1985–86 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1985–86 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1985–86 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Raveling (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Hammel; Mike Dunlap;
MVP	Andre Banks
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 1985–86 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by third-year head coach George Raveling and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 20–12 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #11 seed in the Midwest Region, losing in the first round to the NC State Wolfpack.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F/C	3	Gerry Wright	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	San Bernardino, California
G	4	Andre Banks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	5	Bart Casey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Iowa City, Iowa
G	10	B. J. Armstrong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
G	11	Michael Reaves	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Milledgeville, Georgia
G/F	14	Bill Jones	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Detroit, Michigan
G	20	Jeff Moe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Indianapolis, Indiana
G/F	23	Roy Marble	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Flint, Michigan
G	24	Michael Morgan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Haughton, Louisiana
F	25	Ed Horton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr	Springfield, Illinois
G/F	35	Kevin Gamble	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr	Springfield, Illinois
F	40	Kent Hill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Wichita, Kansas
F	44	Al Lorenzen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F/C	54	Brad Lohaus	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	RS Jr	Phoenix, Arizona

Head coach

George Raveling (Villanova)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 22, 1985*		at Hawaii-Hilo	W 80–69	1–0	Hilo, HI
Nov 23, 1985*		vs. Hawaii Pacific	W 85–68^[1]	2–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
Nov 24, 1985*		vs. Arkansas-Little Rock	W 108–99	3–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
Nov 30, 1985*		Abilene Christian	W 92–62	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 3, 1985*	No. 18	at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 55–43	5–0	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
Dec 6, 1985*	No. 18	Arkansas State Amana-Hawkeye Classic	L 62–66	5–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 7, 1985*	No. 18	Lehigh Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 89–68	6–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 10, 1985*		at No. 20 Iowa State Rivalry	L 61–74	6–2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Dec 14, 1985*		Furman	W 81–61	7–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 23, 1985*		at Gonzaga	W 55–43	8–2	The Kennel Spokane, WA
Dec 27, 1985*		vs. Tampa Fred Meyer Far West Classic	W 54–45	9–2	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Dec 28, 1985*		vs. Boston University Fred Meyer Far West Classic	W 76–71	10–2	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Dec 29, 1985*		vs. Saint Joseph's Fred Meyer Far West Classic	L 56–60	10–3	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 2, 1986		at Purdue	L 73–76	10–4 (0–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Jan 4, 1986		at No. 14 Illinois	W 60–59	11–4 (1–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 11, 1986		Minnesota	W 75–62	12–4 (2–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 16, 1986		Michigan State	W 82–71	13–4 (3–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 18, 1986		No. 2 Michigan	L 57–61	13–5 (3–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 23, 1986		at Northwestern	W 76–43	14–5 (4–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 25, 1986		at Wisconsin	L 63–69	14–6 (4–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Jan 30, 1986		No. 15 Indiana	W 79–69	15–6 (5–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Feb 1, 1986		Ohio State	W 86–75	16–6 (6–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 9, 1986		at Minnesota	L 60–65	16–7 (6–4)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Feb 13, 1986		at Michigan State	L 73–83	16–8 (6–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
Feb 15, 1986		at No. 10 Michigan	L 66–82	16–9 (6–6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 20, 1986		Wisconsin	W 101–48	17–9 (7–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 22, 1986		Northwestern	W 76–45	18–9 (8–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 26, 1986		at Ohio State	L 74–81	18–10 (8–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Mar 2, 1986		at No. 16 Indiana	L 73–80	18–11 (8–8)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Mar 6, 1986		No. 19 Illinois	W 57–53	19–11 (9–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Mar 8, 1986		Purdue	W 77–64	20–11 (10–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1986*	(11 MW)	vs. (6 MW) No. 20 NC State First Round	L 64–66^[2]	20–12	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

References

^ "Banks leads Hawks to highscoring win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 25, 1985. p. 2B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ "N.C. Walks by Faltering Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 15, 1986. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ "Iowa Men's Basketball 2020-21 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[1] "Banks leads Hawks to highscoring win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 25, 1985. p. 2B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[2] "N.C. Walks by Faltering Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 15, 1986. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[3] "Iowa Men's Basketball 2020-21 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

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Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	"Iowa Fight Song" Herky the Hawk Gambling scandal First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics