1985–86Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball

NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	24–9 (13–5 SEC)
Head coach	Wimp Sanderson (6th season)
Assistant coach	Rick Barnes (1st season)
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Kentucky †	17	–	1	.944	32	–	4	.889
Alabama	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
Auburn	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Florida	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
LSU	9	–	9	.500	26	–	12	.684
Georgia	9	–	9	.500	17	–	13	.567
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	13	–	15	.464
Tennessee	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Ole Miss	4	–	14	.222	12	–	17	.414
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	22	.214

†1986 SEC tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 2, 1985*		Utah	W 73–57	1–0	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 4, 1985*		Rider	W 91–63	2–0	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 9, 1985*		Murray State	W 99–65	3–0	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 14, 1985*		Mercer	W 92–49	4–0	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 16, 1985*		Florida State	W 100–89	5–0	Civic Center Birmingham, AL
December 21, 1985*		Maryland	L 58–60	5–1	Cole Field House College Park, MD
December 25, 1985*		Northwestern State	W 82–77	6–1	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 29, 1985*		Nebraska Sun Carnival Classic Tournament	W 78–61	7–1	Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
December 30, 1985*		No. 19 UTEP Sun Carnival Classic Tournament	L 62–74	7–2	Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
January 2, 1986		Mississippi State	W 71–62	8–2 (1–0)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
January 4, 1986		Georgia	L 80–88	8–3 (1–1)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
January 9, 1986		No. 8 LSU	W 83–67	9–3 (2–1)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 11, 1986		No. 11 Kentucky	L 52–76	9–4 (2–2)	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
January 16, 1986		Auburn Rivalry	W 60–56	10–4 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 18, 1986		Tennessee	W 92–79	11–4 (4–2)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 22, 1986		Vanderbilt	W 85–72	12–4 (5–2)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
January 25, 1986		Florida	W 67–64	13–4 (6–2)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 29, 1986		Ole Miss	W 69–62	14–4 (7–2)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS
February 1, 1986		Mississippi State	W 72–54	15–4 (8–2)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 5, 1986		Georgia	W 57–54	16–4 (9–2)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 9, 1986		LSU	W 80–71	17–4 (10–2)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
February 13, 1986	No. 17	No. 11 Kentucky	L 71–73	17–5 (10–3)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 15, 1986	No. 17	Auburn Rivalry	L 69–71	17–6 (10–4)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 19, 1986	No. 18	Tennessee	W 80–64	18–6 (11–4)	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN
February 22, 1986	No. 18	Vanderbilt	W 69–68	19–6 (12–4)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 26, 1986	No. 19	Florida	L 65–77	19–7 (12–5)	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
March 2, 1986	No. 19	Ole Miss	W 74–59	20–7 (13–5)	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC Tournament
March 6, 1986	(3)	(6) Georgia Second Round	W 77–59	21–7	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
March 7, 1986	(3)	(10) Mississippi State Semifinals	W 77–65	22–7	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
March 8, 1986	(3)	(1) No. 3 Kentucky SEC Championship	L 72–83	22–8	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1986*	(5 SE)	vs. (12 SE) Xavier First Round	W 97–80	23–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 16, 1986*	(5 SE)	vs. (4 SE) No. 19 Illinois Second Round	W 58–56	24–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 20, 1986*	(5 SE)	vs. (1 SE) No. 3 Kentucky Regional semifinal - Sweet Sixteen	L 63–68	24–9	The Omni Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern time.

v t e Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Venues	Little Hall (1915–1939) Foster Auditorium (1939–1968) Coleman Coliseum (1968–present)
Rivalries	Auburn
Culture & lore	Traditions Big Al Gambling scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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