1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament

1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1984–85
Teams8
SiteMabee Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsLoyola–Chicago (1st title)
Winning coachGene Sullivan (1st title)
MVPAlfredrick Hughes (2nd MVP) (Loyola–Chicago)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments
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1984–85 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Loyola-Chicago † 13 – 1   .929 27 – 6   .818
Butler 9 – 5   .643 19 – 10   .655
Oral Roberts 8 – 6   .571 15 – 15   .500
Detroit 8 – 6   .571 16 – 12   .571
Xavier 7 – 7   .500 16 – 13   .552
Saint Louis 6 – 8   .429 13 – 15   .464
Evansville 4 – 10   .286 13 – 16   .448
Oklahoma City 1 – 13   .071 6 – 20   .231
† 1985 MCC tournament winner

The 1985 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 7–9 at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]

Loyola–Chicago defeated Oral Roberts in the championship game, 89–83, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Ramblers received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament as the #4 seed in the East region, and advanced to the Sweet 16.

Format

All eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 8 		Championship
Sunday, March 9
         
1 #16 Loyola–Chicago 100
8 Oklahoma City 85
1 #16 Loyola–Chicago 65
5 Xavier 61
4 Detroit 69
5 Xavier 77
1 #16 Loyola–Chicago 89
3 Oral Roberts 83
3 Oral Roberts 56
6 Saint Louis 53
3 Oral Roberts 74
7 Evansville 69
7 Evansville 73
2 Butler 72

References

  1. ^ "1984-85 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.