1985–86 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1985–86 West Virginia Mountaineers Basketball File:West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg 100px Atlantic-10 Conference A-10 22–11 15–3 Gale Catlett 8th WVU Coliseum NCAA tournament The 1985–86 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference during the 1985–86 season. The team played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Led by 8th-year head coach Gale Catlett, the Mountaineers finished tied for second in the conference regular season standings, and received an at-large bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament as No. 9 seed in the East region.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/1986.html 1985-86 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference April 10, 2022 Roster 1985 West Virginia Mountaineers y Steve Berger 4 G 5 11 170 JR Boomer, West Virginia Dale Blaney 21 G 6 4 SR y Darryl Prue 24 F 6 7 225 FR Washington, D.C. Herbie Brooks 32 G 6 2 180 FR Mullens, West Virginia Wade Smith 33 FC 6 10 210 FR Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Ray Foster 42 C 6 10 240 FR Cleveland, Ohio Gale Catlett 2019–20 West Virginia Men's Basketball Record Book https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wvuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/1/MBB_Record_Book.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190905193708/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wvuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/11/1/MBB_Record_Book.pdf dead September 5, 2019 WVU Athletic Dept. April 10, 2022 Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=West Virginia Mountaineers| Regular Season Nov 22, 1985 yes yes Auburn 10 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Preseason National Invitational Tournament 75–58 1–0 Nov 24, 1985 yes yes St. John's Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut Preseason National Invitational Tournament 58–65 1–1 Nov 26, 1985 yes IUP WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia 75–54 2–1 Dec 3, 1985 yes yes Auburn 19 Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama 59–84 2–2 Dec 7, 1985 yes yes Marshall 60–64 2–3 Dec 9, 1985 yes Saint Joseph's WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia 72–45 3–3 Dec 11, 1985 yes Maryland WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia 41–42 3–4 Dec 14, 1985 yes Pittsburgh WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia 74–63 4–4 Dec 21, 1985 yes yes Virginia Tech 20 Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia 69–76 4–5 |- !colspan=9 style=West Virginia Mountaineers| Atlantic-10 Tournament Feb 27, 1986 yes 1985 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia Quarterfinals 64–58 21–9 Mar 1, 1986 yes yes Temple Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Semifinals 61–56 22–9 Mar 3, 1986 yes yes Saint Joseph's Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Championship game 64–72 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style=West Virginia Mountaineers| NCAA Tournament Mar 13, 1986 yes yes 9 E Old Dominion 8 E Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina First Round 64–72East Regional: Old Dominion 72, West Virginia 64 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-14-sp-20728-story.html The Los Angeles Times March 14, 1986 April 10, 2022 22–11 AP Poll Eastern E East https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/1986-schedule.html 1985-86 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results Sports Reference April 10, 2022 https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/1985-86 1985-86 Men's Basketball Schedule West Virginia University Athletic Department April 10, 2022 Rankings 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 932–933 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 References West Virginia Category:West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball seasons West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball West Virginia