The 1985–86 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represented
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...
as a member of the
Atlantic-10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...
during the
1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season headlines
* Blocked shots and steals both became official statistics tracked by the NCAA. David Robinson of Navy became the first national blocked shot champion, averaging 5.91 per game for the season. The first steals champion was Darr ...
. Led by 2nd year head coach
Jim Boyle, the Hawks finished with an overall record of 26–6 (16–2 in A-10 play). Saint Joseph's won both regular season and
A-10 Tournament titles, and received an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed in the East Regional. The team defeated Richmond before losing to No. 14 seed
Cleveland State
Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...
in the second round.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
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References
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