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1985-86 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 189-119, .614 W-L% (4th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 13.32 (2nd of 33)

SOS: 9.99 (1st of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Michigan

Player of the Year: Scott Skiles

Coach of the Year: Jud Heathcote

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (Illinois and Michigan)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Michigan	14	4	.778	28	5	.848	77.9	64.8	21.9	9.6	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Indiana	13	5	.722	21	8	.724	76.3	67.9	18.7	11.4	NCAA Tournament
3	Michigan State	12	6	.667	23	8	.742	83.1	71.3	19.8	8.0	NCAA Tournament
4	Illinois	11	7	.611	22	10	.688	72.8	61.2	20.3	9.4	NCAA Tournament
4	Purdue	11	7	.611	22	10	.688	77.0	70.1	15.8	9.5	NCAA Tournament
6	Iowa	10	8	.556	20	12	.625	73.6	65.7	15.9	9.3	NCAA Tournament
7	Ohio State	8	10	.444	19	14	.576	75.2	72.3	12.6	9.7
8	Minnesota	5	13	.278	15	16	.484	69.0	69.2	7.8	10.3
9	Wisconsin	4	14	.222	12	16	.429	71.3	74.7	4.1	10.6
10	Northwestern	2	16	.111	7	20	.259	62.3	74.7	-3.6	12.1

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Ohio State	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	15	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Indiana	-	-	19	18	17	17	15	-	-	-	15	18	16	15	16	16	16
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	17	18
Illinois	7	7	12	10	15	16	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19
Michigan	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	9	7	10	7	10	7	5
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Michigan	33	28	5	.848	14	4	16	1	6	3				31.8	61.6	.516					14.4	19.2	.748		37.4	16.3	8.0	4.4	14.6	17.8	77.9	64.8	21.88	9.56
2	Indiana	29	21	8	.724	13	5	13	2	6	5				30.3	56.5	.537					15.6	21.2	.737		31.4	15.1	6.2	2.8	13.4	19.1	76.3	67.9	18.68	11.41
3	Michigan State	31	23	8	.742	12	6	14	2	6	5				33.6	60.0	.561					15.8	19.8	.799		32.8	16.9	5.4	1.6	12.3	16.2	83.1	71.3	19.79	7.98
4	Illinois	32	22	10	.688	11	7	13	3	6	5				30.9	57.1	.542					10.9	14.8	.737		32.5	17.3	8.1	3.4	12.7	15.8	72.8	61.2	20.35	9.44
5	Purdue	32	22	10	.688	11	7	12	2	7	6				29.7	57.8	.514					17.6	24.6	.713		33.8	19.1	5.4	3.0	13.6	19.5	77.0	70.1	15.77	9.51
6	Iowa	32	20	12	.625	10	8	10	2	4	8				29.8	58.6	.510					13.9	20.2	.689		37.9	17.2	8.5	2.4	14.9	19.9	73.6	65.7	15.93	9.28
7	Ohio State	33	19	14	.576	8	10	14	3	3	10				28.5	58.9	.483					18.2	24.4	.749		35.1	13.4	6.0	3.9	15.8	18.0	75.2	72.3	12.60	9.69
8	Minnesota	31	15	16	.484	5	13	10	5	1	9				27.7	57.4	.482					13.6	20.0	.682		32.8	11.2	5.6	2.9	12.6	16.2	69.0	69.2	7.76	10.34
9	Wisconsin	28	12	16	.429	4	14	5	7	4	7				29.1	60.2	.483					13.1	17.9	.733		31.8	15.8	6.5	1.8	13.6	18.6	71.3	74.7	4.13	10.61
10	Northwestern	27	7	20	.259	2	16	3	9	1	11				23.8	55.9	.426					14.7	20.7	.709		31.6	10.6	5.4	1.5	15.6	17.5	62.3	74.7	-3.63	12.12

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.