1985β86 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils men's basketball | |
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SWAC tournament champions | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 20β11 (10β4 SWAC) |
Head coach | |
Home arena | Harrison HPER Complex |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State β | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1986 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1985β86 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented
Mississippi Valley State University during the
1985β86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by head coach
Lafayette Stribling, played their home games at
Harrison HPER Complex as members of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 20β11, 10β4 in SWAC play to finish in 3rd pace. They won the
SWAC Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the
1986 NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. As the No. 16 seed in the East Region, the Delta Devils played a tough game before falling to No. 1 overall seed and eventual National runner-up
Duke in the opening round, 85β78.
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1985β86 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils men's basketball team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 19, 1985* |
at Ball State | L 63β73 | 2β3 |
Irving Gymnasium Muncie, Indiana | |||||||
Jan 6, 1986* |
at Missouri | L 67β81 | 3β4 |
Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri | |||||||
SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 7, 1986* |
vs.
Alabama State Quarterfinal |
W 77β64 | 18β10 |
Mississippi Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | |||||||
Mar 8, 1986* |
vs.
Alcorn State Semifinals |
W 71β70 | 19β10 |
Mississippi Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | |||||||
Mar 9, 1986* |
vs.
Prairie View Championship game |
W 75β58 | 20β10 |
Mississippi Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi | |||||||
1986 NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 1986* |
(16 E) | vs. (1 E) No. 1
Duke First Round |
L 78β85 [3] | 20β11 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. |