1985-86 Independent Season Summary

Record: 253-236, .517 W-L% (17th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: -3.48 (20th of 33) ▪ SOS: -2.53 (22nd of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Notre Dame

NCAA Tournament: 2 (DePaul and Notre Dame)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Notre Dame)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Notre Dame)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
	Notre Dame* R				23	6	.793	78.9	65.4	17.7	4.2
	Chicago State				22	6	.786	75.9	69.7	-0.5	-6.8
	Eastern Washington				20	8	.714	69.3	66.1	1.1	-2.1
	Texas-Pan American				20	8	.714	69.9	62.5	2.1	-5.3
	Marquette				19	11	.633	72.9	65.8	9.0	1.9
	DePaul*				18	13	.581	69.5	66.1	10.8	7.4	*Overall W-L adjusted to 16-12
	New Orleans				16	12	.571	73.3	69.3	5.7	1.7
	Dayton				17	13	.567	71.4	68.1	6.2	2.9
	Louisiana-Lafayette				15	13	.536	69.2	67.9	3.7	2.4
	Miami (FL)				14	14	.500	71.6	76.1	-6.5	-2.0
	Tennessee State				14	14	.500	63.1	68.8	-11.1	-5.3
	Utica				13	14	.481	64.3	71.6	-15.6	-8.3
	Florida A&M				12	16	.429	75.0	78.2	-13.5	-10.2
	Brooklyn				9	22	.290	68.2	78.3	-18.7	-8.6
	Alliant International				8	20	.286	90.4	103.2	-19.3	-6.5
	Texas-San Antonio				7	24	.226	64.6	75.0	-15.2	-4.7
	Central Florida				6	22	.214	65.5	76.8	-15.0	-3.8

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
Notre Dame	12	11	10	17	19	18	17	16	13	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	10
DePaul				19	18	20

First Round
DePaul won (72-68) versus Virginia (East Regional)
Notre Dame lost (90-83) versus Arkansas-Little Rock (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
DePaul won (74-69) versus Oklahoma (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
DePaul lost (74-67) versus Duke (East Regional)