1985–86 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1985–86 Temple Owls men's basketball
1985–86 Temple Owls men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	25–6 (15–3 A–10)
Head coach	John Chaney (4th season);
Home arena	McGonigle Hall
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach John Chaney, the Owls played their home games at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Temple finished tied for second place in the A-10 regular season standings, then lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament. The Owls received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 9 seed in the Midwest region, the Owls defeated Jacksonville in the opening round^[1] before falling to No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Kansas, 65–43.^[2] The team finished with a record of 25–6 (15–3 A-10).

1985–86 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Saint Joseph's†	16	–	2	.889	26	–	6	.813
West Virginia	15	–	3	.833	22	–	11	.667
Temple	15	–	3	.833	25	–	6	.806
St. Bonaventure	10	–	8	.556	15	–	13	.536
Duquesne	9	–	9	.500	15	–	14	.517
George Washington	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
UMass	6	–	12	.333	9	–	9	.500
Rhode Island	5	–	13	.278	9	–	19	.321
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	17	.414
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	8	–	21	.276

† 1986 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Nate Blackwell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	South Philadelphia HS	Philadelphia, PA
G	21	Howard Evans	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
F	32	Mike Vreeswyk	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Morrisville HS
F	33	Tim Perry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	So	Freehold HS	Freehold, NJ
C	44	Ramón Rivas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Pedro Albizu Campos	Carolina, PR
F		Derrick Brantley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
G		Ed Coe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
G		Jerome Dowdell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr
F		Darrin Pearsall	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 26, 1985*		at Drexel	W 64–51	1–0	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 30, 1985*		at UCLA	L 59–75	1–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Dec 7, 1985*		at Wichita State	W 62–60	4–1	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
Dec 14, 1985*		vs. Villanova	W 81–73	5–1	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 21, 1985*		Wake Forest	W 64–59	6–1	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1986		Rhode Island	W 76–60	9–1 (1–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 9, 1986		vs. Saint Joseph's	L 71–80	9–2 (1–1)	The Palestra
Jan 11, 1986		Rutgers	W 68–59	10–2 (2–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1986		at Duquesne	W 54–53	11–2 (3–1)	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 18, 1986		at West Virginia	L 65–69 ^OT	11–3 (3–2)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia
Feb 26, 1986		George Washington	W 73–54	24–4 (15–3)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Mar 1, 1986*		vs. West Virginia	L 56–61	24–5	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1986*	(9 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Jacksonville First Round	W 61–50 ^OT	25–5	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 15, 1986*	(9 MW)	vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Kansas Second Round	L 43–65	25–6	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.