1985–86 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1985–86 UC Irvine Anteaters Pacific Coast Athletic Association PCAA 17–13 12–6 Bill Mulligan 6th Crawford Hall NIT, Second Round The 1985–86 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by sixth year head coach Bill Mulligan and played their home games at the Crawford Hall. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 17–13 and 12–6 in PCAA play. UCI defeated conference champion UNLV twice, both while the Rebels were ranked in the top 10, once on each team's home court. Previous season The 1984–85 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team returned finished with a record of 13–17 and 8–10 in PCAA play. Junior Forward/Center Tod Murphy received AP Honorable Mention All-American Honors.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=38 UC Irvine Honors UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports October 17, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=38 dead Roster 1985 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Scott Brooks y 12 G 5 11 165 Jr French Camp, CA Joe Buchanan 23 G 6 1 175 Jr Seattle, WA Sandy Caldwell 40 C 6 10 235 Fr Melbourne (Australia) Troy Carmon 24 F 6 6 205 Sr Long Beach, CA Rick Ciaccio 35 C 6 10 210 Sr Newport Beach, CA Rob Doktorczyk 22 F 6 9 175 Fr San Pedro, CA Wayne Engelstad y 30 F 6 8 245 So Rosemead, CA Mike Hess 25 G 6 1 180 So Hilton Head, SC Tod Murphy y 43 C 6 9 220 Sr Long Beach, CA Johnny Rogers y 32 F 6 10 225 Sr Fullerton, CA Peter Strauss 25 G 6 5 180 So Hilton Head, SC Brian Williams 11 G 5 10 165 Jr Los Angeles, CA http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1986_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf September 19, 2017 Bill Mulligan Schedule yes 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1985 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Non-Conference Season November 30, 1985 yes 1985 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 1,851 76–88 0–1 December 2, 1985 yes yes Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE 7,087 87–80 1–1 December 7, 1985 yes Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA 3,010 72–81 1–2 December 12, 1985 yes 1985 men Montana Grizzlies Montana Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,302 85–72 2–2 December 14, 1985 yes Boise State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,067 87–74 3–2 December 18, 1985 yes yes 1985 men Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,292 100–122 3–3 December 23, 1985 yes 1985 men Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 793 63–69 3–4 December 27, 1985 yes yes Loyola Marymount Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV Wolf Pack Classic 2,400 99–75 4–4 December 28, 1985 yes yes 1985 men Nevada Wolfpack Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV Wolf Pack Classic 5,045 86–89 4–5 |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Conference Season January 2, 1986 1985 men San Jose State Spartans San Jose State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,312 72–67 5–5 1–0 January 4, 1986 1985 men Utah State Aggies Utah State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,243 96–82 6–5 2–0 January 9, 1986 yes 1985 men Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State Selland Arena Fresno, CA 10,132 48–53 6–6 2–1 January 11, 1986 yes 1985 men Pacific Tigers Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA 3,500 83–75 7–6 3–1 January 16, 1986 yes 1985 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 2,531 54–66 7–7 3–2 January 18, 1986 1985 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,400 99–88 8–7 4–2 January 23, 1986 1985 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,246 85–63 9–7 5–2 January 25, 1986 1985 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,479 71–83 9–7 5–3 January 30, 1986 yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 6,192 89–79 10–7 6–3 February 2, 1986 yes San Jose State San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, CA 2,407 55–71 10–8 6–4 February 6, 1986 Fresno State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,479 60–58 11–9 7–4 February 8, 1986 Pacific Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,341 80–76 12–9 8–4 February 10, 1986 New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 8,217 75–98 12–10 8–5 February 15, 1986 yes 1985 men UNLV Rebels UNLV 6 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 15,616 99–92 13–10 9–5 February 20, 1986 yes Long Beach State Gold Mine Long Beach, CA 1,052 95–80 14–10 10–5 February 24, 1986 yes UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Events Center Santa Barbara, CA 2,687 87–79 15–10 11–5 February 27, 1986 UNLV 9 Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,629 95–88 16–10 12–5 March 1, 1986 Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,513 68–78 16–11 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters| PCAA tournament March 6, 1986 yes Cal State Fullerton The Forum Inglewood, CA Quarterfinals 9,613 58–66 16–12 |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters| NIT March 13, 1986 yes yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA First Round 7,089 80–74 17–12 March 18, 1986 yes yes 1985 men BYU Cougars BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT Second Round 11,436 80–93 17–13 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=27 UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports July 22, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=27 dead http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1986_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf#page=2 Final 1986 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report NCAA July 22, 2017 References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1980s in Orange County, California UC Irvine Uc Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters