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1985–86 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

1985–86 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
Pacific-10
23–9 (14–4 Pac-10)
Lute Olson (3rd season)
Tom Billeter (1st season)
Ricky Byrdsong (4th season)
Scott Thompson (3rd season)
McKale Center (Capacity: 14,545)

The 1985–86 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats won the Pac-10 regular season title, finished with an overall record of 23–9 (14–4 Pac-10), and reached the NCAA tournament, but lost in the opening round for the second straight season.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Nov 29, 1985*		vs. Texas-San Antonio Great Alaska Shootout	W 62–49	1–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 1985*		vs. No. 16 UNLV Great Alaska Shootout	L 59–60	1–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 1, 1985*		vs. Purdue Great Alaska Shootout	L 74–81	1–2	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 4, 1985*		Denver	W 63–54	2–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 7, 1985*		Northern Arizona	W 66–57	3–2	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 10, 1985*		at Tulsa	L 51–54	3–3	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 12, 1985*		San Diego State	W 72–66	4–3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 14, 1985*		New Mexico	W 70–55	5–3	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 21, 1985*		at Utah	L 68–76	5–4	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 27, 1985*		Princeton	W 54–41	6–4	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Dec 28, 1985*		Boston College	W 71–61	7–4	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 2, 1986*		Hawaii–Hilo	W 104–71	8–4	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 4, 1986		Arizona State Rivalry	W 62–53	9–4(1–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 9, 1986		Stanford	W 77–69	10–4(2–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 12, 1986		California	W 79–72 2OT	11–4(3–0)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 16, 1986		USC	L 62–63	11–5(3–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Jan 18, 1986*		at Miami	W 81–74 OT	12–5	Knight Center Complex Miami, Florida
Jan 23, 1986		Oregon State	W 63–62 ot	13–5(4–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 25, 1986		Oregon	W 85–68	14–5(5–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 30, 1986		at Washington State	L 63–65 OT	14–6(5–2)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Feb 1, 1986		at Washington	W 70–57	15–6(6–2)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
Feb 6, 1986		at California	W 79–72	16–6(7–2)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Feb 8, 1986		at Stanford	L 56–62	16–7(7–3)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Feb 13, 1986		UCLA Rivalry	W 85–60	17–7(8–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 15, 1986		USC	W 71–62	18–7(9–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Feb 20, 1986		at Oregon	W 65–59	19–7(10–3)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 22, 1986		at Oregon State	W 55–53	20–7(11–3)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 27, 1986		Washington	W 77–56	21–7(12–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
March 1, 1986		Washington State	W 62–61	22–7(13–3)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 3, 1986		at UCLA Rivalry	W 88–76	23–7(14–3)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Mar 9, 1986		at Arizona State Rivalry	L 63–70	23–8(14–4)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
Mar 14, 1986*	(9 W)	vs. (8 W) Auburn First Round	L 63–73	23–9	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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