Overall: 21-8, .724 W-L% (37th of 283)
Conference: 13-5, 2nd in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Knight (21-8)
PS/G: 76.3 (30th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 69.0 (139th of 283)
SRS: 18.68 (12th of 283) ▪ SOS: 11.41 (3rd of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (83-79) versus #14 Cleveland State
| 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 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | Kent State | MAC | W | 89 | 73 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 3, 1985 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 82 | 67 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 58 | 63 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 78 | 71 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 13, 1985 | REG | Louisiana Tech | Southland | W | 84 | 63 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 74 | 59 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 18, 1985 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 63 | 65 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 86 | 65 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Idaho | Big Sky | W | 87 | 57 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 74 | 73 | 8 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 69 | 78 | 8 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Jan 5, 1986 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 74 | 77 | 8 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 102 | 65 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 80 | 69 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 15, 1986 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 69 | 66 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 71 | 70 | OT | 12 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 71 | 69 | 13 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 69 | 79 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 62 | 54 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 78 | 69 | 15 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 77 | 52 | 16 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Feb 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 84 | 75 | 17 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 61 | 60 | 18 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 24 | Sun, Feb 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 68 | 85 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 95 | 63 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Mar 2, 1986 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 80 | 73 | 20 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Mar 5, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 97 | 79 | 21 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 52 | 80 | 21 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | NCAA | N | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | L | 79 | 83 | 21 | 8 | L 2 |