Overall: 22-10, .688 W-L% (49th of 283)
Conference: 11-7, 4th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Keady (22-10)
PS/G: 76.8 (26th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 70.1 (162nd of 283)
SRS: 15.77 (20th of 283) ▪ SOS: 9.50 (20th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Southeast)
Lost Southeast First Round (94-87) versus #11 Louisiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 19 | 15 | 20 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 26, 1985 | REG | Stetson | A-Sun | W | 88 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | REG | @ | Alaska-Anchorage | W | 92 | 70 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 62 | 73 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sun, Dec 1, 1985 | REG | N | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 81 | 74 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Thu, Dec 5, 1985 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 81 | 71 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 58 | 77 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 9, 1985 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 86 | 67 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Sun, Dec 15, 1985 | REG | Toledo | MAC | W | 72 | 56 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 79 | 59 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | DePaul | Ind | W | 71 | 56 | 8 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Lamar | Southland | W | 67 | 56 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 12 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | @ | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 84 | 56 | 10 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 76 | 73 | 11 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 68 | 61 | 12 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 88 | 83 | 13 | 2 | W 9 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 71 | 75 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 85 | 64 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Jan 19, 1986 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 100 | 73 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 70 | 71 | OT | 15 | 4 | L 1 |
| 20 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 66 | 73 | 15 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Sun, Feb 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 68 | 80 | 15 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 79 | 80 | 15 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 88 | 82 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 80 | 78 | 17 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 65 | 50 | 18 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 85 | 79 | 19 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 23, 1986 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 85 | 68 | 20 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 72 | 81 | 20 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 64 | 63 | 21 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 64 | 77 | 21 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 87 | 94 | OT | 21 | 10 | L 2 |