Overall: 18-13, .581 W-L% (101st of 283) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joey Meyer (18-13)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 16-12 (more)
PS/G: 69.5 (132nd of 283) ▪ PA/G: 66.1 (77th of 283)
SRS: 10.78 (38th of 283) ▪ SOS: 7.43 (38th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in East)
Won East First Round (72-68) versus #5 Virginia
Won East Second Round (74-69) versus #4 Oklahoma
Lost East Regional Semifinal (74-67) versus #1 Duke
| 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 |
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| 19 | 18 | 20 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 63 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | St. Francis (NY) | ECACM | W | 93 | 48 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | W | 71 | 64 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 70 | 59 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 12, 1985 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | W | 84 | 78 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Thu, Dec 19, 1985 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 70 | 67 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | L | 70 | 85 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 56 | 71 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Navy | CAA | L | 64 | 67 | 6 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Texas | SWC | W | 63 | 62 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Dayton | Ind | W | 66 | 52 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | REG | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 70 | 57 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 54 | 70 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 15, 1986 | REG | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | L | 75 | 90 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 61 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 90 | 55 | 11 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 96 | 53 | 12 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 64 | 77 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 4, 1986 | REG | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 73 | 41 | 13 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 65 | 70 | 13 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Tue, Feb 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | L | 53 | 66 | 13 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Louisville | Metro | L | 53 | 72 | 13 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 61 | 74 | 13 | 10 | L 4 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 19, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 48 | 44 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 81 | 72 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Feb 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 59 | 70 | 15 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | L | 63 | 65 | 15 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | REG | Marquette | Ind | W | 95 | 87 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | Virginia | ACC | W | 72 | 68 | 17 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 15, 1986 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | W | 74 | 69 | 18 | 12 | W 3 | |
| 31 | Fri, Mar 21, 1986 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | L | 67 | 74 | 18 | 13 | L 1 |