1985 NCAA Tournament

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1985 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

First Year of the 64 Teams

This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began on March 14, 1985, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Lexington, Kentucky. A total of 63 games were played.

he following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1985 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 14 and 16
- East Region
  - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
- Midwest Region
  - Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Southeast Region
  - Athletic & Convocation Center, South Bend, Indiana
- West Region
  - Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
March 15 and 17
- East Region
  - Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
- Midwest Region
  - Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas
- Southeast Region
  - University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
- West Region
  - University Arena ("The Pit"), Albuquerque, New Mexico

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Georgetown	16	Lehigh	68-43
		2	Georgia Tech	15	Mercer	65-58
		3	Illinois	14	Northeastern	76-57
		4	Loyola (Ill.)	13	Iona	59-58
		5	Southern Methodist	12	Old Dominion	85-68
		6	Georgia	11	Wichita State	67-59
		7	Syracuse	10	DePaul	70-65
		8	Temple	9	Virginia Tech	60-57

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Oklahoma	16	North Carolina A&T	96-83
		2	Memphis State	15	Penn	67-55
		3	Duke	14	Pepperdine	75-62
		4	Ohio State	13	Iowa State	75-64
		5	Louisiana Tech	12	Pittsburgh	78-54
		6	Texas Tech	11	Boston College	55-53
		7	UAB	10	Michigan State	70-68
		8	Southern California	9	Illinois State	58-55

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Michigan	16	Fairleigh Dickinson	59-55
		2	North Carolina	15	Middle Tennessee State	76-57
		3	Kansas	14	Ohio U	49-38
		4	Louisiana State	13	Navy	78-55
		5	Maryland	12	Miami (Oh)	69-68 (OT)
		6	Purdue	11	Auburn	59-58
		7	Notre Dame	10	Oregon State	79-70
		8	Villanova	9	Dayton	51-49

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	St. John's	16	Southern (La.)	83-59
		2	Virginia Commonwealth	15	Marshall	81-65
		3	North Carolina State	14	Nevada-Reno	65-56
		4	UNLV	13	San Diego State	85-80
		5	Washington	12	Kentucky	66-58
		6	Tulsa	11	Texas-El Paso	79-75
		7	Alabama	10	Arizona	50-41
		8	Iowa	9	Arkansas	63-54

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Georgetown	8	Temple	63-46
		2	Georgia Tech	7	Syracuse	70-53
		3	Illinois	6	Georgia	74-58
		4	Loyola (Ill.)	5	Southern Methodist	70-57

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Oklahoma	9	Illinois State	75-69
		2	Memphis State	7	UAB	67-66 (ot)
		3	Duke	11	Boston College	74-73
		4	Ohio State	5	Louisiana Tech	79-67

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Michigan	8	Villanova	59-55
		2	North Carolina	7	Notre Dame	60-58
		3	Kansas	11	Auburn	66-64
		4	Maryland	13	Navy	64-59

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	St. John's	9	Arkansas	68-65
		2	Virginia Commonwealth	7	Alabama	63-59
		3	North Carolina State	11	Texas-El Paso	86-73
		4	UNLV	12	Kentucky	64-61

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Providence Civic CenterMarch 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	4	Loyola (Ill.)	65-53
	2	Georgia Tech	3	Illinois	61-53

Midwest REGIONAL at Reunion Arena, Dallas,March 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Oklahoma	5	Louisiana Tech	86-84 (OT)
	2	Memphis State	11	Boston College	59-57

Southeast REGIONAL at BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, AlabamaMarch 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	North Carolina	11	Auburn	62-56
	4	Maryland	8	Villanova	46-43

West REGIONAL at McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, ColoradoMarch 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	St. John's	12	Kentucky	86-70
	3	North Carolina State	7	Alabama	61-55

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	2	Georgia Tech	60-54

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Oklahoma	2	Memphis State	63-61

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	North Carolina	8	Villanova	56-44

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	St. John's	3	North Carolina State	69-60

Final 4

at Lexington, KY

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 30 and April 1
- Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Memphis State	8	Villanova	52-45
	1	Georgetown	1	St. John's	77-59

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Lexington, KY


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Georgetown	8	Villanova	66-64

Villanova leaders: Ed Pinckney, Sr., C; Dwayne McClain, Sr., F-G; Harold Pressley, Jr., F; Gary McLain, Sr., G; Dwight Wilbur, Jr., G

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Georgetown	34-2	NCAA 2nd Place
2.	Michigan	26-4	Lost NCAA regionals
3	St. John’s	31-3	Lost NCAA semifinals
4.	Oklahoma	31-7	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	Memphis State	31-3	Lost NCAA semifinals
6.	Georgia Tech	27-8	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	North Carolina	27-9	Lost NCAA regionals
8.	Louisiana Tech	29-3	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	UNLV	28-4	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	Duke	23-8	Lost NCAA regionals

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Xavier McDaniel	Sr.	Wichita State
G-F	Chris Mullin	Sr.	St. John’s
C-F	Wayman Tisdale	Jr.	Oklahoma
C	Patrick Ewing	Sr.	Georgetown
C	Keith Lee	Sr.	Memphis State
G	Johnny Dawkins	Jr.	Duke

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Dwayne McClain	Sr.	F-G	Villanova
Patrick Ewing	Sr.	C	Georgetown
Ed Pinckney	Sr.	C	Villanova
Harold Jensen	So.	G	Villanova
Gary McLain	Sr.	G	Villanova

Team Offense

Oklahoma, 89.9

Notes

Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall retires after 19 years with a 373-156 record.
Marv Harshman retires from Washington to end a 40-year career that included stops at Pacific Lutheran and Washington State.
NIT: Reggie Miller led UCLA (21-12) to victory against Indiana.

Team Defense

Fresno State, 53.0

Individual Scoring

1. Xavier McDaniel	Wichita State	27.2
2. Alfredrick Hughes	Loyola (Chi.)	26.3
3. Dan Palombizio	Ball State	26.3
4. Joe Dumars	McNeese State	25.8
5. Terry Catledge	South Alabama	25.6
6. Derrick Gervin	UT-San Antonio	25.6

Individual Rebounding

1. Xavier McDaniel	Wichita State	14.8
2. Benoit Benjamin	Creighton	14.1
3. Carey Scurry	Long Island U.	14.1