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1985-86 Syracuse Orange Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-6 (14-2, 2nd in Big East MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jim Boeheim

PS/G: 83.6 (5th of 289)

PA/G: 68.2 (138th of 289)

SRS: 21.74 (7th of 283)

SOS: 6.65 (43rd of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East First Round (101-52) versus #15 Brown
Lost East Second Round (97-85) versus #7 Navy

Big East Reg Season Champ

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
Syracuse	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	11	8	12	9	6	8	9

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 23, 1985	REG		Utica	Ind	-15.59	W	102	55		1	0	W 1	Carrier Dome
2	Mon, Nov 25, 1985	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-5.80	W	96	62		2	0	W 2	Carrier Dome
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1985	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	2.60	W	102	68		3	0	W 3	Carrier Dome
4	Fri, Dec 6, 1985	REG		La Salle	MAAC	-0.39	W	97	72		4	0	W 4	Carrier Dome
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG		Navy	CAA	13.49	W	89	67		5	0	W 5	Carrier Dome
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG		Brooklyn	Ind	-18.70	W	102	61		6	0	W 6	Carrier Dome
7	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		St. Bonaventure	A-10	-2.02	W	83	64		7	0	W 7	Carrier Dome
8	Thu, Jan 2, 1986	REG		Boston College	Big East	6.24	W	68	52		8	0	W 8	Carrier Dome
9	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	2.66	W	96	75		9	0	W 9	Carrier Dome
10	Mon, Jan 6, 1986	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	9.34	W	77	72		10	0	W 10	The Pavilion
11	Wed, Jan 8, 1986	REG	N	Fairfield	MAAC	-3.65	W	90	67		11	0	W 11	New Haven Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 11, 1986	REG		Pittsburgh	Big East	11.20	W	76	68		12	0	W 12	Carrier Dome
13	Wed, Jan 15, 1986	REG	@	Georgetown (15)	Big East	17.49	L	70	73		12	1	L 1	Capital Centre
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG	@	Louisville (18)	Metro	20.65	L	73	83		12	2	L 2	Freedom Hall
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1986	REG		Providence	Big East	8.33	W	95	73		13	2	W 1	Carrier Dome
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG		Connecticut	Big East	3.19	W	80	67		14	2	W 2	Carrier Dome
17	Tue, Jan 28, 1986	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	6.24	W	80	55		15	2	W 3	Roberts Center
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	REG		St. John's (NY) (7)	Big East	17.21	W	68	64		16	2	W 4	Carrier Dome
19	Wed, Feb 5, 1986	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	2.66	W	84	61		17	2	W 5	Brendan Byrne Arena
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG		Notre Dame (14)	Ind	17.66	L	81	85		17	3	L 1	Carrier Dome
21	Wed, Feb 12, 1986	REG		Villanova	Big East	9.34	W	80	57		18	3	W 1	Carrier Dome
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG	@	Providence	Big East	8.33	W	76	75		19	3	W 2	Providence Civic Center
23	Mon, Feb 17, 1986	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Big East	11.20	W	69	62		20	3	W 3	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
24	Sun, Feb 23, 1986	REG		Georgetown (13)	Big East	17.49	W	64	63		21	3	W 4	Carrier Dome
25	Wed, Feb 26, 1986	REG	@	St. John's (NY) (8)	Big East	17.21	L	79	86		21	4	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	3.19	W	75	58		22	4	W 1	Hartford Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 6, 1986	CTOURN	N	Boston College	Big East	6.24	W	102	79		23	4	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
28	Fri, Mar 7, 1986	CTOURN	N	Georgetown (14)	Big East	17.49	W	75	73	OT	24	4	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	CTOURN	N	St. John's (NY) (5)	Big East	17.21	L	69	70		24	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 14, 1986	NCAA	N	Brown	Ivy	-7.98	W	101	52		25	5	W 1	Carrier Dome
31	Sun, Mar 16, 1986	NCAA	N	Navy (17)	CAA	13.49	L	85	97		25	6	L 1	Carrier Dome