Overall: 13-16, .448 W-L% (173rd of 283)
Conference: 7-5, 4th in MW Coll (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Sullivan (13-16)
PS/G: 76.0 (34th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 76.8 (261st of 283)
SRS: 2.65 (108th of 283) ▪ SOS: 3.48 (81st of 283)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 84 | 94 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1985 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 64 | 95 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 60 | 58 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1985 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | L | 84 | 95 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 76 | 82 | 1 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 58 | 71 | 1 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 13, 1985 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 75 | 76 | 1 | 6 | L 4 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Metro | L | 66 | 71 | 1 | 7 | L 5 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | W | 92 | 76 | 2 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Holy Cross | MAAC | W | 77 | 61 | 3 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Virginia | ACC | L | 70 | 71 | 3 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sun, Jan 5, 1986 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 70 | 72 | 3 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | W | 63 | 61 | 4 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Xavier | MW Coll | L | 75 | 78 | 4 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | L | 74 | 77 | 4 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | L | 55 | 90 | 4 | 12 | L 3 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 71 | 65 | 5 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Jan 27, 1986 | REG | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 69 | 60 | 6 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 104 | 101 | 7 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | L | 64 | 69 | 7 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | W | 106 | 84 | 8 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 10, 1986 | REG | Xavier | MW Coll | L | 88 | 91 | 8 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 77 | 56 | 9 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | W | 86 | 76 | 10 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 74 | 72 | 11 | 14 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 84 | 77 | 12 | 14 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | MW Coll | L | 70 | 79 | 12 | 15 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | W | 76 | 70 | 13 | 15 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Xavier | MW Coll | L | 91 | 99 | 13 | 16 | L 1 |