Overall: 26-9, .743 W-L% (28th of 283)
Conference: 8-6, 5th in Big 8 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Tubbs (26-9)
PS/G: 87.5 (2nd of 283) ▪ PA/G: 75.4 (243rd of 283)
SRS: 17.90 (13th of 283) ▪ SOS: 8.49 (35th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in East)
Won East First Round (80-74) versus #13 Northeastern
Lost East Second Round (74-69) versus #12 DePaul
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | REG | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | W | 107 | 92 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1985 | REG | @ | Hawaii-Loa | W | 113 | 59 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | REG | N | Marshall | Southern | W | 81 | 70 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | N | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 59 | 57 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Sun, Dec 1, 1985 | REG | @ | Hawaii-Hilo | W | 91 | 68 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 6, 1985 | REG | Penn State | A-10 | W | 85 | 63 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 9, 1985 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 79 | 58 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Texas | SWC | W | 93 | 92 | OT | 8 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | W | 103 | 85 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 68 | 65 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | |
| 11 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 92 | 69 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |
| 12 | Fri, Jan 3, 1986 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 100 | 68 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | W | 103 | 66 | 13 | 0 | W 13 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | Denver | W | 109 | 64 | 14 | 0 | W 14 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Chicago State | Ind | W | 98 | 73 | 15 | 0 | W 15 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 94 | 82 | 16 | 0 | W 16 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 95 | 82 | 17 | 0 | W 17 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 92 | 98 | 17 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 83 | 80 | 18 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 87 | 60 | 19 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 88 | 84 | 20 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 5, 1986 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 106 | 84 | 21 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 70 | 73 | 21 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 11, 1986 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 85 | 77 | 22 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 88 | 101 | 22 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 113 | 73 | 23 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Feb 19, 1986 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 8 | L | 64 | 66 | 23 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 84 | 93 | 23 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | REG | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 80 | 87 | 23 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 72 | 69 | 24 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Mon, Mar 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 84 | 87 | 24 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 70 | 72 | 24 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 33 | Fri, Mar 7, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 78 | 75 | 25 | 8 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | Northeastern | ECACN | W | 80 | 74 | 26 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 35 | Sat, Mar 15, 1986 | NCAA | N | DePaul | Ind | L | 69 | 74 | 26 | 9 | L 1 |