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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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|   Nov 22, 1985 | 103   | @ Loyola Chicago | W | 94-84 | 61% | 1 - 0 | +16.7 | ||
|   Nov 25, 1985 | 112   | Chicago St. | W | 80-53 | 85% | 2 - 0 | +25.4 | ||
|   Nov 27, 1985 | 199   | Toledo | W | 69-57 | 94% | 3 - 0 | +3.6 | ||
|   Nov 30, 1985 | 178   | Northwestern | W | 76-72 | 93% | 4 - 0 | -3.4 | ||
|   Dec 02, 1985 | 171   | @ Western Illinois | W | 76-62 | 80% | 5 - 0 | +14.7 | ||
|   Dec 07, 1985 | 51   | @ Marquette | W | 66-64 | 42% | 6 - 0 | +13.6 | ||
|   Dec 13, 1985 | 103   | Loyola Chicago | W | 76-75 | 84% | 7 - 0 | +0.1 | ||
|   Dec 21, 1985 | 144   | @ Colorado | W | 79-69 | 73% | 8 - 0 | +13.2 | ||
|   Dec 23, 1985 | 110   | Saint Louis | W | 81-67 | 85% | 9 - 0 | +12.5 | ||
|   Dec 27, 1985 | 33   | Clemson | L | 76-81 | 46% | 9 - 1 | +5.5 | ||
|   Dec 28, 1985 | 43   | Villanova | W | 58-56 | 52% | 10 - 1 | +10.9 | ||
|   Dec 30, 1985 | 135   | Wake Forest | W | 86-72 | 80% | 11 - 1 | +14.5 | ||
|   Jan 04, 1986 | 200   | Southern Illinois | W | 65-62 | 94% | 12 - 1 | 1 - 0 | -5.5 | |
|   Jan 09, 1986 | 119   | @ Wichita St. | W | 57-55 | 64% | 13 - 1 | 2 - 0 | +7.8 | |
|   Jan 11, 1986 | 94   | @ Drake | W | 69-67 | 59% | 14 - 1 | 3 - 0 | +9.2 | |
|   Jan 13, 1986 | 69   | @ Dayton | W | 79-77 | 53% | 15 - 1 | +10.8 | ||
|   Jan 16, 1986 | 153   | West Texas A&M | W | 78-53 | 92% | 16 - 1 | 4 - 0 | +19.2 | |
|   Jan 18, 1986 | 45   | Tulsa | W | 71-58 | 67% | 17 - 1 | 5 - 0 | +17.9 | |
|   Jan 23, 1986 | 104   | Illinois St. | W | 67-63 | 84% | 18 - 1 | 6 - 0 | +3.0 | |
|   Jan 25, 1986 | 142   | @ Creighton | W | 74-56 | 72% | 19 - 1 | 7 - 0 | +21.3 | |
|   Jan 30, 1986 | 153   | @ West Texas A&M | W | 63-54 | 77% | 20 - 1 | 8 - 0 | +10.8 | |
|   Feb 01, 1986 | 45   | @ Tulsa | W | 54-51 | 39% | 21 - 1 | 9 - 0 | +15.5 | |
|   Feb 08, 1986 | 142   | Creighton | W | 79-59 | 90% | 22 - 1 | 10 - 0 | +15.7 | |
|   Feb 10, 1986 | 104   | @ Illinois St. | W | 74-67 | 61% | 23 - 1 | 11 - 0 | +13.6 | |
|   Feb 13, 1986 | 129   | @ Indiana St. | W | 54-52 | 68% | 24 - 1 | 12 - 0 | +6.8 | |
|   Feb 15, 1986 | 200   | @ Southern Illinois | W | 61-60 | 83% | 25 - 1 | 13 - 0 | +0.1 | |
|   Feb 20, 1986 | 94   | Drake | W | 88-79 | 82% | 26 - 1 | 14 - 0 | +8.6 | |
|   Feb 22, 1986 | 119   | Wichita St. | W | 74-64 | 85% | 27 - 1 | 15 - 0 | +8.2 | |
|   Feb 27, 1986 | 129   | Indiana St. | W | 71-51 | 87% | 28 - 1 | 16 - 0 | +17.2 | |
|   Mar 04, 1986 | 153   | West Texas A&M | W | 61-55 | 86% | 29 - 1 | +4.0 | ||
|   Mar 05, 1986 | 104   | Illinois St. | W | 65-64 | 74% | 30 - 1 | +3.8 | ||
|   Mar 06, 1986 | 45   | @ Tulsa | L | 58-74 | 39% | 30 - 2 | -3.5 | ||
|   Mar 13, 1986 | 57   | UTEP | W | 83-65 | 60% | 31 - 2 | +24.9 | ||
|   Mar 15, 1986 | 4   | Louisville | L | 68-82 | 19% | 31 - 3 | +5.0 | ||
| Projected Record | 31 - 3 | 16 - 0 | |||||||