1985–86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

1985–86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
1985–86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	12–2 (6–6 Metro)
Head coach	M. K. Turk (10th season);
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Louisville †	10	–	2	.833	32	–	7	.821
No. 12 Memphis State	9	–	3	.750	28	–	6	.824
Virginia Tech	7	–	5	.583	22	–	9	.710
Southern Miss	6	–	6	.500	17	–	12	.586
Cincinnati	5	–	7	.417	12	–	16	.429
Florida State	3	–	9	.250	12	–	17	.414
South Carolina	2	–	10	.167	12	–	16	.429

† 1986 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented University of Southern Mississippi in the 1985–86 college basketball season.

Roster

1985–86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	Kenny Siler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
F	Randolph Keys	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Collins, Mississippi
F	Derreck Hamilton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Mobile, Alabama
G	Casey Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So
F	John White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
G	Michael Jett	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
C	Willie Brown	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr
F	Jurado Hinton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
C	John Ginley	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr
F	Allen Chapman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
F	Michael Keeler	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
F	D. J. Bowe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr

Head coach

M. K. Turk

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 30, 1985*		Missouri–St. Louis	W 82–65	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 2, 1985*		McNeese State	W 81–77	2–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 7, 1985*		at Northeast Louisiana	W 69–68	3–0	Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana
Dec 11, 1985*		Arkansas State	W 86–82	4–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 13, 1985*		at South Alabama	W 84–82 ^OT	5–0	Jaguar Gym Mobile, Alabama
Dec 16, 1985*		Tennessee Tech	W 106–93	6–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 18, 1985*		Oregon Tech	W 101–72	7–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 20, 1985*		at Jacksonville Gator Bowl Tournament	L 66–80	7–1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida
Dec 21, 1985*		vs. Texas A&M Gator Bowl Tournament	L 61–81	7–2	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Florida
Dec 28, 1985*		at Arkansas State	L 71–80	7–3	Indian Field House Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jan 2, 1986*		Fredonia State	W 90–59	8–3	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Metro Conference regular season
Jan 6, 1986		at Cincinnati	L 63–76	8–4 (0–1)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 8, 1986		at No. 19 Virginia Tech	L 72–88	8–5 (0–2)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
Jan 13, 1986		No. 18 Louisville	L 54–59	8–6 (0–3)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 15, 1986*		at New Orleans	L 69–81	8–7	University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 18, 1986		at Florida State	W 94–92	9–7 (1–3)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Jan 20, 1986		No. 2 Memphis State	L 64–68	9–8 (1–4)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 25, 1986		South Carolina	W 77–65	10–8 (2–4)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 30, 1986*		Illinois Wesleyan	W 95–88	11–8	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 6, 1986*		Southwestern Louisiana	W 74–69	12–8	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 8, 1986		Florida State	W 102–96	13–8 (3–4)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 10, 1986		at South Carolina	W 89–82	14–8 (4–4)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 15, 1986		at No. 4 Memphis State	L 85–92	14–9 (4–5)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 17, 1986		at No. 16 Louisville	L 74–83	14–10 (4–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Feb 22, 1986		No. 18 Virginia Tech	W 69–66	15–10 (5–6)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 24, 1986		Cincinnati	W 72–62	16–10 (6–6)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 1, 1986*		New Orleans	W 65–60	17–10	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Metro Conference tournament
Mar 6, 1986*	(5)	vs. (4) Cincinnati First round	L 74–75	17–11	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
NIT
Mar 13, 1986*		at Florida First round	L 71–81	17–12	Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, Florida
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References

^ "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

[1] "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

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