Overall: 25-5, .833 W-L% (11th of 283)
Conference: 10-2, 1st in MW Coll (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pete Gillen (25-5)
PS/G: 78.4 (19th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 71.0 (182nd of 283)
SRS: 8.45 (53rd of 283) ▪ SOS: 1.05 (122nd of 283)
NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in Southeast)
Lost Southeast First Round (97-80) versus #5 Alabama
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 24, 1985 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | W | 91 | 75 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 56 | 53 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 83 | 73 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | REG | @ | Eastern Michigan | MAC | W | 83 | 61 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | L | 74 | 80 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 85 | 73 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | REG | @ | Stetson | A-Sun | W | 77 | 70 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | REG | @ | South Florida | Sun Belt | L | 52 | 57 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | REG | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 67 | 46 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | L | 72 | 76 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 13, 1986 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 78 | 75 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 72 | 60 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 20, 1986 | REG | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 78 | 69 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 80 | 76 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | W | 86 | 74 | 12 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 71 | 68 | 13 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | W | 77 | 56 | 14 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 5, 1986 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | W | 85 | 71 | 15 | 3 | W 8 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | L | 71 | 80 | 15 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 10, 1986 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 91 | 88 | 16 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 81 | 72 | 17 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | REG | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 81 | 72 | 18 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | W | 86 | 61 | 19 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW Coll | W | 73 | 71 | 20 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 25 | Tue, Feb 25, 1986 | REG | Dayton | Ind | W | 93 | 78 | 21 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 99 | 91 | 22 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 74 | 66 | 23 | 4 | W 8 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | NCAA | N | Alabama | SEC | L | 80 | 97 | 23 | 5 | L 1 |