1985 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 2–4 at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia.[1]
| 1985 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1984–85 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA |
| Champions | Mercer (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Bill Bibb (2nd title) |
| MVP | Sam Mitchell (Mercer) |
Mercer defeated Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 105–96, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Bears, therefore, received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament.
Nicholls State and Northwestern State departed the TAAC for the Southland Conference prior to the season, keeping the total membership of the conference at eight. In turn, this was Georgia State's first TAAC tournament.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2 |
Semifinals Sunday, March 3 |
Championship Monday, March 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 109 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Georgia State | 61 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 65 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 67 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Hardin–Simmons | 73 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 75 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 96 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mercer | 105 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Houston Baptist | 77 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 67 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Houston Baptist | 65 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mercer | 69 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Centenary (LA) | 70 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mercer | 74 | |||||||||||
References
- "1984-85 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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