Overall: 21-10, .677 W-L% (53rd of 283)
Conference: 12-4, 1st in Southern (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mack McCarthy (21-10)
PS/G: 70.3 (110th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 69.1 (141st of 283)
SRS: -0.93 (145th of 283) ▪ SOS: -2.10 (183rd of 283)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 74 | 94 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Dec 6, 1985 | REG | Mercer | A-Sun | L | 59 | 61 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 77 | 69 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 48 | 47 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Fri, Dec 20, 1985 | REG | N | Mississippi | SEC | W | 89 | 78 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | L | 60 | 76 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 58 | 55 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | Georgia | SEC | L | 71 | 97 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 91 | 77 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | L | 48 | 67 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 64 | 61 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 96 | 71 | 7 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 22, 1986 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 74 | 62 | 8 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | W | 81 | 74 | 9 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 27, 1986 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 72 | 70 | 10 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 78 | 63 | 11 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | L | 68 | 71 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 63 | 61 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 85 | 84 | 13 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 10, 1986 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 60 | 67 | 13 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 74 | 64 | 14 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 81 | 67 | 15 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 65 | 58 | 16 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | REG | Citadel | Southern | L | 75 | 82 | 16 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Citadel | Southern | W | 69 | 66 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 68 | 57 | 18 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 2, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Davidson | Southern | L | 40 | 42 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NIT | Georgia | SEC | L | 81 | 95 | 18 | 10 | L 2 |