Overall: 28-5, .848 W-L% (9th of 283)
Conference: 14-4, 1st in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Frieder (28-5)
PS/G: 76.7 (29th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 64.4 (53rd of 283)
SRS: 21.88 (4th of 283) ▪ SOS: 9.55 (19th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (70-64) versus #15 Akron
Lost Midwest Second Round (72-69) versus #7 Iowa 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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| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | REG | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 67 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 23, 1985 | REG | N | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 70 | 58 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 49 | 44 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1985 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 87 | 52 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | Youngstown State | OVC | W | 56 | 42 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 9, 1985 | REG | Chicago State | Ind | W | 79 | 62 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 12, 1985 | REG | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 82 | 61 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 74 | 54 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 85 | 54 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Dec 29, 1985 | REG | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | W | 105 | 85 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 78 | 69 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 78 | 68 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 61 | 59 | 13 | 0 | W 13 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 75 | 71 | 14 | 0 | W 14 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 63 | 73 | 14 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 61 | 57 | 15 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 79 | 91 | 15 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 82 | 45 | 16 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 91 | 64 | 17 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 80 | 79 | 18 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 79 | 83 | 18 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 92 | 56 | 19 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 82 | 66 | 20 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 74 | 20 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 23, 1986 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 62 | 54 | 21 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 26, 1986 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 97 | 74 | 22 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 86 | 64 | 23 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 28 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 99 | 82 | 24 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 80 | 52 | 25 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | NCAA | N | Akron | OVC | W | 70 | 64 | 26 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 16, 1986 | NCAA | N | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 69 | 72 | 26 | 5 | L 1 |