1985–86 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team

1985–86 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
1985–86 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
MEAC regular season champions; MEAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	22–8 (12–2 MEAC)
Head coach	Don Corbett (7th season);
Home arena	Corbett Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 MEAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina A&T †	12	–	2	.857	22	–	8	.733
Howard	11	–	3	.786	18	–	9	.667
Delaware State	7	–	7	.500	11	–	17	.393
Coppin State	7	–	7	.500	10	–	17	.370
Morgan State	7	–	7	.500	7	–	20	.259
South Carolina State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	18	.357
Bethune–Cookman	4	–	10	.286	7	–	22	.241
Maryland Eastern Shore	3	–	11	.214	5	–	23	.179

† 1986 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by 7th-year head coach Don Corbett, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–8, 12–2 in MEAC play to finish in first place. They were champions of the MEAC tournament, winning the championship game over Howard, to earn an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament where they were defeated by No. 1 seed Kansas, 71–46, in the opening round.^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		George Cale	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
F		Claude Williams	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Jan 8, 1986*		at NC State	L 48–66	1–4	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 22, 1986*		at No. 20 Virginia Tech	L 75–79	4–6	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
1986 MEAC tournament
Mar 7, 1986*		vs. Bethune-Cookman Semifinals	W 75–66	21–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 8, 1986*		vs. Howard Championship game	W 53–52	22–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986 NCAA tournament
Mar 13, 1986*	(16 MW)	vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Kansas First round	L 46–71	22–8	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
Venues	Moore Gymnasium (1952–1978) Corbett Sports Center (1978–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina Central UNC Greensboro
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons Records lost pre-1952 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