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1985–86 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
Season headlines * The Big South Conference began conference play. It had been founded in 1983, but its members had played as NCAA Division I independent schools, Division I independents until this season. * The ECAC South renamed itself the Colonial Athletic Association. It renamed itself the Coastal Athletic Association in 2023. * The Midwestern City Conference renamed itself the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. It renamed itself the Horizon League in 2001. * Blocked shots and steals both became official statistics tracked by the NCAA. David Robinson of 1985–86 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team, Navy became the first national blocked shot champion, averaging 5.91 per game for the season. The first steals champion was Darron Brittman of Chicago State Cougars men's basketball, Chicago State, with 4.96 per game. * 1985–86 LSU Tigers basketball team, LSU, Seed (sports), seeded 11th in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1986 NCAA tournament's Southeast R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Basketball
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Yellow Jackets in NCAA Division I basketball. The team plays its home games in McCamish Pavilion on the school's Atlanta campus and is currently coached by Damon Stoudamire. Bobby Cremins led his team to the first ACC men's basketball tournament, ACC tournament victory in school history in 1985 ACC men's basketball tournament, 1985 and in 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1990 he took Georgia Tech to the school's first Final Four appearance ever. Cremins retired from Georgia Tech in 2000 with the school's best winning percentage as a head coach. The Yellow Jackets returned to the Final Four in 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2004 under Paul Hewitt and lost in the national title game to 2003–04 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, UConn. Overall, the team has won 1,352 games and lost 1,226 games, a .52 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seed (sports)
In sport, seeding is the practice of separating the most skilled competitors from each other in the early rounds of a tournament. Players or teams are "planted" into the bracket in such a manner that the best do not meet until later in the competition, usually based on ranking from the regular season. The term was first used in tennis, and is based on the notion of scattering the top players' names across the bracket in the way that a farmer scatters seeds. Sometimes the remaining competitors in a single-elimination tournament will be "re-seeded" so that the highest surviving seed is made to play the lowest surviving seed in the next round, the second-highest plays the second-lowest, etc. This may be done after each round, or only at selected intervals. Tennis Professional tennis tournaments seed players based on their rankings. The number of seeds varies from tournament to tournament. Generally the bigger the event the more seeds there tend to be relative to lesser events. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball
The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of the University of Kentucky. It has eight NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA championships, the best List of teams with the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, all-time winning percentage, and the most List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, all-time victories. For their success, Kentucky has claimed to be "The Greatest Tradition in the History of College Basketball." The Wildcats compete in the Southeastern Conference and are coached by Mark Pope. Adolph Rupp first brought Kentucky to national prominence, winning four NCAA titles. Since then, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, and John Calipari each won a national championship, making Kentucky the only school with five coaches to win NCAA championships and placing it second only to UCLA Bruins men's basketball, UCLA for most titles. Kentucky has fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball
The Auburn Tigers men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Auburn University. The school competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tigers play their home games at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama on the university campus. The program began in 1906, and is currently coached by Bruce Pearl. Auburn has won six conference regular season championships and three SEC tournament championships. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA tournament 14 times, making it as far as the Final Four in 2019 and 2025. 14 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 102 All-SEC selections. Auburn has produced 35 NBA draft picks, including Jabari Smith (2022), who was selected with the third overall pick, the highest in Auburn history. Three Auburn players have been named SEC Player of the Year: Charles Barkley in 1984, Chris Porter in 1999, and Johni Broome in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball
The Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program represents Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ... in NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball and the Big East Conference. Georgetown has competed in men's college basketball since 1907. The current head coach of the program is Ed Cooley. Georgetown won the national championship 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, in 1984 and has made the Final Four on five occasions. They have won the Big East men's basketball tournament, Big East Conference tournament a record eight times, and have also won or shared the Big East regular season title ten times. They have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, NCAA tournament 31 times and in the National Invitation Tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois. Regular season Junior college transfer Ken Norman highlighted the 1985-86 season as he set the school record for single-season field-goal percentage (.641). Roster Schedule Source , - !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;", Non-Conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;", , - !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38", , - Player stats Awards and honors * Bruce Douglas ** Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year ** Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) * Ken Norman **Team Most Valuable Player ** Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Team players drafted into the NBA Rankings References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Team Illinois Fighting Illini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils finished with an overall record of 37–3 (12–2 ACC). Duke was invited to the 1986 NCAA Tournament as a #1 seed. With wins over Mississippi Valley State, Old Dominion, DePaul and Navy put the Blue Devils back in the Final Four for the first time since 1978. One more victory over the Kansas Jayhawks put Duke in the championship game. But the Blue Devils came up short vs the Louisville Cardinals 72–69. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=12 style=, , - !colspan=12 style=, Rankings Awards and honors *Mike Krzyzewski, ACC Coach of the Year *Johnny Dawkins, Naismith College Player of the Year Team players dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is renowned for having one of the most prestigious and historic intercollegiate basketball programs in North America. In the United States, Kansas has six overall national championships (4 NCAA Tournament National Championships and 2 Helms National Championships), as well as being runner-up six times and having the most conference titles in the nation. The Jayhawks own the NCAA record for most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with 28 consecutive appearances. Since the 1984 tournament, the Jayhawks have only missed the tournament twice due to disciplinary action from the NCAA; they were ruled ineligible for the 1989 tournament and 2018 being vacated. They have not missed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse Orange Men's Basketball
The Syracuse Orange men's basketball program is an college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball team representing Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Syracuse is considered one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in the country with 3 overall claimed National Championships and 1 NCAA Tournament championship, as well being a National Runner-up 2 times. Syracuse is ranked sixth in List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, total victories among all NCAA Division I programs and seventh in List of teams with the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, all-time win percentage among programs with at least 50 years in Division I, with an all-time win–loss record of 2042–931† () as of March 29, 2021. The Orange are al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Michigan Wolverines Men's Basketball Team
The 1985–86 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1985–86 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team repeated as the Big Ten Conference Champion. The team earned the number two seed in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where it advanced one round before losing. The team began the season ranked number three and ended the season ranked number five after peaking at number two in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll. It was ranked in all seventeen weeks, and it also ended the season ranked number five in the final UPI Coaches' Poll. Butch Wade and Roy Tarpley served as team captains and Tarpley earned team MVP. On December 7, 1985, the team set the current Big Ten Conference single-game record for team blocked shots wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is a college basketball team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels have won six NCAA championships (1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament, 1957, 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1982, 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1993, 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2005, 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2009, and 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2017) in addition to a 1924 Helms Athletic Foundation 1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season, title (retroactive). North Carolina has won a record 134 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament matchups while advancing to 31 Sweet Sixteen berths (since 1975), a NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by school, record 21 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Final Fours, and 12 List of NCAA Division I men's basketball c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the following decades, a series of acquisitions made it into one of the largest publishers in the United States. In 2013, it was merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House, which is owned by the Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Penguin Random House uses its brand for Random House Publishing Group and Random House Children's Books, as well as several imprints. Company history 20th century Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random", which suggested the name Random ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
