1985-86 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 145-121, .545 W-L% (9th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 2.14 (11th of 33)

SOS: 2.97 (10th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Bradley

Player of the Year: Jim Les

Conference Tournament Champion: Tulsa

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Bradley and Tulsa)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Bradley)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		Advanced
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Bradley	16	0	1.000	32	3	.914	71.5	64.1	9.9	2.6	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Tulsa	10	6	.625	23	9	.719	65.3	57.9	10.2	3.7	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Drake	10	6	.625	19	11	.633	66.1	63.8	3.3	3.1
4	Illinois State	9	7	.563	15	14	.517	61.4	61.0	2.4	2.1
5	Wichita State	7	9	.438	14	14	.500	63.4	62.9	2.9	3.5
5	Creighton	7	9	.438	12	16	.429	59.6	62.9	-0.7	4.1
7	Indiana State	5	11	.313	11	17	.393	60.9	59.4	0.4	1.4
8	West Texas A&M	4	12	.250	11	17	.393	57.5	57.5	-2.7	2.7
8	Southern Illinois	4	12	.250	8	20	.286	62.3	70.6	-6.5	3.6

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
Indiana State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Creighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	13	13	13	12	11	9	14
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Bradley	35	32	3	.914	16	0								28.1	54.6	.515					15.3	23.3	.657		35.5	18.3	6.5	3.9	12.6	17.1	71.5	64.1	9.93	2.58
2	Drake	30	19	11	.633	10	6								25.9	53.8	.481					14.3	20.6	.695		34.4	15.0	4.6	2.4	14.3	18.9	66.1	63.8	3.35	3.09
3	Tulsa	32	23	9	.719	10	6								25.8	53.1	.485					13.7	18.8	.732		31.7	13.6	5.5	1.7	11.1	17.5	65.3	57.9	10.22	3.72
4	Illinois State	29	15	14	.517	9	7								24.0	50.5	.475					13.4	20.4	.658		32.3	14.6	5.1	3.0	12.9	19.9	61.4	61.0	2.35	2.10
5	Creighton	28	12	16	.429	7	9								24.4	52.9	.461					10.8	15.9	.677		32.6	13.2	5.7	2.3	12.9	18.4	59.6	62.9	-0.66	4.14
6	Wichita State	28	14	14	.500	7	9								25.0	58.1	.431					13.3	21.4	.620		38.1	15.3	6.1	2.1	15.2	20.1	63.4	62.9	2.91	3.46
7	Indiana State	28	11	17	.393	5	11								24.0	51.8	.464					12.8	19.1	.670		29.9	14.8	7.1	1.8	12.2	16.5	60.9	59.4	0.37	1.37
8	Southern Illinois	28	8	20	.286	4	12								25.1	58.3	.430					12.1	16.5	.738		32.3	11.8	4.6	1.4	12.9	21.9	62.3	70.6	-6.52	3.56
9	West Texas A&M	28	11	17	.393	4	12								23.2	53.7	.432					11.1	17.3	.640		33.4	12.3	5.2	1.6	13.3	16.4	57.5	57.5	-2.66	2.72

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