1985-86 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Louisville

Final Four: Duke, Kansas, LSU and Louisville

Consensus Player of the Year: Walter Berry

AP Preseason #1: Georgia Tech

AP Final #1: Duke

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	178	90	.664	16.38	9.40	3	6	1	Duke	Duke
2	Big Ten Conference	10	189	119	.614	13.32	9.99	4	6	0	Michigan
3	Big Eight Conference	8	162	96	.628	12.23	9.42	2	5	1	Kansas	Kansas
4	Southeastern Conference	10	185	133	.582	11.75	9.23	1	4	1	Kentucky	Kentucky
5	Big East Conference	9	175	110	.614	10.82	6.30	3	4	0	St. John's (NY), Syracuse	St. John's (NY)
6	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	135	83	.619	9.97	7.38	2	3	1	Louisville	Louisville
7	Sun Belt Conference	8	142	103	.580	6.74	5.27	0	4	0	Old Dominion	Jacksonville
8	Pacific-10 Conference	10	153	140	.522	4.92	4.37	0	2	0	Arizona
9	Southwest Conference	9	142	123	.536	3.48	3.40	0	1	0	Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian	Texas Tech
10	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	10	163	140	.538	2.30	2.55	1	1	0	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
11	Missouri Valley Conference	9	145	121	.545	2.14	2.97	1	2	0	Bradley	Tulsa
12	Southland Conference	7	119	94	.559	1.30	0.78	0	1	0	Louisiana-Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe
13	Western Athletic Conference	9	141	136	.509	0.94	1.60	1	2	0	Texas-El Paso, Utah, Wyoming	Texas-El Paso
14	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	7	97	104	.483	-0.04	1.00	0	1	0	Xavier	Xavier
15	Colonial Athletic Association	8	124	114	.521	-0.24	0.38	1	2	0	Navy	Navy
16	Big Sky Conference	8	123	110	.528	-0.71	-0.07	0	1	0	Montana, Northern Arizona	Montana State
17	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	153	142	.519	-1.29	-0.23	0	3	0	Saint Joseph's	Saint Joseph's
18	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	120	107	.529	-2.44	-1.63	0	1	0	Pepperdine
19	Mid-American Conference	10	144	141	.505	-2.60	-1.02	0	2	0	Miami (OH)	Ball State
20	Independent	17	253	236	.517	-3.48	-2.53	1	2	0
21	Mid-Continent Conference	8	120	117	.506	-3.69	-1.61	0	1	0	Cleveland State	Cleveland State
22	Ohio Valley Conference	8	120	113	.515	-4.39	-2.44	0	1	0	Akron, Middle Tennessee	Akron
23	Southern Conference	9	135	126	.517	-5.50	-3.27	0	1	0	Chattanooga	Davidson
24	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North	10	143	141	.504	-7.06	-5.89	0	1	0	Northeastern	Northeastern
25	Atlantic Sun Conference	9	131	131	.500	-7.73	-5.59	0	1	0	Little Rock	Little Rock
26	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	104	127	.450	-9.18	-5.75	0	1	0	Fairfield	Fairfield
27	Ivy Group	8	100	109	.478	-9.20	-7.31	0	1	0	Brown
28	Gulf Star Conference	4	35	72	.327	-11.01	-5.76	0	0	0	Sam Houston State
29	East Coast Conference	8	108	122	.470	-11.41	-8.89	0	1	0	Drexel	Drexel
30	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	108	119	.476	-11.66	-9.38	0	1	0	Alcorn State, Southern	Mississippi Valley State
31	Big South Conference	4	53	62	.461	-13.01	-9.47	0	0	0	Charleston Southern	Charleston Southern
32	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro	9	120	138	.465	-13.30	-10.37	0	1	0	Fairleigh Dickinson	Marist
33	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	8	90	134	.402	-18.32	-13.32	0	1	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	Pre	11/26	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Duke	ACC	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	4	2	2	1	1	1
Kansas	Big 8	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	9	8	7	4	6	3	3	2	2	2
Kentucky	SEC	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	5	3	3
St. John's (NY)	Big East	-	18	15	14	11	11	10	10	9	8	7	10	7	6	8	5	4
Michigan	Big Ten	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	9	7	10	7	10	7	5
Georgia Tech	ACC	1	2	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	2	5	5	4	6	6
Louisville	Metro	9	9	16	15	16	15	18	17	18	13	18	16	19	16	13	11	7
North Carolina	ACC	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	8
Syracuse	Big East	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	11	8	12	9	6	8	9
Notre Dame	Ind	12	11	10	17	19	18	17	16	13	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	10
Nevada-Las Vegas	PCAA	18	16	14	13	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	6	11	9	13	11
Memphis	Metro	15	14	13	12	10	10	9	6	6	3	2	3	4	4	7	10	12
Georgetown	Big East	8	8	6	5	5	5	11	13	15	12	12	11	9	13	15	14	13
Bradley	MVC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	13	13	13	12	11	9	14
Oklahoma	Big 8	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	6	5	8	10	14	15	15
Indiana	Big Ten	-	-	19	18	17	17	15	-	-	-	15	18	16	15	16	16	16
Navy	CAA	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	19	18	17
Michigan State	Big Ten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	17	18
Illinois	Big Ten	7	7	12	10	15	16	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19
Texas-El Paso	WAC	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	15	17	19	19	17	15	-	-	-	20
School	Conf	Pre	11/26	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Alabama	SEC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	-	-	-	-
Alabama-Birmingham	Sun Belt	16	20	17	16	14	14	16	14	12	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	SEC	10	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DePaul	Ind	-	-	-	19	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	Big Ten	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana State	SEC	14	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	14	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	ACC	19	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Carolina State	ACC	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	20	18	20	-
Ohio State	Big Ten	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	Big Ten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	15	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Richmond	CAA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Virginia Tech	Metro	-	-	-	-	20	19	20	19	16	20	16	15	20	18	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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