1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1985
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Champions	Western Carolina (1st title)
MVP	Mike Carson (Western Carolina)
Southern Conference Baseball Tournament «1984  1986»

1985 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Appalachian State ^x	14	–	3		.824			35	–	13		.729
Marshall	10	–	8		.556			26	–	18		.591
VMI	8	–	10		.444			16	–	24		.400
East Tennessee State	3	–	14		.176			10	–	31		.244
Southern
Davidson ^x	11	–	5		.688			24	–	19		.558
#26 Western Carolina ‡^y	11	–	6		.647			37	–	35		.514
The Citadel	8	–	10		.444			29	–	20		.592
Furman	4	–	13		.235			16	–	29		.356
x – Division champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1985[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Boone, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's second seed Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.^[2]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
North Division
Appalachian State	14	3	.824	–	1N
Marshall	10	8	.556	4.5	2N
VMI	8	10	.444	6.5	–
East Tennessee State	3	14	.176	11	–
South Division
Davidson	11	5	.688	–	1S
Western Carolina	11	6	.647	.5	2S
The Citadel	8	10	.444	4	–
Furman	4	13	.235	7.5	–

Bracket

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1S

Davidson

1

2N

Marshall

9

2N

Marshall

5

2S

Western Carolina

2

1N

Appalachian State

2

2S

Western Carolina

3

2N

Marshall

6

12

2S

Western Carolina

12

13

1S

Davidson

8

1N

Appalachian State

5

2S

Western Carolina

13

1S

Davidson

2

^[3]

Most Outstanding Player

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player[4]

Mike Carson

Western Carolina

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-15.