1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

The 1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1985–86 men's college basketball season. The Head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 10th year. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 266 (142) record while making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

1985–86 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
Big East Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, second round, L 8597 vs. Navy
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record266 (142 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarrier Dome
1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 St. John's142 .875315  .861
No. 9 Syracuse142 .875266  .813
No. 13 Georgetown115 .688248  .750
Villanova106 .6252314  .622
Providence79 .4381714  .548
Pittsburgh610 .3751514  .517
Boston College412 .2501315  .464
Connecticut313 .1881216  .429
Seton Hall313 .1881418  .438
1986 Big East tournament winner
As of March 31, 1986[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1985–86 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
C 4 Rony Seikaly 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)240 lb (109 kg) So Athens, Greece
G 11 Greg Monroe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) Jr Rochester, New York
SF 12 Rafael Addison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) Sr Jersey City, New Jersey
G 20 Sherman Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg) Fr Washington, D.C.
G 24 Joel Katz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)182 lb (83 kg) Jr San Juan, Puerto Rico
F 25 Howard Triche 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)215 lb (98 kg) Jr Syracuse, New York
F/C 30 Derek Brower 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)230 lb (104 kg) So North Babylon, New York
PG 31 Dwayne Washington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)185 lb (84 kg) Jr Brooklyn, New York
F 33 Herman Harried 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) Fr Baltimore, Maryland
PF 42 Rodney Walker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)225 lb (102 kg) Fr Baltimore, Maryland
PF 45 Wendell Alexis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)210 lb (95 kg) Sr Queens, New York
F 50 Joey Kohm 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg) Jr Ithaca, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2019-Mar-16

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 23*
No. 4 Utica W 10255  1-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
November 25*
No. 4 Cornell W 9662  2-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
November 29*
No. 4 USC W 10268  3-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
December 6*
No. 4 La Salle
Carrier Classic
W 9772  4-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
December 7*
No. 4 Navy
Carrier Classic
W 8967  5-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
December 14*
No. 4 Brooklyn W 10261  6-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
December 21*
No. 4 St. Bonaventure W 8364  7-0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
Dec 19, 1989*
No. 4 C. W. Post W 88–68  8–0
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
Big East Conference Regular Season
January 2
No. 4 Boston College W 6852  9-0
(1-0)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 4
No. 4 Seton Hall W 6852  10-0
(2-0)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 6
No. 4 at Villanova W 7772  11-0
(3-0)
 
Philadelphia, PA
January 8
No. 4 at Fairfield W 9067  12-0
New Haven Coliseum 
New Haven, CT
January 11
No. 4 Pittsburgh W 7668  13-0
(4-0)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 15
No. 4 at No. 15 Georgetown L 7073  13-1
(4-1)
 
Washington, D.C.
January 18*
No. 4 at No. 13 Louisville L 7383  13-2
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
January 22
No. 9 Providence W 9573  14-2
(5-1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 25
No. 9 Connecticut
Rivalry
W 8067  15-2
(6-1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 28
No. 11 at Boston College W 8055  16-2
(7-1)
Boston Garden 
Boston, MA
February 1
No. 11 No. 7 St. John's W 6864  17-2
(8-1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 5
No. 8 at Seton Hall W 8461  18-2
(9-1)
Brendan Byrne Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
February 8*
No. 8 No. 14 Notre Dame L 8185  18-3
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 12
No. 12 Villanova W 8057  19-3
(10-1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 15
No. 12 at Providence W 7675  20-3
(11-1)
 
Providence, RI
February 17
No. 12 at Pittsburgh W 6962  21-3
(12-1)
 
Pittsburgh, PA
February 23
No. 9 No. 13 Georgetown W 6463  22-3
(13-1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
February 26
No. 6 at No. 8 St. John's L 7986  22-4
(13-2)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 1
No. 6 at Connecticut
Rivalry
W 7558  23-4
(14-2)
 
Storrs, CT
Big East tournament
March 6*
No. 8 vs. Boston College
Big East tournament • Quarterfinals
W 10279  24-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 7*
No. 8 vs. No. 14 Georgetown
Big East tournament • Semifinals
W 7573 OT 25-4
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
March 8*
No. 8 vs. No. 5 St. John's
Big East tournament • Final
L 6970  25-5
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 14*
No. 9 vs. Brown
NCAA tournament • First Round
W 10152  26-5
 
Syracuse, NY
March 16*
No. 9 vs. No. 17 Navy
NCAA Tournament • Second Round
L 8597  26-6
 
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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