1985–86 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team


The 1985–86 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 10th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished with a record of 23–8, 12–6 to finish in third place in Big Ten play. The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. As the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region, they defeated Washington and Georgetown to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 1-seeded Kansas. The wins were the first NCAA tournament wins for the Spartans since 1979.

1985–86 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Lobo Classic champions
Spartan Cutlass Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record23–8 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arenaJenison Field House
Seasons
1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Michigan 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
No. 16 Indiana 13 5   .722 21 8   .724
No. 18 Michigan State 12 6   .667 23 8   .742
No. 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

Previous season

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The Spartans finished the 1984–85 season with a record of 19–10, 10–8 to finish in fifth place in Big Ten play. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed. There they lost to UAB in the first round.

Roster and statistics

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1985–86 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No Name Pos Year Height Pts Reb Ast
4 Scott Skiles G SR 6–1 27.4 4.4 6.5
13 Darryl Johnson G JR 6–2 16.6 3.3 4.0
23 Vernon Carr F/G JR 6–6 13.8 5.4 0.7
35 Larry Polec F SR 6–8 10.7 5.7 1.6
45 Carlton Valentine F SO 6–6 6.0 3.2 0.2
42 Todd Wolfe G/F FR 6–5 4.0 1.0 0.0
15 Ralph Walker F SR 6–8 2.8 2.8 0.4
40 Barry Fordham C/F JR 6–8 2.8 3.7 0.4
24 Mark Brown G FR 6–0 2.3 0.5 0.8
34 David Mueller F/C FR 6–9 2.1 1.2 0.0
44 Scott Sekal F FR 6–8 2.0 0.6 0.0
00 Keith Hill G FR 6–4 2.0 0.0 1.0
55 Mario Izzo C FR 6–11 0.5 1.1 0.0
30 Jim Sarkine F FR 6–9 0.3 0.4 0.1
22 Andre Rison G FR 6–0 0.0 0.2 0.7

Source[1][2]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 23, 1985*
Western Illinois W 98–63  1–0
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Nov 26, 1985*
Maine W 89–58  2–0
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Mar 4, 1986*
Central Michigan
Spartan Cutlass Classic semifinals
W 103–60  20–6
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Nov 30, 1985*
Western Michigan
Spartan Cutlass Classic championship
W 84–64  3–0
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 4, 1985*
George Washington W 87–61  4–0
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 6, 1985*
Canisius W 90–61  5–0
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 14, 1985*
at Iowa State L 80–82 OT 5–1
James H. Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
Dec 21, 1985*
Illinois-Chicago W 99–74  6–1
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 27, 1985*
vs. Massachusetts
Lobo Classic semifinals
W 93–45  7–1
The Pit/University Arena 
Albuquerque, NM
Dec 28, 1985*
at New Mexico
Lobo Classic championship
W 76–61  8–1
The Pit/University Arena 
Albuquerque, NM
Big Ten regular season
Jan 2, 1986
at Ohio State L 73–84  8–2
(0–1)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
Jan 5, 1986
at No. 15 Indiana W 77–74  9–2
(1–1)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Jan 9, 1986
No. 20 Purdue L 83–88  9–3
(1–2)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1986
No. 18 Illinois W 58–51  10–3
(2–2)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 16, 1986
at Iowa L 71–82  10–4
(2–3)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
Jan 18, 1986
at Minnesota L 71–76  10–5
(2–4)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 25, 1986
No. 6 Michigan
Rivalry
W 91–79  11–5
(3–4)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 30, 1986
Wisconsin W 83–81  12–5
(4–4)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 1, 1986
Northwestern W 97–69  13–5
(5–4)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 6, 1986
at Illinois W 84–80  14–5
(6–4)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
Feb 8, 1986
at Purdue L 82–88  14–6
(6–5)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 13, 1986
Iowa W 83–73  15–6
(7–5)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 15, 1986
Minnesota W 76–66  16–6
(8–5)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 20, 1986
No. 19 No. 7 Michigan
Rivalry
W 74–59  17–6
(9–5)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 27, 1986
No. 17 at Northwestern W 82–48  18–6
(10–5)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
Mar 2, 1986
No. 17 at Wisconsin W 84–71  19–6
(11–5)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
Mar 5, 1986
No. 17 No. 16 Indiana L 79–97  20–7
(11–6)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
Mar 8, 1986
No. 17 Ohio State W 91–81  21–7
(12–6)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1986
(5 MW) No. 18 vs. (12 MW) Washington
First Round
W 72–70  22–7
University of Dayton Arena 
Dayton, OH
Mar 15,1986
(5 MW) No. 18 vs. (4 MW) No. 13 Georgetown
Second Round
W 80–68  23–7
University of Dayton Arena 
Dayton, OH
Mar 21, 1986
(5 MW) No. 18 vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Kansas
Sweet Sixteen
L 86–96 OT 23–8
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time[3][4].

Awards and honors

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  • Scott Skiles – All-Big Ten First Team

References

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  1. ^ "1985-86 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats".
  2. ^ "2015-2016 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "1985-86 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  4. ^ "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on November 30, 1985 · Page 33".