1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Villanova (1st title)
Runner-up	Georgetown (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Memphis State (Vacated) (2nd Final Four) St. John's (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 Men's Division I Tournaments «1984  1986»

The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I 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.

Eight-seed Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, won the 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 is often cited among the greatest upsets in college basketball history. This Villanova team remains the lowest-seeded team to win the tournament. 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 1982-1986.)

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.

The East Region is the only NCAA region in NCAA Tournament history to have no upsets in any round of the tournament.

Locations

First and Second Rounds

• Albuquerque, New Mexico (University Arena)
• Atlanta, Georgia (Omni Coliseum)
• Dayton, Ohio (University of Dayton Arena)
• Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford Civic Center)
• Houston, Texas (Hofheinz Pavilion)
• Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
• South Bend, Indiana (Edmund P. Joyce Center)
• Tulsa, Oklahoma (Mabee Center)

Later Rounds

Region	Site
East	Providence, Rhode Island (Providence Civic Center)
Midwest	Dallas, Texas (Reunion Arena)
Southeast	Birmingham, Alabama (BJCC Arena)
West	Denver, Colorado (McNichols Sports Arena)
Finals	Lexington, Kentucky (Rupp Arena)

Teams

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

Bracket

East region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Georgetown	68
	16	Lehigh	43
						1	Georgetown	63
						8	Temple	46
	8	Temple	60
	9	Virginia Tech	57
											1	Georgetown	65
											4	Loyola-IL	53
	5	SMU	85
	12	Old Dominion	68
						5	SMU	57
						4	Loyola-IL	70
	4	Loyola-IL	59
	13	Iona	58
																1	Georgetown	60
															2	Georgia Tech	54
	6	Georgia	67
	11	Wichita St	59
						6	Georgia	58
						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
						2	Georgia Tech	70
	2	Georgia Tech	65
	15	Mercer	58

West region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	St John's	83
	16	Southern University	59
						1	St John's	68
						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
						4	UNLV	61
	4	UNLV	85
	13	San Diego St	80
																1	St John's	69
															3	N.C. State	60
	6	Tulsa	75
	11	UTEP	79
						11	UTEP	73
						3	N.C. State	86
	3	N.C. State	65
	14	Nevada-Reno	56
											3	N.C. State	61
											7	Alabama	55
	7	Alabama	50
	10	Arizona	41
						7	Alabama	63
						2	VCU	59
	2	VCU	81
	15	Marshall	65

Southeast region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Michigan	59
	16	Fairleigh Dickinson	55
						1	Michigan	55
						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
						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
						3	Kansas	64
	3	Kansas	49
	14	Ohio	38
											11	Auburn	56
											2	North Carolina	62
	7	Notre Dame	79
	10	Oregon St	70
						7	Notre Dame	58
						2	North Carolina	60
	2	North Carolina	76
	15	Middle Tennessee St	57

Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
	1	Oklahoma	96
	16	North Carolina A&T	83
						1	Oklahoma	75
						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
						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
						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*
						2	Memphis State	67
	2	Memphis State	67
	15	Pennsylvania	55

Final Four

	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

Announcers

• Brent Musburger or Dick Stockton and Billy Packer
• Gary Bender and Doug Collins
• Frank Glieber and James Brown
• Verne Lundquist or Pat Summerall and Larry Conley
• Verne Lundquist and Steve Grote

Further reading

• Pinckney, Ed; Gordon, Robert (2004). Ed Pinckney's Tales from the Villanova Hardwood: The Story of the 1985 NCAA champs. Champaign: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-58261-809-7.