Overall: 21-10, .677 W-L% (53rd of 283)
Conference: 9-5, 4th in Sun Belt (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Wenzel (21-10)
PS/G: 66.6 (186th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 62.0 (26th of 283)
SRS: 10.29 (42nd of 283) ▪ SOS: 5.77 (51st of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (61-50) versus #9 Temple
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | @ | George Washington | A-10 | L | 77 | 83 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Central Florida | Ind | W | 67 | 47 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | L | 65 | 69 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 20, 1985 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Metro | W | 80 | 66 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 53 | 72 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | W | 80 | 66 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 67 | 65 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 57 | 67 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | Bethune-Cookman | MEAC | W | 103 | 54 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | W | 69 | 62 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1986 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | W | 55 | 51 | 7 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Charlotte | Sun Belt | W | 86 | 77 | 8 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | @ | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 53 | 57 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Charlotte | Sun Belt | W | 67 | 58 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | L | 67 | 75 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | L | 80 | 81 | 9 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | L | 56 | 64 | 9 | 8 | L 3 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 27, 1986 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 64 | 61 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 65 | 60 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | L | 46 | 51 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | South Florida | Sun Belt | W | 62 | 54 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 10, 1986 | REG | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 65 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 69 | 51 | 14 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 67 | 58 | 15 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | South Florida | Sun Belt | W | 62 | 45 | 16 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 56 | 49 | 17 | 9 | W 6 | |
| 27 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 67 | 61 | 18 | 9 | W 7 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | CTOURN | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 69 | 19 | 9 | W 8 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | Temple | A-10 | L | 50 | 61 | OT | 19 | 10 | L 1 |