1985–86 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

1985–86 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
1985–86 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Record	8–20 (0–14 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Apke (5th season);
Home arena	CU Events Center
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Kansas †	13	–	1	.929	35	–	4	.897
Iowa State	9	–	5	.643	22	–	11	.667
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
Missouri	8	–	6	.571	21	–	14	.600
No. 15 Oklahoma	8	–	6	.571	26	–	9	.743
Oklahoma State	6	–	8	.429	15	–	13	.536
Kansas State	4	–	10	.286	16	–	14	.533
Colorado	0	–	14	.000	8	–	20	.286

† 1986 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 31, 1986 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tom Apke, the Buffaloes played their home games at the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado and were members of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season 8–20, 0–14, finishing in last place in conference play.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	4	Mike Reid	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Rock Island	Rock Island, IL
G	11	Michael Lee	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Western	Las Vegas, NV
G	21	Jeff Penix	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Chaparral	Las Vegas, NV
F	23	Ken Countryman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Beverly Hills	Los Angeles, CA
G/F	30	Brian Robinson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	George Washington	Denver, CO
G	33	David Kuosman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Mitchell	Colorado Springs, CO
G	35	Darren Dunlap	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Palmer	Colorado Springs, CO
F	44	Torin Williams	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Verbum Dei	Los Angeles, CA
C	45	Randy Downs	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Nogales	La Puente, CA
F/C	50	Matt Bullard	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Valley	West Des Moines, IA
F/C	54	Scott Wilke	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Harlan	Panama, IA
F	56	Don Yowell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr		Arvada, CO

Head coach

Tom Apke

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 23, 1985*		Fort Lewis	W 84–68	1–0	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Nov 26, 1985*		Phillips	W 81–59	2–0	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Nov 30, 1985*		Detroit	W 84–71	3–0	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Dec 2, 1985*		Santa Clara	W 101–71	4–0	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Dec 4, 1985*		at Tulsa	L 65–76	4–1	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 7, 1985*		Wyoming	W 74–71	5–1	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Dec 11, 1985*		Colorado State	W 78–65	6–1	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Dec 14, 1985*		at Utah	L 62–82	6–2	Special Events Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 21, 1985*		Bradley	L 69–79	6–3	CU Events/Conference Center (3,827) Boulder, Colorado
Dec 28, 1985*		at Texas Tech	W 70–62	7–3	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 6, 1986*		Saint Mary's (CA)	W 80–70	8–3	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 8, 1986*		at Dayton	L 66–67	8–4	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
Jan 11, 1986*		at Marquette	L 71–91	8–5	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big Eight Regular Season
Jan 15, 1986		No. 7 Oklahoma	L 82–94	8–6 (0–1)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 18, 1986		Kansas State	L 69–77 ^OT	8–7 (0–2)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 21, 1986 7:00 p.m.		at Iowa State	L 62–90	8–8 (0–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Jan 25, 1986		Oklahoma State	L 76–83	8–9 (0–4)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 28, 1986		at Missouri	L 67–83	8–10 (0–5)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 1, 1986		Nebraska	L 60–77	8–11 (0–6)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 5, 1986		at No. 6 Kansas	L 64–100	8–12 (0–7)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 8, 1986		at Kansas State	L 53–79	8–13 (0–8)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 12, 1986 8:05 p.m.		Iowa State	L 57–83	8–14 (0–9)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 15, 1986		at Oklahoma	L 73–113	8–15 (0–10)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 19, 1986		No. 3 Kansas	L 74–79	8–16 (0–11)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 22, 1986		at Oklahoma State	L 85–90	8–17 (0–12)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 26, 1986		at Nebraska	L 72–79	8–18 (0–13)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 1, 1986		Missouri	L 86–94	8–19 (0–14)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Big Eight Tournament
Mar 7, 1986* 5:10 p.m.	(7)	vs. (2) Iowa State Quarterfinals	L 60–78	8–20	Kemper Arena (11,032) Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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References

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