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1985-86 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-8 (12-6, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 83.1 (6th of 289)

PA/G: 71.3 (201st of 289)

SRS: 19.79 (10th of 283)

SOS: 7.98 (36th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (72-70) versus #12 Washington
Won Midwest Second Round (80-68) versus #4 Georgetown
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (96-86) versus #1 Kansas

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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	17	18

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		Western Illinois	Mid-Cont	-5.32	W	98	63		1	0	W 1	Jenison Field House
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1985	REG		Maine	ECACN	-12.10	W	89	58		2	0	W 2	Jenison Field House
3	Sat, Nov 30, 1985	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-4.48	W	84	64		3	0	W 3	Jenison Field House
4	Wed, Dec 4, 1985	REG		George Washington	A-10	-4.07	W	87	61		4	0	W 4	Jenison Field House
5	Fri, Dec 6, 1985	REG		Canisius	ECACN	-2.03	W	90	61		5	0	W 5	Jenison Field House
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	14.46	L	80	82		5	1	L 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
7	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		Illinois-Chicago	Mid-Cont	-5.87	W	99	74		6	1	W 1	Jenison Field House
8	Fri, Dec 27, 1985	REG	N	Massachusetts	A-10	-8.72	W	93	45		7	1	W 2	University Arena
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1985	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	4.14	W	76	61		8	1	W 3	University Arena
10	Thu, Jan 2, 1986	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.60	L	73	84		8	2	L 1	St. John Arena
11	Sun, Jan 5, 1986	REG	@	Indiana (15)	Big Ten	18.68	W	77	74		9	2	W 1	Assembly Hall
12	Thu, Jan 9, 1986	REG		Purdue (20)	Big Ten	15.77	L	83	88		9	3	L 1	Jenison Field House
13	Sun, Jan 12, 1986	REG		Illinois (18)	Big Ten	20.35	W	58	51		10	3	W 1	Jenison Field House
14	Thu, Jan 16, 1986	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	15.93	L	71	82		10	4	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
15	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	7.76	L	71	76		10	5	L 2	Williams Arena
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG		Michigan (6)	Big Ten	21.88	W	91	79		11	5	W 1	Jenison Field House
17	Thu, Jan 30, 1986	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.13	W	83	81		12	5	W 2	Jenison Field House
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-3.63	W	97	69		13	5	W 3	Jenison Field House
19	Thu, Feb 6, 1986	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	20.35	W	84	80		14	5	W 4	Assembly Hall
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.77	L	82	88		14	6	L 1	Mackey Arena
21	Thu, Feb 13, 1986	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	15.93	W	83	73		15	6	W 1	Jenison Field House
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	7.76	W	76	66		16	6	W 2	Jenison Field House
23	Thu, Feb 20, 1986	REG	@	Michigan (7)	Big Ten	21.88	W	74	59		17	6	W 3	Crisler Arena
24	Thu, Feb 27, 1986	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-3.63	W	82	48		18	6	W 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
25	Sun, Mar 2, 1986	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.13	W	84	71		19	6	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
26	Tue, Mar 4, 1986	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	-4.75	W	103	60		20	6	W 6	Jenison Field House
27	Wed, Mar 5, 1986	REG		Indiana (16)	Big Ten	18.68	L	79	97		20	7	L 1	Jenison Field House
28	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.60	W	91	81		21	7	W 1	Jenison Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Thu, Mar 13, 1986	NCAA	N	Washington	Pac-10	8.48	W	72	70		22	7	W 2	University of Dayton Arena
30	Sat, Mar 15, 1986	NCAA	N	Georgetown (13)	Big East	17.49	W	80	68		23	7	W 3	University of Dayton Arena
31	Fri, Mar 21, 1986	NCAA	N	Kansas (2)	Big 8	23.18	L	86	96	OT	23	8	L 1	Kemper Arena