The 1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Andy Russo, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
| 1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 19–12 (13–5 Pac-10) |
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| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of March 25, 1986[1] Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were 19–11 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, runner-up in the standings, a game behind champion Arizona.[2][3] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted the following year.
Washington went to the 64-team NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year. Seeded twelfth in the Midwest regional, they lost to Michigan State in the first round in Dayton, Ohio.[4][5]
Following Marv Harshman's retirement in March 1985, Russo was hired a few weeks later; he was formerly the head coach at Louisiana Tech.[6][7]
Postseason results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Thu, March 13* 6:37 pm |
(12MW) | vs. (5MW) No. 18 Michigan State First round |
L 70–72 | 19–12 |
UD Arena (13,260) Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "Michigan State leery of UW". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. March 13, 1986. p. C3.
- ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 10, 1986. p. 3C.
- ^ Woolford, Dave (March 14, 1986). "Skiles humbles Huskies at line". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 14.
- ^ "Spartan effort beats Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 14, 1986. p. 29.
- ^ "UW finds basketball coach, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 4, 1985. p. C1.
- ^ "Huskies think Andy's dandy". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. April 4, 1985. p. 2B.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1985–86 basketball season