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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 1985 NCAA Tournament championship has been described as one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history by numerous writers, including Jack Carey of USA Today and Matt Bonesteel of The Washington Post. [9] [35] As of 2021, the 1984–85 Villanova team is the lowest-seeded NCAA championship squad. [36]
The 1985 NCAA Tournament was the first to feature a 64-team field, [1] expanding from 53 teams the year before. Three teams from the Big East Conference (Georgetown, St. John's, and Villanova) advanced to the NCAA tournament's Final Four. It was the first time that three teams from the same conference reached the Final Four. [1]
Bill Martin averaged 17 points and seven rebounds per game during the tournament. [7] Ranked No. 1 in the country, the Hoyas were the No. 1 seed in the East Region of the 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – the seventh of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA tournament appearances.
The 1985 National Invitation Tournament was the 1985 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 12, 1985, and ended when the UCLA Bruins defeated Indiana Hoosiers in the NIT championship game on Friday, March 29, 1985, at Madison Square Garden.
The Illini started out the 1984-85 season ranked No. 1 nationally by Basketball Times in its preseason poll. ... NCAA Tournament; 3/15/1985 * no, ...
The 1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31 and featured 32 teams. The Final Four consisted of Old Dominion, Northeast Louisiana, Western Kentucky, and Georgia, with Old Dominion defeating Georgia, 70–65 in the championship game. [1]
The 1985 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division II men's basketball season.