1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 85–97 vs. Navy
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
AP	#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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 23*	#4	Utica	W 102–55	1-0	Carrier Dome
November 25*	#4	Cornell	W 96–62	2-0	Carrier Dome
November 29*	#4	USC	W 102–68	3-0	Carrier Dome
December 6*	#4	La Salle (Carrier Classic)	W 97–72	4-0	Carrier Dome
December 7*	#4	Navy (Carrier Classic)	W 89–67	5-0	Carrier Dome
December 14*	#4	Brooklyn	W 102–61	6-0	Carrier Dome
December 21*	#4	St. Bonaventure	W 83–64	7-0	Carrier Dome
January 2	#4	Boston College	W 68–52	8-0 (1-0)	Carrier Dome
January 4	#4	Seton Hall	W 68–52	9-0 (2-0)	Carrier Dome
January 6	#4	at Villanova	W 77–72	10-0 (3-0)
January 8	#4	at Fairfield	W 90–67	11-0
January 11	#4	Pittsburgh	W 76–68	12-0 (4-0)	Carrier Dome
January 15	#4	at #15 Georgetown	L 70–73	12-1 (4-1)
January 18*	#4	at #13 Louisville	L 73–83	12-2	Freedom Hall
January 22	#9	Providence	W 95–73	13-2 (5-1)	Carrier Dome
January 25	#9	Connecticut	W 80–67	14-2 (6-1)	Carrier Dome
January 28	#11	at Boston College	W 80–55	15-2 (7-1)	Boston Garden
February 1	#11	#7 St. John's	W 68–64	16-2 (8-1)	Carrier Dome
February 5	#8	at Seton Hall	W 84–61	17-2 (9-1)	Brendan Byrne Arena
February 8*	#8	#14 Notre Dame	L 81–85	17-3	Carrier Dome
February 12	#12	Villanova	W 80–57	18-3 (10-1)	Carrier Dome
February 15	#12	at Providence	W 76–75	19-3 (11-1)
February 17	#12	at Pittsburgh	W 69–62	20-3 (12-1)
February 23	#9	#13 Georgetown	W 64–63	21-3 (13-1)	Carrier Dome
February 26	#6	at #8 St. John's	L 79–86	21-4 (13-2)	Madison Square Garden
March 1	#6	at Connecticut	W 75–58	22-4 (14-2)
March 6*	#8	vs. Boston College (Big East Tournament • Quarterfinals)	W 102–79	23-4	Madison Square Garden
March 7*	#8	vs. #14 Georgetown (Big East Tournament • Semifinals)	W 75–73 ^OT	24-4	Madison Square Garden
March 8*	#8	vs. #5 St. John's (Big East Tournament • Final)	L 69–70	24-5	Madison Square Garden
March 14*	#9	vs. Brown (NCAA Tournament • First Round)	W 101–52	25-5
March 16*	#9	vs. #17 Navy (NCAA Tournament • Second Round)	L 85–97	25-6
*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

↑ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com
↑ 2009-10 Syracuse Record Book Retrieved 2013-Jul-29.
↑ 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)

Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal Six-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

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