – 11 Rebs: Vincent Askew, W. Bedford, K. Lee – 7 Asts: V. Askew – 7 Halftime Score: 23–23

#1 Georgetown Hoyas 77, #1 St. John's Redmen 59
Pts: R. Williams – 20 Rebs: D. Wingate – 6 Asts: M. Jackson – 11		Pts: W. Glass – 13 Rebs: W. Berry – 6 Asts: M. Jackson – 5 Halftime Score: Georgetown, 32–28

#8 Villanova Wildcats 66, #1 Georgetown Hoyas 64
Pts: D. McClain – 17 Rebs: E. Pinckney – 6 Asts: E. Pinckney – 5		Pts: D. Wingate – 16 Rebs: B. Martin, P. Ewing – 5 Asts: M. Jackson – 9 Halftime Score: Villanova, 29–28