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1985-86 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-4 (17-1, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Eddie Sutton

PS/G: 74.1 (70th of 289)

PA/G: 61.2 (22nd of 289)

SRS: 21.80 (5th of 283)

SOS: 9.63 (18th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (75-55) versus #16 Davidson
Won Southeast Second Round (71-64) versus #8 Western Kentucky
Won Southeast Regional Semifinal (68-63) versus #5 Alabama
Lost Southeast Regional Final (59-57) versus #11 Louisiana State

SEC Reg Season Champ
SEC 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
Kentucky	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	5	3	3

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		Northwestern State	GSC	-4.64	W	77	58		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1985	REG	@	Chaminade			W	89	57		2	0	W 2	McCabe Gymnasium
3	Wed, Nov 27, 1985	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	-8.61	W	98	65		3	0	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
4	Tue, Dec 3, 1985	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	5.07	W	84	54		4	0	W 4	Rupp Arena
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG		Indiana (19)	Big Ten	18.68	W	63	58		5	0	W 5	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG	@	Kansas (7)	Big 8	23.18	L	68	83		5	1	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
7	Fri, Dec 20, 1985	REG		East Carolina	CAA	-7.14	W	86	52		6	1	W 1	Rupp Arena
8	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		Pepperdine	WCAC	8.80	W	88	56		7	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1985	REG		Louisville (15)	Metro	20.65	W	69	64		8	1	W 3	Rupp Arena
10	Mon, Dec 30, 1985	REG	N	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-7.61	W	93	55		9	1	W 4	Freedom Hall
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	5.68	W	80	71		10	1	W 5	Memorial Gymnasium
12	Mon, Jan 6, 1986	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	14.88	L	56	60		10	2	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
13	Wed, Jan 8, 1986	REG		Mississippi	SEC	5.21	W	75	58		11	2	W 1	Rupp Arena
14	Sat, Jan 11, 1986	REG		Alabama	SEC	16.73	W	76	52		12	2	W 2	Rupp Arena
15	Wed, Jan 15, 1986	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	4.73	W	64	52		13	2	W 3	Humphrey Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG	@	Florida	SEC	10.55	W	72	55		14	2	W 4	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
17	Thu, Jan 23, 1986	REG		Georgia	SEC	13.71	W	74	69		15	2	W 5	Rupp Arena
18	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG		Tennessee	SEC	9.07	W	74	57		16	2	W 6	Rupp Arena
19	Wed, Jan 29, 1986	REG	@	Louisiana State (17)	SEC	15.13	W	54	52		17	2	W 7	Maravich Assembly Center
20	Fri, Jan 31, 1986	REG		Auburn	SEC	14.88	W	81	71		18	2	W 8	Rupp Arena
21	Sun, Feb 2, 1986	REG	@	NC State	ACC	16.92	L	51	54		18	3	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
22	Wed, Feb 5, 1986	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	5.68	W	73	65		19	3	W 1	Rupp Arena
23	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	5.21	W	62	58		20	3	W 2	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
24	Thu, Feb 13, 1986	REG	@	Alabama (18)	SEC	16.73	W	73	71		21	3	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
25	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	4.73	W	88	62		22	3	W 4	Rupp Arena
26	Wed, Feb 19, 1986	REG		Florida	SEC	10.55	W	80	69		23	3	W 5	Rupp Arena
27	Sat, Feb 22, 1986	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	13.71	W	80	75		24	3	W 6	Stegeman Coliseum
28	Thu, Feb 27, 1986	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	9.07	W	62	60		25	3	W 7	Stokely Center
29	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	15.13	W	68	57		26	3	W 8	Rupp Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 6, 1986	CTOURN		Mississippi	SEC	5.21	W	95	69		27	3	W 9	Rupp Arena
31	Fri, Mar 7, 1986	CTOURN		Louisiana State	SEC	15.13	W	61	58		28	3	W 10	Rupp Arena
32	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	CTOURN		Alabama	SEC	16.73	W	83	72		29	3	W 11	Rupp Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
33	Fri, Mar 14, 1986	NCAA	N	Davidson	Southern	0.41	W	75	55		30	3	W 12	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
34	Sun, Mar 16, 1986	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	11.04	W	71	64		31	3	W 13	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
35	Thu, Mar 20, 1986	NCAA	N	Alabama	SEC	16.73	W	68	63		32	3	W 14	The Omni
36	Sat, Mar 22, 1986	NCAA	N	Louisiana State	SEC	15.13	L	57	59		32	4	L 1	The Omni