Overall: 19-11, .633 W-L% (72nd of 283)
Conference: 7-7, 5th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Terry Holland (19-11)
PS/G: 70.4 (108th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 64.9 (61st of 283)
SRS: 14.83 (24th of 283) ▪ SOS: 9.39 (23rd of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (72-68) versus #12 DePaul
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1985 | REG | N | Houston | SWC | W | 92 | 77 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | Towson | ECC | W | 68 | 55 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Dec 1, 1985 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 79 | 75 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 101 | 58 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 64 | 72 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | REG | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 66 | 84 | 4 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 20, 1985 | REG | N | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 68 | 61 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | N | Richmond | CAA | L | 46 | 58 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Long Island University | ECACM | W | 71 | 52 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 71 | 70 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | Hartford | ECACN | W | 73 | 54 | 8 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 61 | 64 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | William & Mary | CAA | W | 67 | 47 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 83 | 81 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 14, 1986 | REG | Pennsylvania | Ivy | W | 81 | 52 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Jan 19, 1986 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 70 | 49 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 22, 1986 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 54 | 47 | 13 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 53 | 55 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 86 | 73 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 65 | 77 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1986 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 64 | 62 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1986 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 69 | 53 | 16 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 55 | 62 | 16 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 18, 1986 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 69 | 60 | 17 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 82 | 69 | 18 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 26, 1986 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 79 | 85 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 72 | 87 | 18 | 9 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 7, 1986 | CTOURN | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 64 | 62 | 19 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Duke | ACC | L | 70 | 75 | 19 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NCAA | N | DePaul | Ind | L | 68 | 72 | 19 | 11 | L 2 |