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1985-86 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-10 (11-7, 4th in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 72.8 (84th of 289)

PA/G: 61.2 (21st of 289)

SRS: 20.35 (9th of 283)

SOS: 9.44 (22nd of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (75-51) versus #13 Fairfield
Lost Southeast Second Round (58-56) versus #5 Alabama

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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
Illinois	7	7	12	10	15	16	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	Tue, Nov 26, 1985	REG		Loyola (IL)	MW Coll	2.65	W	95	64		1	0	W 1	Assembly Hall
2	Sat, Nov 30, 1985	REG	N	Oklahoma (13)	Big 8	17.90	L	57	59		1	1	L 1	Hawaii-Loa Gym
3	Wed, Dec 4, 1985	REG		Green Bay	Mid-Cont	-12.64	W	84	34		2	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
4	Fri, Dec 6, 1985	REG		Eastern Kentucky	OVC	-5.68	W	79	56		3	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG		Utah State	PCAA	-0.29	W	115	64		4	1	W 3	Assembly Hall
6	Tue, Dec 10, 1985	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	9.07	L	51	54		4	2	L 1	Stokely Center
7	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG		Houston	SWC	4.09	W	102	92		5	2	W 1	Assembly Hall
8	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG	N	Missouri	Big 8	12.58	W	67	55		6	2	W 2	St. Louis Arena
9	Mon, Dec 23, 1985	REG		Howard	MEAC	-10.06	W	91	65		7	2	W 3	Assembly Hall
10	Mon, Dec 30, 1985	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	14.46	W	64	62		8	2	W 4	Assembly Hall
11	Thu, Jan 2, 1986	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	7.76	W	76	57		9	2	W 5	Assembly Hall
12	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	15.93	L	59	60		9	3	L 1	Assembly Hall
13	Wed, Jan 8, 1986	REG	@	Michigan (2)	Big Ten	21.88	L	59	61		9	4	L 2	Crisler Arena
14	Sun, Jan 12, 1986	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	19.79	L	51	58		9	5	L 3	Jenison Field House
15	Thu, Jan 16, 1986	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.13	W	73	54		10	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
16	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-3.63	W	72	46		11	5	W 2	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Jan 23, 1986	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.60	W	67	65		12	5	W 3	St. John Arena
18	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	18.68	L	69	71		12	6	L 1	Assembly Hall
19	Sun, Feb 2, 1986	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.77	W	80	68		13	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
20	Thu, Feb 6, 1986	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	19.79	L	80	84		13	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
21	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG		Michigan (7)	Big Ten	21.88	W	83	79		14	7	W 1	Assembly Hall
22	Thu, Feb 13, 1986	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-3.63	W	75	52		15	7	W 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
23	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.13	W	82	74		16	7	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
24	Thu, Feb 20, 1986	REG		Indiana (15)	Big Ten	18.68	L	60	61		16	8	L 1	Assembly Hall
25	Sat, Feb 22, 1986	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.60	W	66	62		17	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
26	Thu, Feb 27, 1986	REG	@	Purdue (20)	Big Ten	15.77	W	81	72		18	8	W 2	Mackey Arena
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG	@	Georgia Tech (4)	ACC	21.77	W	59	57		19	8	W 3	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
28	Thu, Mar 6, 1986	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	15.93	L	53	57		19	9	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	7.76	W	73	64		20	9	W 1	Williams Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 14, 1986	NCAA	N	Fairfield	MAAC	-3.65	W	75	51		21	9	W 2	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
31	Sun, Mar 16, 1986	NCAA	N	Alabama	SEC	16.73	L	56	58		21	10	L 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)