1985–86_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_men's_basketball_team

1985–86 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
1985–86 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
NCAA tournament, regional semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	27–7 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Cremins (5th season);
Assistant coaches	George Felton (5th season); Perry Clark (4th season); Jimmy Hebron (5th season); Rich Brown (2nd season);
Home arena	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1985–86 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

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Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 25, 1985*	No. 2	USC Aiken	W 119–60	1–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 30, 1985*	No. 2	vs. No. 3 Michigan Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic	L 44–49	1–1	Springfield Civic Center Springfield, Massachusetts
Dec 2, 1985*	No. 2	at Saint Louis	W 62–55	2–1	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 4, 1985*	No. 5	at Chattanooga	W 94–74	3–1	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 7, 1985*	No. 5	vs. Georgia	W 89–65	4–1	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 17, 1985*	No. 7	Old Dominion	W 96–86	5–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 20, 1985*	No. 7	vs. Texas A&M Gator Bowl Tournament	W 83–58	6–1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida
Dec 21, 1985*	No. 7	at Jacksonville Gator Bowl Tournament	W 72–53	7–1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida
Dec 27, 1985*	No. 7	Texas Cotton States Classic	W 90–55	8–1	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 28, 1985*	No. 7	Navy Cotton States Classic	W 82–64	9–1	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 30, 1985*	No. 6	Richmond	W 90–64	10–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
ACC regular season
Jan 4, 1986	No. 6	at Virginia	W 64–61	11–1 (1–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 8, 1986	No. 5	Wake Forest	W 72–58	12–1 (2–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 9, 1986*	No. 5	vs. Rutgers	W 85–46	13–1	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Jan 11, 1986	No. 5	Maryland	W 68–67	14–1 (3–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 18, 1986	No. 5	at Clemson	W 83–71	15–1 (4–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Jan 21, 1986	No. 4	No. 2 Duke	W 87–80	16–1 (5–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 25, 1986	No. 4	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 77–85	16–2 (5–1)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 29, 1986	No. 3	at NC State	W 67–54	17–2 (6–1)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 4, 1986	No. 2	No. 1 North Carolina	L 77–78 ^OT	17–3 (6–2)	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 6, 1986*	No. 2	at Charlotte	W 87–76	18–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 9, 1986	No. 2	at No. 4 Duke	L 59–75	18–4 (6–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Feb 15, 1986	No. 5	Virginia	W 62–55	19–4 (7–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 19, 1986	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 59–49	20–4 (8–3)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 22, 1986	No. 5	at Maryland	W 77–70	21–4 (9–3)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 27, 1986	No. 4	No. 18 NC State	W 69–57	22–4 (10–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 1, 1986*	No. 4	Illinois	L 57–59	22–5	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (15,148) Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 2, 1986	No. 6	Clemson	W 74–63	23–5 (11–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
ACC Tournament
Mar 7, 1986*	No. 6	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 79–61	24–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 8, 1986*	No. 6	vs. Maryland ACC Tournament Semifinal	W 64–62	25–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 9, 1986*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 Duke ACC tournament championship	L 67–68	25–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1986*	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (15 SE) Marist First round	W 68–53	26–6	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 15, 1986*	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (10 SE) Villanova Second Round	W 66–61	27–6	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 20, 1986*	(2 SE) No. 6	vs. (11 SE) LSU Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 64–70	27–7	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

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Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	11	John Salley	Detroit Pistons
2	25	Mark Price	Dallas Mavericks

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1985–86 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

Players in the 1986 NBA draft

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Duke†	12	–	2	.857	37	–	3	.925
No. 6 Georgia Tech	11	–	3	.786	27	–	7	.794
No. 8 North Carolina	10	–	4	.714	28	–	6	.824
NC State	7	–	7	.500	21	–	13	.618
Virginia	7	–	7	.500	19	–	11	.633
Maryland	6	–	8	.429	19	–	14	.576
Clemson	3	–	11	.214	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	0	–	14	.000	8	–	21	.276

† 1986 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll