The 1985–86 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represented the
University of Tulsa
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as a member of the
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest.
History
The MVC was established ...
during the
1985–86 college basketball
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season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at the
Tulsa Convention Center
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The Cox Business Convention Center (C ...
. Led by head coach
J. D. Barnett
Joseph Donald Barnett (born January 10, 1944) is an American retired college basketball coach. He was a former head basketball coach at several NCAA Division I, Division I institutions, the most high-profile being VCU Rams men's basketball, Virgini ...
, they finished the season 23–9 overall and 10–6 in conference play to finish second in the MVC standings. The Golden Hurricane defeated Bradley in the championship game of the
MVC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East region. Tulsa lost to No. 7 seed
Navy
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in the opening round.
Roster
Schedule and results
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References
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball seasons
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's b
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Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...