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1985-86 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results

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Overall: 37-3, .925 W-L% (1st of 283)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Krzyzewski (37-3)

PS/G: 79.8 (10th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 67.2 (97th of 283)
SRS: 22.09 (3rd of 283) ▪ SOS: 9.49 (21st of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Won East First Round (85-78) versus #16 Mississippi Valley State
Won East Second Round (89-61) versus #8 Old Dominion
Won East Regional Semifinal (74-67) versus #12 DePaul
Won East Regional Final (71-50) versus #7 Navy
Won National Semifinal (71-67) versus #1 Kansas
Lost National Final (72-69) versus #2 Louisville

NCAA Tournament Final Four

AP Poll Summary

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
6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 2 2 1 1 1

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Thu, Nov 21, 1985 REG N Lamar Southland W 66 62 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 24, 1985 REG N Alabama-Birmingham Sun Belt W 66 54 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 REG @ William & Mary CAA W 81 61 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Nov 29, 1985 REG @ St. John's (NY) Big East W 71 70 4 0 W 4
5 Sun, Dec 1, 1985 REG N Kansas Big 8 W 92 86 5 0 W 5
6 Mon, Dec 2, 1985 REG East Carolina CAA W 98 66 6 0 W 6
7 Wed, Dec 4, 1985 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 84 74 7 0 W 7
8 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 REG Virginia ACC W 72 64 8 0 W 8
9 Wed, Dec 18, 1985 REG N Davidson Southern W 69 52 9 0 W 9
10 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 REG Appalachian State Southern W 88 46 10 0 W 10
11 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 REG Northwestern Big Ten W 78 55 11 0 W 11
12 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 REG @ Maryland ACC W 81 75 12 0 W 12
13 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 REG Saint Louis MW Coll W 84 58 13 0 W 13
14 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 REG North Carolina State ACC W 74 64 14 0 W 14
15 Mon, Jan 13, 1986 REG @ Saint Joseph's A-10 W 87 66 15 0 W 15
16 Thu, Jan 16, 1986 REG Wake Forest ACC W 92 63 16 0 W 16
17 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 REG @ North Carolina ACC L 92 95 16 1 L 1
18 Tue, Jan 21, 1986 REG @ Georgia Tech ACC L 80 87 16 2 L 2
19 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 REG Maryland ACC W 80 68 17 2 W 1
20 Mon, Jan 27, 1986 REG Harvard Ivy W 89 52 18 2 W 2
21 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 REG Clemson ACC W 89 78 19 2 W 3
22 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 REG N Wake Forest ACC W 68 58 20 2 W 4
23 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 REG @ Virginia ACC W 77 65 21 2 W 5
24 Sun, Feb 9, 1986 REG Georgia Tech ACC W 75 59 22 2 W 6
25 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 REG N Stetson A-Sun W 85 64 23 2 W 7
26 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 REG @ North Carolina State ACC W 72 70 24 2 W 8
27 Sun, Feb 16, 1986 REG Notre Dame Ind W 75 74 25 2 W 9
28 Wed, Feb 19, 1986 REG Miami (FL) Ind W 104 82 26 2 W 10
29 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 REG Oklahoma Big 8 W 93 84 27 2 W 11
30 Wed, Feb 26, 1986 REG @ Clemson ACC W 77 69 28 2 W 12
31 Sun, Mar 2, 1986 REG North Carolina ACC W 82 74 29 2 W 13
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
32 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 CTOURN N Wake Forest ACC W 68 60 30 2 W 14
33 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 CTOURN N Virginia ACC W 75 70 31 2 W 15
34 Sun, Mar 9, 1986 CTOURN N Georgia Tech ACC W 68 67 32 2 W 16
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
35 Thu, Mar 13, 1986 NCAA N Mississippi Valley State SWAC W 85 78 33 2 W 17
36 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 NCAA N Old Dominion Sun Belt W 89 61 34 2 W 18
37 Fri, Mar 21, 1986 NCAA N DePaul Ind W 74 67 35 2 W 19
38 Sun, Mar 23, 1986 NCAA N Navy CAA W 71 50 36 2 W 20
39 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 NCAA N Kansas Big 8 W 71 67 37 2 W 21
40 Mon, Mar 31, 1986 NCAA N Louisville Metro L 69 72 37 3 L 1