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1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; Season: 1984–85: Teams: 64: Finals site: Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky: Champions: Villanova Wildcats (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four) Runner-up: Georgetown Hoyas (4th title game, 5th Final Four) Semifinalists
This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by state; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for states whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981. Schools noted as vacated had all their Final Four appearances vacated.
The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game; [8] Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040. [9] Each winning university receives a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood. [10]
Listed below is every tournament winner, championship game final score, Final Four Most Outstanding Player and site. 2023: UConn (31-8) Championship game: UConn 76, San Diego State 59
The Hoyas were coached by Thompson's son, John Thompson III during their 2007 Final Four run. [34] 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.
Bold Indicates an active streak as of the 2024 tournament. Kansas has appeared in 34 consecutive NCAA tournaments from 1990-2024, but its 2018 appearance, which ended in the Final Four, was vacated five years later due to use of a player, Silvio De Sousa, who was ruled ineligible retroactively.
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]
The 1952 tournament had four regions each with a third-place game. This era of the tournament was characterized by competition with the National Invitation Tournament. Founded by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association one year before the NCAA tournament, the NIT was held entirely in New York City at Madison Square Garden.