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1985-86 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-6 (Independent)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 78.9 (19th of 289)

PA/G: 64.8 (67th of 289)

SRS: 17.66 (14th of 283)

SOS: 4.16 (68th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (90-83) versus #14 Little Rock

AP Poll Summary

1985-86 Season AP Poll summary

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
Notre Dame	12	11	10	17	19	18	17	16	13	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	10

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 30, 1985	REG		Butler	MW Coll	-6.75	W	87	56		1	0	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
2	Tue, Dec 3, 1985	REG	@	Indiana (19)	Big Ten	18.68	L	67	82		1	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
3	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG		Loyola (IL)	MW Coll	2.65	W	71	58		2	1	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Mon, Dec 9, 1985	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	6.31	W	72	63		3	1	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
5	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		Valparaiso	Mid-Cont	-13.58	W	98	54		4	1	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Mon, Dec 30, 1985	REG		Creighton	MVC	-0.66	W	80	54		5	1	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
7	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG	@	La Salle	MAAC	-0.39	W	77	63		6	1	W 5	The Palestra
8	Tue, Jan 7, 1986	REG	@	Providence	Big East	8.33	W	78	72		7	1	W 6	Providence Civic Center
9	Sat, Jan 11, 1986	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	10.78	W	70	54		8	1	W 7	Rosemont Horizon
10	Mon, Jan 13, 1986	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	4.55	L	76	80		8	2	L 1	Marriott Center
11	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG		UCLA	Pac-10	6.32	W	74	64		9	2	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Mon, Jan 20, 1986	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-9.08	W	91	67		10	2	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
13	Wed, Jan 22, 1986	REG		American	CAA	-7.60	W	67	56		11	2	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sun, Jan 26, 1986	REG	@	North Carolina (1)	ACC	26.13	L	61	73		11	3	L 1	Dean Smith Center
15	Wed, Jan 29, 1986	REG		Utah	WAC	4.61	W	94	64		12	3	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
16	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	REG		Marquette	Ind	8.96	W	72	70		13	3	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Mon, Feb 3, 1986	REG		Maryland	ACC	15.08	W	69	62		14	3	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Wed, Feb 5, 1986	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	6.18	L	65	67		14	4	L 1	University of Dayton Arena
19	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG	@	Syracuse (8)	Big East	21.74	W	85	81		15	4	W 1	Carrier Dome
20	Tue, Feb 11, 1986	REG		Fordham	MAAC	-4.88	W	81	58		16	4	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
21	Sun, Feb 16, 1986	REG	@	Duke (2)	ACC	22.10	L	74	75		16	5	L 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
22	Wed, Feb 19, 1986	REG	N	Manhattan	MAAC	-29.48	W	102	47		17	5	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1986	REG	@	Miami (FL)	Ind	-6.46	W	126	73		18	5	W 2	Knight Center
24	Tue, Feb 25, 1986	REG		DePaul	Ind	10.78	W	70	59		19	5	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
25	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	8.96	W	74	66		20	5	W 4	MECCA Arena
26	Mon, Mar 3, 1986	REG	@	New Orleans	Ind	5.71	W	75	67		21	5	W 5	Kiefer Lakefront Arena
27	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	REG		Dayton	Ind	6.18	W	69	55		22	5	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 14, 1986	NCAA	N	Little Rock	TAAC	1.39	L	83	90		22	6	L 1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome