1985–86 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

1985–86 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1985–86 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
	Billy King Shot, 1986
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–11 (7–7 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Larrañaga (7th season); Jeff Jones (4th season); Dave Odom (4th season);
Home arena	University Hall
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Terry Holland and played their home games at University Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference

Record19–11 (7–7 ACC)

Headcoach

Terry Holland (12th season)

Assistant coaches

Jim Larrañaga (7th season)
Jeff Jones (4th season)
Dave Odom (4th season)

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1985–86 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Duke†	12	–	2	.857	37	–	3	.925
No. 6 Georgia Tech	11	–	3	.786	27	–	7	.794
No. 8 North Carolina	10	–	4	.714	28	–	6	.824
NC State	7	–	7	.500	21	–	13	.618
Virginia	7	–	7	.500	19	–	11	.633
Maryland	6	–	8	.429	19	–	14	.576
Clemson	3	–	11	.214	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	0	–	14	.000	8	–	21	.276

† 1986 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 23, 1985*		vs. Houston	W 92–77	1–0	Capital Centre Landover, Maryland
Nov 30, 1985*		Towson State	W 68–55	2–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 1, 1985*		VCU	W 79–75 ^OT	3–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 4, 1985*		VMI	W 101–58	4–0	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec 7, 1985		at No. 3 Duke	L 64–72	4–1 (0–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Dec 10, 1985*		vs. Virginia Tech	L 66–84	4–2	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
Dec 20, 1985*		vs. Old Dominion	W 68–61	5–2	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Dec 21, 1985*		vs. Richmond	L 46–58	5–3	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Dec 27, 1985*		vs. Long Island	W 71–52	6–3	Rochester Community War Memorial Rochester, New York
Dec 28, 1985*		vs. Loyola–Chicago	W 71–70	7–3	Rochester Community War Memorial Rochester, New York
Jan 2, 1986*		Hartford	W 73–54	8–3	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC regular season
Jan 4, 1986		No. 6 Georgia Tech	L 61–64	8–4 (0–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 4, 1986*		William & Mary	W 67–47	9–4	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 11, 1986		at Clemson	W 83–81	10–4 (1–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Jan 14, 1986*		Penn	W 81–52	11–4	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 19, 1986		Maryland	W 70–49	12–4 (2–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 22, 1986		Wake Forest	W 54–47	13–4 (3–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 25, 1986		at NC State	L 53–55	13–5 (3–3)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 30, 1986		No. 1 North Carolina	W 86–73	14–5 (4–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 6, 1986		No. 4 Duke	L 65–77	14–6 (4–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 9, 1986*		at Missouri	W 64–62	15–6	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 12, 1986		at Wake Forest	W 69–53	16–6 (5–4)	Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 15, 1986		at No. 5 Georgia Tech	L 55–62	16–7 (5–5)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 19, 1986		No. 20 NC State	W 69–60	17–7 (6–5)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 22, 1986		Clemson	W 82–69	18–7 (7–5)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 26, 1986		at No. 3 North Carolina	L 79–85	18–8 (7–6)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 1, 1986		at Maryland	L 72–87	18–9 (7–7)	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
Mar 7, 1986*	(5)	at (4) No. 20 NC State Quarterfinals	W 64–62	19–9	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 8, 1986*	(5)	vs. (1) No. 1 Duke Semifinals	L 70–75	19–10	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1986*	(5 E)	vs. (12 E) DePaul First Round	L 68–72^[2]	19–11	Greensboro Coliseum (7,640) Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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