1985–86 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

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Ranking
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The 1985-86 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 1985-86 college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Kevin Mackey. In 1984-85, the Vikings finished 21-8 (11-3 in the AMCU-8).

Regular season

Cleveland State finished the regular season with a 24–3 record and 13–1 in the AMCU-8. That record earned them a #1 seed in the AMCU-8 postseason tournament. They defeated Northern Iowa, Illinois-Chicago, and Eastern Illinois to clinch an automatic birth in the NCAA Tournament. Cleveland State also won 14 games in a row, a school record that still stands today. The streak started on February 27 at Kent State and lasted all the way until they lost to Navy in the Sweet Sixteen on March 21.

Postseason

Cleveland State earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament. They were the #14 seed. They defeated Indiana, and St. Joseph, before losing too Navy 71-70. Cleveland State became the first #14 seed to make it to the Sweet Sixteen. The next season the Vikings started the season ranked 20th in the AP Poll. There was no post NCAA Tournament AP poll in 1986. Cleveland State was ranked 17th in the final USA Today poll. Cleveland State also set a school record for wins in a season at 29, a record that also still stands today. Clinton Smith was named Cleveland States Varsity "C" Club Player of the Year. Ken McFadden was named an All-American fifth team by Basketball Weekly. Clinton Ransey was also a Sporting News homorable mention All-American. Clinton Ransey and Clinton Smith were each named to the AMCU-8 first team. Ken McFadden was named to the AMCU-8 all-newcomer team. Keven Mackey was named the AMCU-8 coach of the year for the 2nd year in a row. Finally Ken McFadden and Clinton Smith were named to the AMCU-8 all-tournament team.

Roster

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No.	Position	Player
24	F	Clinton Smith
10	G	Ken McFadden
30	F	Paul Stewart
33	C/F	Eric Mudd
??	Template:Basketball team player/role/?	Ray Salters
23	F	Hersey Strong
42	F	Pat Vuyancih
22	G	Vince Richards
00	F	Warren Bradley

No.	Position	Player
44	F	Clinton Ransey
??	Template:Basketball team player/role/?	Marty Sweeney
??	G	Eddie Bryant
??	G	Shawn Hood
21	F	Steve Corbin
31	Template:Basketball team player/role/?	Tyrone Kingwood
??	Template:Basketball team player/role/?	Elgin Womack
??	C/F	Bob Crawford

Statistics

Points: Clinton Smith 533
PPG: Clinton Smith 16.2
Rebounds: Eric Mudd 288
RPG: Eric Mudd 9.6
Field Goals: Clinton Smith 226
FG%: Clinton Smith .565
Assists: Eddie Bryant 146
APG: Eddie Bryant 4.4
Blocks: Bob Crawford 25
BPG: Bob Crawford 0.8
Steals: Clinton Ransey 67
SPG: Clint Ransey 2.03
Free Throws: Ken McFadden 99
FT%: Ken McFadden .797

AMCU-8 Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Cleveland State	13-1	.929	29-4	.879
2	Southwest Missouri State	10-4	.714	24-8	.750
3	Eastern Illinois	8-6	.571	19-13	.594
4	Western Illinois	7-7	.500	13-15	.464
5	Illinois Chicago	7-7	.500	13-16	.448
6	Valparaiso	5-9	.357	9-19	.321
7	Wisconsin Green Bay	3-11	.214	5-23	.179
8	Northern Iowa	3-11	.214	8-19	.296

Schedule

AMCU-8 Standing: 1st
Date	Opponent*	Rank*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
Regular Season Games
November 25, 1985	Clarion		Cleveland, OH		W 105-65	1-0	0–0
November 30, 1985	Central Connecticut State		Cleveland, OH		W 118-66	2-0	0–0
December 2, 1985	Youngstown State		Cleveland, OH		W 101-69	3-0	0–0
December 3, 1985	Ohio Wesleyan		Cleveland, OH		W 98-49	4-0	0–0
December 7, 1985	Ohio State		Columbus, OH		L 95-99	4-1	0–0
December 10, 1985	Akron		Cleveland, OH		W 88-76	5-1	0–0
December 14, 1985	Kent State		Cleveland, OH		W 101-76	6-1	0–0
December 21, 1985	Eastern Michigan		Cleveland, OH		W 108-59	7-1	0–0
December 23, 1985	Maryland Eastern Shore		Princess Anne, MD		W 90-56	8-1	0–0
December 29, 1985	#2 Michigan		Ann Arbor, MI		L 85-105	8-2	0–0
January 4, 1986	Utica		Cleveland, OH		W 92-61	9-2	0–0
January 11, 1986	Wisconsin Green Bay		Green Bay, WI		W 76-59	10-2	1-0
January 13, 1986	Illinois Chicago		Chicago, IL		W 101-77	11-2	2-0
January 15, 1986	DePaul		Chicago, IL		W 90-75	12-2	2-0
January 18, 1986	Northern Iowa		Cleveland, OH		W 102-88	13-2	3-0
January 20, 1986	Western Illinois		Cleveland, OH		W 60-53	14-2	4-0
January 22, 1986	Eastern Illinois		Charleston, IL		W 112-89	15-2	5-0
January 25, 1986	Southwest Missouri State		Springfield, MO		L 61-65	15-3	5-1
January 27, 1986	Kent State		Kent, OH		W 75-55	16-3	5-1
February 1, 1986	Valparaiso		Cleveland, OH		W 91-66	17-3	6-1
February 8, 1986	Wisconsin Green Bay		Cleveland, OH		W 103-64	18-3	7-1
February 12, 1986	Illinois Chicago		Cleveland, OH		W 113-75	19-3	8-1
February 15, 1986	Northern Iowa		Cedar Falls, IA		W 80-65	20-3	9-1
February 17, 1986	Western Illinois		Macomb, IL		W 76-64	21-3	10-1
February 22, 1986	Southwest Missouri State		Cleveland, OH		W 94-67	22-3	11-1
February 24, 1986	Eastern Illinois		Cleveland, OH		W 76-68	23-3	12-1
February 27, 1986	Valparaiso		Valparaiso, IN		W 72-50	24-3	13-1
AMCU-8 Conference Tournament
March 6, 1986	Northern Iowa		Springfield, MO		W 73-68	25-3	13-1
March 7, 1986	Illinois Chicago		Springfield, MO		W 100-84	26-3	13-1
March 8, 1986	Eastern Illinois		Springfield, MO		W 70-66	27-3	13-1
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1986	#16 Indiana		Syracuse, NY		W 83-79	28-3	13-1
March 16, 1986	St. Joseph		Syracuse, NY		W 75-69	29-3	13-1
March 21, 1986	#17 Navy		East Rutherford, NJ		L 70-71	29-4	13-1
Rank according to AP Top 25 Poll. ^#All times are in EST. Conference games in BOLD*.

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