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1985-86 UNLV Rebels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 33-5 (16-2, 1st in PCAA MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jerry Tarkanian

PS/G: 76.0 (44th of 289)

PA/G: 66.8 (107th of 289)

SRS: 14.79 (25th of 283)

SOS: 4.34 (66th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West First Round (74-51) versus #13 Louisiana-Monroe
Won West Second Round (70-64) versus #5 Maryland
Lost West Regional Semifinal (70-63) versus #8 Auburn

PCAA Reg Season Champ
PCAA Tourney Champ

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
UNLV	18	16	14	13	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	6	11	9	13	11

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	Fri, Nov 22, 1985	REG		Nevada	Big Sky	-2.86	W	89	62		1	0	W 1	Thomas & Mack Center
2	Mon, Nov 25, 1985	REG		South Carolina	Metro	4.76	W	73	55		2	0	W 2	Thomas & Mack Center
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1985	REG	N	Villanova	Big East	9.34	W	61	49		3	0	W 3	Sullivan Arena
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1985	REG	N	Arizona	Pac-10	9.76	W	60	59		4	0	W 4	Sullivan Arena
5	Sun, Dec 1, 1985	REG	N	North Carolina (1)	ACC	26.13	L	60	65		4	1	L 1	Sullivan Arena
6	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	15.08	W	64	63		5	1	W 1	Cole Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	REG	@	Nevada	Big Sky	-2.86	W	74	52		6	1	W 2	Lawlor Events Center
8	Fri, Dec 20, 1985	REG		San Diego State	WAC	0.00	W	105	85		7	1	W 3	Thomas & Mack Center
9	Sat, Dec 21, 1985	REG		Iona	MAAC	-6.88	W	82	63		8	1	W 4	Thomas & Mack Center
10	Tue, Dec 24, 1985	REG	N	Stanford	Pac-10	2.70	W	83	65		9	1	W 5	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
11	Wed, Dec 25, 1985	REG	N	NC State	ACC	16.92	L	73	80		9	2	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
12	Fri, Dec 27, 1985	REG		Ball State	MAC	0.29	W	88	71		10	2	W 1	Thomas & Mack Center
13	Sat, Dec 28, 1985	REG		UAB (14)	Sun Belt	13.55	W	73	72		11	2	W 2	Thomas & Mack Center
14	Thu, Jan 2, 1986	REG		Utah State	PCAA	-0.29	W	100	94		12	2	W 3	Thomas & Mack Center
15	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	REG		San Jose State	PCAA	2.22	W	106	80		13	2	W 4	Thomas & Mack Center
16	Thu, Jan 9, 1986	REG	@	Pacific	PCAA	0.98	W	85	80		14	2	W 5	Alex G. Spanos Center
17	Sun, Jan 12, 1986	REG	@	Fresno State	PCAA	0.88	W	68	53		15	2	W 6	Selland Arena
18	Thu, Jan 16, 1986	REG		UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	-0.23	W	79	71		16	2	W 7	Thomas & Mack Center
19	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	REG	@	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2.60	W	62	51		17	2	W 8	Titan Gym
20	Thu, Jan 23, 1986	REG		New Mexico State	PCAA	4.41	W	92	75		18	2	W 9	Thomas & Mack Center
21	Sat, Jan 25, 1986	REG		Long Beach State	PCAA	-5.76	W	72	65		19	2	W 10	Thomas & Mack Center
22	Thu, Jan 30, 1986	REG	@	San Jose State	PCAA	2.22	W	62	55		20	2	W 11	San Jose Civic Auditorium
23	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	-0.29	W	87	79		21	2	W 12	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
24	Thu, Feb 6, 1986	REG		Pacific	PCAA	0.98	W	92	73		22	2	W 13	Thomas & Mack Center
25	Fri, Feb 7, 1986	REG		Memphis (3)	Metro	19.63	W	67	66		23	2	W 14	Thomas & Mack Center
26	Sat, Feb 8, 1986	REG		Fresno State	PCAA	0.88	W	72	56		24	2	W 15	Thomas & Mack Center
27	Sat, Feb 15, 1986	REG		UC Irvine	PCAA	3.41	L	92	99		24	3	L 1	Thomas & Mack Center
28	Mon, Feb 17, 1986	REG		Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2.60	W	92	83		25	3	W 1	Thomas & Mack Center
29	Thu, Feb 20, 1986	REG	@	New Mexico State	PCAA	4.41	W	88	79		26	3	W 2	Pan American Center
30	Sat, Feb 22, 1986	REG	@	UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	-0.23	W	79	65		27	3	W 3	The Thunderdome
31	Thu, Feb 27, 1986	REG	@	UC Irvine	PCAA	3.41	L	88	95		27	4	L 1	Crawford Hall
32	Sat, Mar 1, 1986	REG	@	Long Beach State	PCAA	-5.76	W	94	76		28	4	W 1	The Gold Mine
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
33	Thu, Mar 6, 1986	CTOURN	N	Fresno State	PCAA	0.88	W	68	49		29	4	W 2	The Forum
34	Fri, Mar 7, 1986	CTOURN	N	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2.60	W	75	65		30	4	W 3	The Forum
35	Sat, Mar 8, 1986	CTOURN	N	New Mexico State	PCAA	4.41	W	75	55		31	4	W 4	The Forum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
36	Fri, Mar 14, 1986	NCAA	N	Louisiana-Monroe	Southland	5.16	W	74	51		32	4	W 5	Long Beach Arena
37	Sun, Mar 16, 1986	NCAA	N	Maryland	ACC	15.08	W	70	64		33	4	W 6	Long Beach Arena
38	Thu, Mar 20, 1986	NCAA	N	Auburn	SEC	14.88	L	63	70		33	5	L 1	The Summit