Overall: 23-11, .676 W-L% (57th of 283)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in A-Sun (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Newell (23-11)
PS/G: 79.8 (9th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 73.5 (223rd of 283)
SRS: 1.40 (121st of 283) ▪ SOS: -4.89 (212th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#14 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (90-83) versus #3 Notre Dame
Lost Midwest Second Round (80-66) versus #6 North Carolina State
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 24, 1985 | REG | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 99 | 108 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 72 | 70 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Dec 13, 1985 | REG | N | George Mason | CAA | W | 70 | 67 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | L | 76 | 79 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 18, 1985 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | L | 62 | 69 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 80 | 104 | 2 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | Texas-San Antonio | Ind | W | 87 | 67 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 30, 1985 | REG | @ | Northwestern State | GSC | L | 61 | 68 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Fri, Jan 3, 1986 | REG | N | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | L | 64 | 66 | 3 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | N | Austin Peay | OVC | L | 67 | 75 | 3 | 7 | L 3 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1986 | REG | Hardin-Simmons | A-Sun | L | 56 | 61 | 3 | 8 | L 4 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | Houston Baptist | A-Sun | W | 88 | 67 | 4 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Northwestern State | GSC | W | 75 | 44 | 5 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | N | Georgia Southern | A-Sun | W | 74 | 71 | 6 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | N | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 91 | 76 | 7 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | REG | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 98 | 70 | 8 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgia State | A-Sun | W | 82 | 78 | 9 | 8 | W 6 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Samford | A-Sun | W | 83 | 73 | 10 | 8 | W 7 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | @ | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | W | 105 | 97 | 11 | 8 | W 8 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 70 | 66 | 12 | 8 | W 9 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 5, 1986 | REG | @ | Houston Baptist | A-Sun | L | 95 | 97 | 12 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Hardin-Simmons | A-Sun | W | 68 | 67 | 13 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgia Southern | A-Sun | W | 83 | 74 | 14 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 57 | 56 | 15 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 19, 1986 | REG | @ | Texas-San Antonio | Ind | W | 81 | 76 | 16 | 9 | W 4 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | Samford | A-Sun | W | 87 | 68 | 17 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | REG | Georgia State | A-Sun | W | 86 | 65 | 18 | 9 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | CTOURN | Georgia State | A-Sun | W | 115 | 82 | 19 | 9 | W 7 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Mar 2, 1986 | CTOURN | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 81 | 66 | 20 | 9 | W 8 | ||
| 30 | Mon, Mar 3, 1986 | CTOURN | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 85 | 63 | 21 | 9 | W 9 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | NCAA | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 90 | 83 | 22 | 9 | W 10 | |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 16, 1986 | NCAA | N | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 66 | 80 | OT | 22 | 10 | L 1 |