Overall: 15-16, .484 W-L% (156th of 283)
Conference: 5-13, 8th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Dutcher (13-7), Jimmy Williams (2-9)
PS/G: 68.1 (158th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 70.7 (175th of 283)
SRS: 7.76 (57th of 283) ▪ SOS: 10.34 (12th of 283)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1985 | REG | N | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 79 | 92 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Dec 2, 1985 | REG | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 87 | 69 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 83 | 71 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | Arkansas | SWC | W | 71 | 64 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 62 | 59 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 63 | 74 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 69 | 70 | 4 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 71 | 59 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 110 | 72 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 57 | 76 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 61 | 68 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 62 | 75 | 6 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 73 | 63 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 71 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 67 | 65 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 70 | 65 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 54 | 62 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Feb 9, 1986 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 65 | 60 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 56 | 92 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 66 | 76 | 11 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 60 | 65 | 11 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 64 | 70 | 11 | 11 | L 4 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 63 | 95 | 11 | 12 | L 5 | |
| 24 | Sun, Mar 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 55 | 68 | 11 | 13 | L 6 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 63 | 64 | 11 | 14 | L 7 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 64 | 73 | 11 | 15 | L 8 |