1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1985–86 record	21-8 (13-5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Knight
Assistant coach	Ron Felling
Assistant coach	Kohn Smith
Home arena	Assembly Hall

	Conf				Overall
1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Michigan	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
#16 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	21	–	8	.724
#18 Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
#19 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	20	.286

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The head coach was Bob Knight. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The season was memorialized and popularized by A Season on the Brink, a 1986 book by John Feinstein. For the book Bob Knight granted almost unprecedented access to his team, as well as insights into Knight's private life. The book was well received and is often referred to as "the bestselling sports book of all time." The book and season was later dramatized in a two-hour made-for-ESPN movie that first aired in the spring of 2002.

Roster

Players

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
Starters
Steve Alford (Capt.)	12	G	6–2	183	Junior	New Castle, Indiana
Daryl Thomas	24	F / C	6–700		Junior	Westchester, Florida
Ricky Calloway	20	F / G	6–6	180	Freshman	Cincinnati, Ohio
Andre Harris	34	F	6–6		Junior	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Winston Morgan (Capt.)	21	G / F	6–5		Senior	Anderson, Indiana
Reserves
Delray Brooks	23	G	6–8		Sophomore	Michigan City, Indiana
Steve Eyl	32	F	6–6		Sophomore	Hamilton, Ohio
Joe Hillman	44	G	6–2		(Redshirt)	Glendale, California
Todd Jadlow	11	F / C	6–9		Sophomore	Salina, Kansas
Todd Meier	30	F / C	6–8		Junior	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Jeff Oliphant	35	G / F	6–5		(Redshirt)	Lyons, Indiana
Magnus Pelkowski	14	C	6–10		(Redshirt)	Bogotá, Colombia
Stew Robinson (Capt.)	22	G	6–1		Senior	Anderson, Indiana
Brian Sloan	45	F / C	6–8		(Redshirt)	McLeansboro, Illinois
Kreigh Smith	42	F	6–7		(Redshirt)	Tipton, Indiana
Courtney Witte	52	F / C	6–8		Senior	Vincennes, Indiana

Coaches

Name	Type
Bob Knight	Head Coach
Ron Felling	Associate Head Coach
Kohn Smith	Assistant Coach
Royce Waltman	Assistant Coach
Joby Wright	Assistant Coach
Tim Garl	Assistant Trainer

NCAA Tournament

First Round
- Indiana 79, Cleveland State 83 ^[1]

References

↑ http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1980s.html

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present)

Rivalries	Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions A Season on the Brink (film) "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches

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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics