1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1984–85
Teams 8
Site The Forum
Inglewood, CA
Champions UNLV (2nd title)
Winning coach Jerry Tarkanian (2nd title)
MVP Richie Adams (UNLV)

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]

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 UNLV 89
8 Pacific 58
1 UNLV 60  
5 San José State 59  
5 San José State 92
  4 Utah State 56
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 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

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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