American college basketball season
The 1985–86 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Led by first-year head coach Andy Russo , the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington .
The Huskies were 19–11 overall in the regular season and 13–5 in conference play, runner-up in the standings, a game behind champion Arizona .[2] [3] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted the following year .
Washington went to the 64-team NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year. Seeded
twelfth in the Midwest regional , they lost to Michigan State in the first round in Dayton, Ohio .[4] [5]
Following Marv Harshman 's retirement in March 1985 , Russo was hired a few weeks later; he was formerly the head coach at Louisiana Tech .[6] [7]
Postseason results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
NCAA Tournament
Thu, March 13 *6:37 pm
(12MW)
vs. (5MW) No. 18 Michigan State First round
L 70–72
19–12
UD Arena (13,260)Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Pacific time.
References
^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" . Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved March 28, 2013 .
^ "Michigan State leery of UW" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. March 13, 1986. p. C3.
^ "Pac-10 standings" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). March 10, 1986. p. 3C.
^ Woolford, Dave (March 14, 1986). "Skiles humbles Huskies at line" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). p. 14.
^ "Spartan effort beats Huskies" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 14, 1986. p. 29.
^ "UW finds basketball coach, too" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 4, 1985. p. C1.
^ "Huskies think Andy's dandy" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire reports. April 4, 1985. p. 2B.
External links
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