1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 1986 Big East Tournament winner ; As of March 31, 1986[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 85–97 vs. Navy
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
1985–86 record	26–6 (14–2 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim
Home arena	Carrier Dome

The 1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1985–86 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 23*	No. 4	Utica	W 102–55	1-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
November 25*	No. 4	Cornell	W 96–62	2-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
November 29*	No. 4	USC	W 102–68	3-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 6*	No. 4	La Salle Carrier Classic	W 97–72	4-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 7*	No. 4	Navy Carrier Classic	W 89–67	5-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 14*	No. 4	Brooklyn	W 102–61	6-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 21*	No. 4	St. Bonaventure	W 83–64	7-0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 2	No. 4	Boston College	W 68–52	8-0 (1-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 4	No. 4	Seton Hall	W 68–52	9-0 (2-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 6	No. 4	at Villanova	W 77–72	10-0 (3-0)	Philadelphia, PA
January 8	No. 4	at Fairfield	W 90–67	11-0	Fairfield, CT
January 11	No. 4	Pittsburgh	W 76–68	12-0 (4-0)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 15	No. 4	at No. 15 Georgetown	L 70–73	12-1 (4-1)	Washington, D.C.
January 18*	No. 4	at No. 13 Louisville	L 73–83	12-2	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 22	No. 9	Providence	W 95–73	13-2 (5-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 25	No. 9	Connecticut Rivalry	W 80–67	14-2 (6-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 28	No. 11	at Boston College	W 80–55	15-2 (7-1)	Boston Garden Boston, MA
February 1	No. 11	No. 7 St. John's	W 68–64	16-2 (8-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 5	No. 8	at Seton Hall	W 84–61	17-2 (9-1)	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
February 8*	No. 8	No. 14 Notre Dame	L 81–85	17-3	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 12	No. 12	Villanova	W 80–57	18-3 (10-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 15	No. 12	at Providence	W 76–75	19-3 (11-1)	Providence, RI
February 17	No. 12	at Pittsburgh	W 69–62	20-3 (12-1)	Pittsburgh, PA
February 23	No. 9	No. 13 Georgetown	W 64–63	21-3 (13-1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 26	No. 6	at No. 8 St. John's	L 79–86	21-4 (13-2)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 1	No. 6	at Connecticut Rivalry	W 75–58	22-4 (14-2)	Storrs, CT
March 6*	No. 8	vs. Boston College Big East Tournament • Quarterfinals	W 102–79	23-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 7*	No. 8	vs. No. 14 Georgetown Big East Tournament • Semifinals	W 75–73 ^OT	24-4	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 8*	No. 8	vs. No. 5 St. John's Big East Tournament • Final	L 69–70	24-5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 14*	No. 9	vs. Brown NCAA Tournament • First Round	W 101–52	25-5	Syracuse, NY
March 16*	No. 9	vs. No. 17 Navy NCAA Tournament • Second Round	L 85–97	25-6	Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Statistics

Leading scorer: Dwayne Washington 17.3 ppg
Leading rebounder: Rony Seikaly 7.8 rpg

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References

↑ sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary
↑ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com
↑ 2009-10 Syracuse Record Book Retrieved 2013-Jul-29.
↑ 2009-10 Syracuse Record Book Retrieved 2013-Jul-29.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary

[2] College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com

[3] 2009-10 Syracuse Record Book Retrieved 2013-Jul-29.

[4] 2009-10 Syracuse Record Book Retrieved 2013-Jul-29.

Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) Carrier Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	Connecticut
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse ISP Sports Network
People	Head coaches All-Century Team
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 St. John's †	14	–	2	.875	31	–	5	.861
#9 Syracuse	14	–	2	.875	26	–	6	.813
#13 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
Villanova	10	–	6	.625	23	–	14	.622
Providence	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Pittsburgh	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Boston College	4	–	12	.250	13	–	15	.464
Connecticut	3	–	13	.188	12	–	16	.429
Seton Hall	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438

† 1986 Big East Tournament winner As of March 31, 1986^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll