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1985-86 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results

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Overall: 32-4, .889 W-L% (4th of 283)
Conference: 17-1, 1st in SEC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Eddie Sutton (32-4)

PS/G: 74.1 (58th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 61.4 (20th of 283)
SRS: 21.80 (5th of 283) ▪ SOS: 9.63 (18th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (75-55) versus #16 Davidson
Won Southeast Second Round (71-64) versus #8 Western Kentucky
Won Southeast Regional Semifinal (68-63) versus #5 Alabama
Lost Southeast Regional Final (59-57) versus #11 Louisiana State

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
11 10 9 9 13 13 12 11 11 11 8 12 11 8 5 3 3

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 REG Northwestern State GSC W 77 58 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 REG @ Chaminade W 89 57 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, Nov 27, 1985 REG @ Hawaii WAC W 98 65 3 0 W 3
4 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 REG Cincinnati Metro W 84 54 4 0 W 4
5 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 REG Indiana Big Ten W 63 58 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 REG @ Kansas Big 8 L 68 83 5 1 L 1
7 Fri, Dec 20, 1985 REG East Carolina CAA W 86 52 6 1 W 1
8 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 REG Pepperdine WCC W 88 56 7 1 W 2
9 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 REG Louisville Metro W 69 64 8 1 W 3
10 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 REG N Virginia Military Institute Southern W 93 55 9 1 W 4
11 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 80 71 10 1 W 5
12 Mon, Jan 6, 1986 REG @ Auburn SEC L 56 60 10 2 L 1
13 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 REG Mississippi SEC W 75 58 11 2 W 1
14 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 REG Alabama SEC W 76 52 12 2 W 2
15 Wed, Jan 15, 1986 REG @ Mississippi State SEC W 64 52 13 2 W 3
16 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 REG @ Florida SEC W 72 55 14 2 W 4
17 Thu, Jan 23, 1986 REG Georgia SEC W 74 69 15 2 W 5
18 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 REG Tennessee SEC W 74 57 16 2 W 6
19 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 REG @ Louisiana State SEC W 54 52 17 2 W 7
20 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 REG Auburn SEC W 81 71 18 2 W 8
21 Sun, Feb 2, 1986 REG @ North Carolina State ACC L 51 54 18 3 L 1
22 Wed, Feb 5, 1986 REG Vanderbilt SEC W 73 65 19 3 W 1
23 Sat, Feb 8, 1986 REG @ Mississippi SEC W 62 58 20 3 W 2
24 Thu, Feb 13, 1986 REG @ Alabama SEC W 73 71 21 3 W 3
25 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 REG Mississippi State SEC W 88 62 22 3 W 4
26 Wed, Feb 19, 1986 REG Florida SEC W 80 69 23 3 W 5
27 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 REG @ Georgia SEC W 80 75 24 3 W 6
28 Thu, Feb 27, 1986 REG @ Tennessee SEC W 62 60 25 3 W 7
29 Sat, Mar 1, 1986 REG Louisiana State SEC W 68 57 26 3 W 8
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
30 Thu, Mar 6, 1986 CTOURN Mississippi SEC W 95 69 27 3 W 9
31 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 CTOURN Louisiana State SEC W 61 58 28 3 W 10
32 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 CTOURN Alabama SEC W 83 72 29 3 W 11
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
33 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 NCAA N Davidson Southern W 75 55 30 3 W 12
34 Sun, Mar 16, 1986 NCAA N Western Kentucky Sun Belt W 71 64 31 3 W 13
35 Thu, Mar 20, 1986 NCAA N Alabama SEC W 68 63 32 3 W 14
36 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 NCAA N Louisiana State SEC L 57 59 32 4 L 1