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1984–85 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Memphis State 13 1   .929 31 4   .886
Virginia Tech 10 4   .714 20 9   .690
Cincinnati 8 6   .571 17 14   .548
South Carolina 6 8   .429 15 13   .536
Tulane 6 8   .429 15 13   .536
Louisville 6 8   .429 19 18   .514
Florida State 4 10   .286 14 16   .467
Southern Miss 3 11   .214 7 21   .250
1985 Metro Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1985 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]

Memphis State defeated Florida State in the championship game, 90–86 in OT, to win their third Metro men's basketball tournament.

The Tigers received the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Tournament, and would go on to reach the 1985 Final Four. Additionally, Virginia Tech received an at-large bid.

Format

All eight members of the conference participated. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

Quarterfinal
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
         
1 Memphis State 68
8 Southern Miss 58
1 Memphis State 81
4 Louisville 74
4 Louisville 74
5 South Carolina 61
1 Memphis State 90*
7 Florida State 86
3 Cincinnati 58
6 Tulane 44
3 Cincinnati 65
7 Florida State 75
7 Florida State 97
2 Virginia Tech 93

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