1985 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1985 WAC I Men's 200px 9 Special Events Center El Paso, TX San Diego State 1st Smokey Gaines 1st Luster Goodwin UTEP Lorimar Sports Network The 1985 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at the Special Events Center in El Paso, Texas.1984-85 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1985.html March 19, 2016 In their first season in the WAC, San Diego State defeated defending champions UTEP in the championship game, 87–81, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. The Aztecs, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA tournament while top-seeded UTEP additionally received an at-large bid. Format The top two teams from the regular season standings continued to receive a double-bye while the third-seeded team got a single-bye. The remaining six teams, in turn, competed in the first round. Seeding was based on regular season conference records. Bracket First round Monday, March 4 Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 5 Semifinals Wednesday, March 6 Championship Thursday, March 7 35px 4 1984 men BYU Cougars BYU 79 9 1984 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 82 6 1984 men Utah Utes Utah 61 7 1984 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming 60 5 1984 men Colorado State Rams Colorado State 73 8 1984 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 68 9 Air Force 64 6 Utah 66 3 1984 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 62 5 Colorado State 56 1 UTEP 82 6 Utah 73 2 San Diego State 98 3 New Mexico 84 1 UTEP 81 2 San Diego State 87 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in El Paso, Texas Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas