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1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 64 Finals Site Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky Champions Villanova (1st title) Runner-Up Georgetown (4th title game) Semifinalists Memphis State (2nd Final Four) St. John's (2nd Final Four) Winning Coach Rollie Massimino (1st title) MOP Ed Pinckney Villanova Attendance 422,519 Top scorer Chris Mullin St. John's (110 points) |
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing
in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64
teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began on March 1, 1985,
and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Lexington, Kentucky. A total
of 63 games were played. Eight-seed Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, won the national title with a 66-64 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by John Thompson. Ed Pinckney of Villanova was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The game is often cited among the greatest upsets in college basketball history. This Villanova team remains the lowest-seeded team to win the tournament. |
vVillanova enters the 2007-2008 season with an all-time winning percentage of .637,
placing the Wildcats 20th among all NCAA Division I basketball programs. Villanova began its varsity basketball program in 1920. Michael Saxe coached for six seasons, from 1920-1926, compiling a 64-30 record (.681). John Cashman coached three seasons, from 1926-1929, compiling a 21-21 record (.447). George Jacobs coached seven seasons, from 1929-1936, and had a 62-56 record (.525). |
Villanova University has fielded a basketball team since the 1920-21 season. Nicknamed
the "Wildcats", Villanova is a member of the Big East Conference and the
Philadelphia Big Five. The Villanova Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA Tournament
28 times. They made the Final Four in 1939, 1971, and 1985, and were National
Champions in 1985. Villanova has appeared in the NIT 17 times, winning in 1994,
and won the Big East Tournament in 1995. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The team played its first game in 1920 in Alumni Hall on Villanova's campus, beating
Catholic University 43-40. In the early years, Villanova's home courts were
Alumni Hall and West Catholic High School. The Wildcats moved into the Villanova Field House (now known as the Jake Nevin Field House) in 1932. Villanova also played many home games at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania beginning in 1929. The Wildcats played home games in both the Villanova Field House and the Palestra until 1986. |
