The 1985 SEC MenâÂÂs Basketball Tournament took place from March 6âÂÂ9, 1985 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Auburn Tigers men's basketball team won their first ever SEC Tournament title in the championship game on March 9, 1985. Auburn defeated Alabama 53âÂÂ49 for the SEC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA MenâÂÂs Division I Basketball tournament.
Television coverage of the tournamentâÂÂs first round, the quarterfinals, and semifinals were produced and regionally syndicated by the now-defunct Lorimar Sports Network (formerly Sports Productions, Inc.), the sports broadcasting arm of Lorimar Productions. Outside of the SEC geographical footprint, the championship game was nationally televised on NBC via that networkâÂÂs in-house sports division, NBC Sports (With Marv Albert and Bucky Waters handling the Play by Play and Color respectively).