Overall: 26-12, .684 W-L% (51st of 283)
Conference: 9-9, 5th in SEC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dale Brown (26-12)
PS/G: 74.7 (55th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 70.3 (166th of 283)
SRS: 15.12 (21st of 283) ▪ SOS: 10.71 (5th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#11 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (94-87) versus #6 Purdue
Won Southeast Second Round (83-81) versus #3 Memphis
Won Southeast Regional Semifinal (70-64) versus #2 Georgia Tech
Won Southeast Regional Final (59-57) versus #1 Kentucky
Lost National Semifinal (88-77) versus #2 Louisville
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | REG | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 84 | 59 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 27, 1985 | REG | @ | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 70 | 61 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Hardin-Simmons | A-Sun | W | 87 | 71 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 16, 1985 | REG | @ | Lamar | Southland | W | 74 | 57 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | W | 72 | 65 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Fri, Dec 20, 1985 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | W | 82 | 61 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Southern | SWAC | W | 91 | 83 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 30, 1985 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | W | 82 | 64 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 85 | 73 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 90 | 84 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | L | 67 | 83 | 10 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 77 | 88 | 10 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 13, 1986 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 86 | 68 | 11 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 84 | 67 | 12 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 65 | 74 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 63 | 61 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 52 | 54 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 76 | 92 | 13 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Sun, Feb 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 72 | 74 | 13 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1986 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 68 | 62 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1986 | REG | Alabama | SEC | L | 71 | 80 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1986 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 75 | 50 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 57 | 58 | 15 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 19, 1986 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 74 | 68 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 80 | 69 | 17 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 26, 1986 | REG | Auburn | SEC | L | 86 | 92 | 17 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 57 | 68 | 17 | 10 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Florida | SEC | W | 72 | 66 | 18 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Fri, Mar 7, 1986 | CTOURN | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 58 | 61 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 94 | 87 | OT | 19 | 11 | W 1 |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 15, 1986 | NCAA | N | Memphis | Metro | W | 83 | 81 | 20 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 32 | Thu, Mar 20, 1986 | NCAA | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 70 | 64 | 21 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 33 | Sat, Mar 22, 1986 | NCAA | N | Kentucky | SEC | W | 59 | 57 | 22 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 34 | Sat, Mar 29, 1986 | NCAA | N | Louisville | Metro | L | 77 | 88 | 22 | 12 | L 1 |