1985-86 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-4 (13-1, 1st in Big 8 MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Larry Brown

PS/G: 80.5 (10th of 289)

PA/G: 67.5 (120th of 289)

SRS: 23.18 (2nd of 283)

SOS: 10.42 (8th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (71-46) versus #16 North Carolina A&T
Won Midwest Second Round (65-43) versus #9 Temple
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (96-86) versus #5 Michigan State
Won Midwest Regional Final (75-67) versus #6 NC State
Lost National Semifinal (71-67) versus #1 Duke

Big 8 Reg Season Champ
Big 8 Tourney Champ

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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
Kansas	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	9	8	7	4	6	3	3	2	2	2

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	Fri, Nov 22, 1985	REG	N	Pepperdine	WCAC	8.80	W	67	61		1	0	W 1	McNichols Sports Arena
2	Sat, Nov 23, 1985	REG	N	Washington	Pac-10	8.48	W	69	64		2	0	W 2	McNichols Sports Arena
3	Sun, Nov 24, 1985	REG	N	Louisville (9)	Metro	20.65	W	83	78		3	0	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
4	Sun, Dec 1, 1985	REG	N	Duke (6)	ACC	22.10	L	86	92		3	1	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
5	Wed, Dec 4, 1985	REG		Western Carolina	Southern	-8.00	W	101	79		4	1	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
6	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG	N	NC State	ACC	16.92	W	71	56		5	1	W 2	Greensboro Coliseum
7	Mon, Dec 9, 1985	REG		South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.92	W	72	48		6	1	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
8	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG		Kentucky (9)	SEC	21.80	W	83	68		7	1	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
9	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		Arkansas	SWC	1.99	W	89	78		8	1	W 5	Allen Fieldhouse
10	Mon, Dec 23, 1985	REG		George Washington	A-10	-4.07	W	94	71		9	1	W 6	Allen Fieldhouse
11	Fri, Dec 27, 1985	REG	N	Louisiana Tech	Southland	4.39	W	81	59		10	1	W 7	Kemper Arena
12	Sat, Dec 28, 1985	REG	N	Wichita State	MVC	2.91	W	81	56		11	1	W 8	Kemper Arena
13	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG	@	Memphis (9)	Metro	19.63	L	80	83		11	2	L 1	Mid-South Coliseum
14	Mon, Jan 6, 1986	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	MW Coll	-0.49	W	60	51		12	2	W 1	Calihan Hall
15	Sat, Jan 11, 1986	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	5.44	W	72	56		13	2	W 2	Moody Coliseum
16	Wed, Jan 15, 1986	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	11.57	W	81	70		14	2	W 3	Bob Devaney Sports Center
17	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	7.68	W	95	72		15	2	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
18	Tue, Jan 21, 1986	REG		Oklahoma (5)	Big 8	17.90	W	98	92		16	2	W 5	Allen Fieldhouse
19	Thu, Jan 23, 1986	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	12.58	W	81	77		17	2	W 6	Hearnes Center
20	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG		Louisville (13)	Metro	20.65	W	71	69		18	2	W 7	Allen Fieldhouse
21	Tue, Jan 28, 1986	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	14.46	L	74	77		18	3	L 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
22	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	10.62	W	64	50		19	3	W 1	Ahearn Field House
23	Wed, Feb 5, 1986	REG		Colorado	Big 8	-0.12	W	100	64		20	3	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
24	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7.68	W	85	69		21	3	W 3	Gallagher-Iba Arena
25	Tue, Feb 11, 1986	REG		Missouri	Big 8	12.58	W	100	66		22	3	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
26	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	11.57	W	79	61		23	3	W 5	Allen Fieldhouse
27	Wed, Feb 19, 1986	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	-0.12	W	79	74		24	3	W 6	Coors Events/Conference Center
28	Sat, Feb 22, 1986	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	10.62	W	84	69		25	3	W 7	Allen Fieldhouse
29	Mon, Feb 24, 1986	REG	@	Oklahoma (14)	Big 8	17.90	W	87	80		26	3	W 8	Lloyd Noble Center
30	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	14.46	W	90	70		27	3	W 9	Allen Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Wed, Mar 5, 1986	CTOURN	N	Kansas State	Big 8	10.62	W	74	51		28	3	W 10	Kemper Arena
32	Thu, Mar 6, 1986	CTOURN	N	Oklahoma (15)	Big 8	17.90	W	72	70		29	3	W 11	Kemper Arena
33	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	CTOURN	N	Iowa State	Big 8	14.46	W	73	71		30	3	W 12	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Thu, Mar 13, 1986	NCAA	N	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	-7.75	W	71	46		31	3	W 13	University of Dayton Arena
35	Sat, Mar 15, 1986	NCAA	N	Temple	A-10	9.39	W	65	43		32	3	W 14	University of Dayton Arena
36	Fri, Mar 21, 1986	NCAA	N	Michigan State (18)	Big Ten	19.79	W	96	86	OT	33	3	W 15	Kemper Arena
37	Sun, Mar 23, 1986	NCAA	N	NC State	ACC	16.92	W	75	67		34	3	W 16	Kemper Arena
38	Sat, Mar 29, 1986	NCAA	N	Duke (1)	ACC	22.10	L	67	71		34	4	L 1	Reunion Arena