Overall: 31-5, .861 W-L% (7th of 283)
Conference: 14-2, 1st in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (31-5)
PS/G: 77.1 (25th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 66.2 (79th of 283)
SRS: 17.21 (16th of 283) ▪ SOS: 6.26 (46th of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (83-74) versus #16 Montana State
Lost West Second Round (81-65) versus #8 Auburn
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | REG | N | Navy | CAA | W | 67 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sun, Nov 24, 1985 | REG | N | West Virginia | A-10 | W | 65 | 58 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Mon, Nov 25, 1985 | REG | Louisville | Metro | W | 86 | 79 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 70 | 71 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 3, 1985 | REG | Wagner | ECACM | W | 85 | 55 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 6, 1985 | REG | Columbia | Ivy | W | 80 | 58 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | Fairleigh Dickinson | ECACM | W | 88 | 56 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 11, 1985 | REG | Marist | ECACM | W | 62 | 48 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 69 | 65 | 8 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Niagara | ECACN | W | 104 | 61 | 9 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Dec 23, 1985 | REG | Monmouth | ECACM | W | 98 | 58 | 10 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Dec 26, 1985 | REG | James Madison | CAA | W | 79 | 57 | 11 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 85 | 69 | 12 | 1 | W 9 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | W | 95 | 90 | 13 | 1 | W 10 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 78 | 75 | 14 | 1 | W 11 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Jan 7, 1986 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | L | 77 | 79 | 14 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 79 | 74 | 15 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 74 | 58 | 16 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 61 | 60 | 17 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 22, 1986 | REG | N | Fordham | MAAC | W | 56 | 47 | 18 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 21 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 68 | 67 | 19 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 22 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 81 | 61 | 20 | 2 | W 6 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 64 | 68 | 20 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Mon, Feb 3, 1986 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 85 | 61 | 21 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 87 | 75 | 22 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Mon, Feb 10, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | W | 60 | 58 | 23 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 74 | 54 | 24 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Feb 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | W | 79 | 76 | 25 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | L | 72 | 81 | 25 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 30 | Wed, Feb 26, 1986 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | W | 86 | 79 | 26 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 82 | 70 | 27 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | CTOURN | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 87 | 68 | 28 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 33 | Fri, Mar 7, 1986 | CTOURN | Villanova | Big East | W | 75 | 64 | 29 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 34 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Syracuse | Big East | W | 70 | 69 | 30 | 4 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 35 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | NCAA | N | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 83 | 74 | 31 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 36 | Sun, Mar 16, 1986 | NCAA | N | Auburn | SEC | L | 65 | 81 | 31 | 5 | L 1 |