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1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Field	Value
Year	1985
Image	1985 Final Four logo.png
ImageSize	240px
Teams	64
FinalFourArena	Rupp Arena
FinalFourCity	Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Villanova Wildcats
TitleCount	1st
ChampGameCount	1st
ChampFFCount	2nd
RunnerUp	Georgetown Hoyas
GameCount	4th
RunnerFFCount	5th
Semifinal1	Memphis State Tigers (Vacated)
FinalFourCount	2nd
Semifinal2	St. John's Redmen
FinalFourCount2	2nd
Coach	Rollie Massimino
CoachCount	1st
MOP	Ed Pinckney
MOPTeam	Villanova
Attendance	422,519
TopScorer	Chris Mullin
TopScorerTeam	St. John's
Points	110

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. The 47th annual edition of the tournament began on March 14, 1985, and ended with the championship game on April 1, at Rupp Arena on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. A total of 63 games were played.

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. 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.

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. No metropolitan area as small as Lexington has hosted the Final Four to date, though Lexington has hosted regionals throughout the years.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1985 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 14 and 16
- East Region
  - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
- Midwest Region
  - Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: Oral Roberts University)
- Southeast Region
  - Athletic & Convocation Center, South Bend, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
- West Region
  - Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
March 15 and 17
- East Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech)
- Midwest Region
  - Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas (Host: University of Houston)
- Southeast Region
  - University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
- West Region
  - University Arena ("The Pit"), Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 21 and 23
- East Regional, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Providence College)
- Midwest Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Host: Southwest Conference)
March 22 and 24
- Southeast Regional, BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
- West Regional, McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado (Host: Big 8 Conference)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 30 and April 1
- Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
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	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	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	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

Bracket

– Denotes overtime period

East Regional – Providence, Rhode Island

Regional Final Summary

West Regional – Denver, Colorado

First round Summary

ESPN

Second Round Summary

Regional semifinal Summary

Regional Final Summary

Southeast Regional – Birmingham, Alabama

Regional Final Summary

Midwest Regional – Dallas, Texas

***** - denotes overtime

Regional Final Summary

Final Four – Lexington, Kentucky

# - Memphis State was forced to vacate its NCAA tournament appearance after a massive gambling scandal and a criminal investigation into head coach Dana Kirk. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Memphis removing the wins from its own record.

Game summaries

National Championship

Main article: 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

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

Radio

Regionals

CBS Radio

– East Regionals at Providence, Rhode Island
– Midwest Regionals at Dallas, Texas
– Southeast Regionals at Birmingham, Alabama
– West Regionals at Denver, Colorado

Final four

– at Lexington, Kentucky

References

[https://www.si.com/longform/2015/1985/villanova/ Sports Illustrated]
[http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/04/31-years-later-villanova-wildcats-played-another-perfect-game-at-the-final-four-oklahoma-buddy-hield USA Today]
"Teams with the worst records to make the men's NCAA tournament {{!}} NCAA.com".
(June 24, 1985). "TROUBLED TIMES AT MEMPHIS STATE". Sports Illustrated.
Mauro, Patrick. (August 22, 2009). "The NCAA's Toothless Punishment Of Memphis".

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