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1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Champions
  
Georgetown (4th title)

Teams
  
9

Site
  
Madison Square Garden New York City

Winning coach
  
John Thompson (4th title)

MVP
  
Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)

The 1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 6 to March 9, 1985. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. St. John's had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Georgetown defeated St. John's in the championship game 92–80, to claim its second straight Big East Tournament championship, and fourth overall.

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

  • Rafael Addison, Syracuse
  • Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
  • Michael Jackson, Georgetown
  • Bill Martin, Georgetown
  • Chris Mullin, St. John's
  • Ed Pinckney, Villanova
  • References

    1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia