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1985-86 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
Record: 185-133, .582 W-L% (6th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.75 (4th of 33) ▪ SOS: 9.23 (4th of 33)
Regular Season Champion: Kentucky
Tournament Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 4 (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky and Louisiana State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Auburn, Kentucky and Louisiana State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Kentucky)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Kentucky* RT | 17 | 1 | .944 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 73.7 | 61.5 | 21.8 | 9.6 |
| 2 | Auburn* | 13 | 5 | .722 | 22 | 11 | .667 | 72.1 | 66.8 | 14.9 | 9.7 |
| 3 | Alabama* | 13 | 5 | .722 | 24 | 9 | .727 | 75.0 | 67.4 | 16.7 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Florida | 10 | 8 | .556 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 70.2 | 66.8 | 10.5 | 7.1 |
| 5 | Louisiana State* F | 9 | 9 | .500 | 26 | 12 | .684 | 74.7 | 70.3 | 15.1 | 10.7 |
| 6 | Georgia | 9 | 9 | .500 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 77.9 | 72.1 | 13.7 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 11 | .389 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 69.6 | 72.5 | 5.7 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 5 | 13 | .278 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 67.1 | 68.0 | 9.1 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | 17 | .414 | 65.1 | 69.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
| 10 | Mississippi State | 3 | 15 | .167 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 61.5 | 67.1 | 4.7 | 10.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Alabama | 20 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 10 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Louisiana State | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Alabama won (97-80) versus Xavier (Southeast Regional)
Auburn won (73-63) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Kentucky won (75-55) versus Davidson (Southeast Regional)
Louisiana State won (94-87) versus Purdue (Southeast Regional)
Second Round
Alabama won (58-56) versus Illinois (Southeast Regional)
Auburn won (81-65) versus St. John's (NY) (West Regional)
Kentucky won (71-64) versus Western Kentucky (Southeast Regional)
Louisiana State won (83-81) versus Memphis (Southeast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Alabama lost (68-63) versus Kentucky (Southeast Regional)
Auburn won (70-63) versus Nevada-Las Vegas (West Regional)
Kentucky won (68-63) versus Alabama (Southeast Regional)
Louisiana State won (70-64) versus Georgia Tech (Southeast Regional)
Regional Final
Auburn lost (84-76) versus Louisville (West Regional)
Kentucky lost (59-57) versus Louisiana State (Southeast Regional)
Louisiana State won (59-57) versus Kentucky (Southeast Regional)
National Semifinal
Louisiana State lost (88-77) versus Louisville
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