Overall: 14-14, .500 W-L% (140th of 283)
Conference: 7-9, 5th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Smithson (14-14)
PS/G: 63.6 (231st of 283) ▪ PA/G: 64.1 (50th of 283)
SRS: 2.91 (103rd of 283) ▪ SOS: 3.46 (82nd of 283)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 27, 1985 | REG | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 66 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 3, 1985 | REG | @ | Fresno State | PCAA | L | 71 | 81 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Fri, Dec 6, 1985 | REG | Portland | WCC | W | 76 | 56 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | Temple | A-10 | L | 60 | 62 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | W | 74 | 62 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 19, 1985 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | W | 85 | 69 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 64 | 57 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 56 | 81 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 30, 1985 | REG | N | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 74 | 59 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 59 | 57 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 60 | 77 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 55 | 57 | 7 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 58 | 59 | 7 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | L | 54 | 67 | 7 | 7 | L 4 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 20, 1986 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 47 | 54 | 7 | 8 | L 5 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 58 | 69 | 7 | 9 | L 6 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 57 | 65 | 7 | 10 | L 7 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | L | 54 | 64 | 7 | 11 | L 8 | |
| 19 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 74 | 58 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 77 | 76 | 9 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 71 | 72 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 45 | 38 | 10 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 65 | 62 | 11 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 53 | 49 | 12 | 12 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 64 | 74 | 12 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 69 | 64 | 13 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 4, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Illinois State | MVC | L | 70 | 79 | 13 | 14 | L 1 |