1985 SEC men's basketball tournament

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |

| Year=1985

| Conference=SEC

| Gender=Men's

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| Teams= 10

| Arena= Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex

| City= Birmingham, Alabama2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, page 134

| Champions= Auburn

| TitleCount= 1st

| Coach= Sonny Smith

| CoachCount= 1st

| MVP= Chuck Person

| MVPTeam= Auburn

| Attendance= 122,900

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| Television= Lorimar Sports Network {{small|(Entire tournament)}}
NBC {{small|(Championship game)}}

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{{1984–85 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1985 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–9, 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 53–49 for the SEC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament.[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/1985-schedule.html 1984-85 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-reference.com][https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sec/1985.html 1984-85 Southeastern Conference Season Summary | at Sports-reference.com]

Television coverage of the tournament’s 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 network’s in-house sports division, NBC Sports (With Marv Albert and Bucky Waters handling the Play by Play and Color respectively).