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1985-86 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
Record: 189-119, .614 W-L% (4th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 13.32 (2nd of 33) ▪ SOS: 9.99 (1st of 33)
Regular Season Champion: Michigan
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Michigan)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Michigan* R | 14 | 4 | .778 | 28 | 5 | .848 | 76.7 | 64.4 | 21.9 | 9.6 |
| 2 | Indiana* | 13 | 5 | .722 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 76.3 | 69.0 | 18.7 | 11.4 |
| 3 | Michigan State* | 12 | 6 | .667 | 23 | 8 | .742 | 83.1 | 71.3 | 19.8 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Illinois* | 11 | 7 | .611 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 72.7 | 61.8 | 20.3 | 9.4 |
| 4 | Purdue* | 11 | 7 | .611 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 76.3 | 70.1 | 15.8 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Iowa* | 10 | 8 | .556 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 73.0 | 66.4 | 15.9 | 9.3 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 8 | 10 | .444 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 75.2 | 72.3 | 12.6 | 9.7 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 5 | 13 | .278 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 68.1 | 70.7 | 7.8 | 10.3 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 68.8 | 75.3 | 4.1 | 10.6 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 2 | 16 | .111 | 7 | 20 | .259 | 60.3 | 76.0 | -3.6 | 12.1 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Indiana | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Michigan State | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | |||||||
| Iowa | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 20 | 19 | 15 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Illinois won (75-51) versus Fairfield (Southeast Regional)
Indiana lost (83-79) versus Cleveland State (East Regional)
Iowa lost (66-64) versus North Carolina State (Midwest Regional)
Michigan won (70-64) versus Akron (Midwest Regional)
Michigan State won (72-70) versus Washington (Midwest Regional)
Purdue lost (94-87) versus Louisiana State (Southeast Regional)
Second Round
Illinois lost (58-56) versus Alabama (Southeast Regional)
Michigan lost (72-69) versus Iowa State (Midwest Regional)
Michigan State won (80-68) versus Georgetown (Midwest Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Michigan State lost (96-86) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)
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