1985 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1985 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 48th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

1985 (1985) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsFort Hays State
(2 title, 2 title game,
5 Fab Four)
Runner-UpWayland Baptist (TX)
(1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsMarycrest (IA)
Central Washington
Chuck Taylor MVPEdgar Eason
(Fort Hays State)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Gerry Smith
(Marycrest (IA))

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorers:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994.[2]

1985 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 80
- Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 67
1 Fort Hays State 55
- David Lipscomb 48
- David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 68
16 William Carey (Miss.) 66
1 Fort Hays State 67
TOP TIER
- Athens State 63
- Athens State (Ala.) 64
9 College of Idaho 59
- Athens State 77
8 Georgia Southwestern 73
8 Georgia Southwestern 89
- Hendrix (Ark.) 80
1 Fort Hays State 65
- Central Washington 64
- Minnesota Duluth 43
5 Biola (California) 40
- Minnesota Duluth 57
- Central Washington 58
- Central Washington 82
12 Hawaii Pacific 79
- Central Washington 64
TOP TIER
4 West Virginia Wesleyan 63
13 Rio Grande (Ohio) 89
- Berea (Ky.) 86
13 Rio Grande 68
4 West Virginia Wesleyan 84
- Quincy (Ill.) 59
4 West Virginia Wesleyan 79
1 Fort Hays State 82
11 Wayland Baptist 80*
3 College of Charleston (S.C.) 68
- Castleton State (Vt.) 52
3 Charleston (S.C.) 60
14 Southeastern Oklahoma State 43
- Kearney State (Neb.) 67
14 Southeastern Oklahoma State 70
11 Wayland Baptist 73
BOTTOM TIER
3 Charleston (S.C.) 68
11 Wayland Baptist (Tex.) 78
- Mesa (Colo.) 70
11 Wayland Baptist 90
- Hillsdale 63
- Hillsdale (Mich.) 92
6 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 79
11 Wayland Baptist 70
7 Marycrest 69
- Cabrini (Pa.) 70
7 Marycrest (Iowa) 71
7 Marycrest 83
- Pfeiffer 75
10 Southwestern (Tex.) 59
- Pfeiffer (N.C.) 74
7 Marycrest 78
BOTTOM TIER
- Drury 68
15 Waynesburg (Pa.) 57
- Drury (Mo.) 66
- Drury 58
2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 56
- IUPU-Indianapolis 61
2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 71
  •  * denotes overtime.

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA Third Place Game
   
7 Marycrest 108
- Central Washington 94

References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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