Rice University
1985-86 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall9-190.321
Conference2-140.125
StreakL6
Home7-8
Away2-8
Neutral0-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Southwestern (TX) | Houston, TX | W 90-54 | |
| Nov 25 (Mon) | TBA | Home | Tarleton State | Houston, TX | W 83-49 | |
| Nov 27 (Wed) | TBA | Home | Montana | Houston, TX | W 64-61 | |
| Nov 30 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Southeastern Louisiana | Hammond, LA | L 75-80 | |
| Dec 2 (Mon) | TBA | Away | Austin Peay | Clarksville, TN | L 77-84 | |
| Dec 9 (Mon) | TBA | Home | Jackson State | Houston, TX | W 56-55 | |
| Dec 19 (Thu) | TBA | Home | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Houston, TX | W 90-50 | |
| Dec 21 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Northwestern State | Houston, TX | W 58-53 | |
| Dec 27 (Fri) | TBA | Neutral | Iowa State | Nashville, TN | Music City Invitational | L 60-94 |
| Dec 28 (Sat) | TBA | Neutral | Davidson | Nashville, TN | Music City Invitational | L 47-70 |
| Jan 2 (Thu) | TBA | Away | TCU | Fort Worth, TX | L 64-66 | |
| Jan 4 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Texas | Houston, TX | L 46-57 | |
| Jan 8 (Wed) | TBA | Home | Texas Tech | Houston, TX | L 50-51 | |
| Jan 11 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Houston | Houston, TX | W 71-68 | |
| Jan 15 (Wed) | TBA | Home | Sul Ross State | Houston, TX | W 93-50 | |
| Jan 18 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Arkansas | Houston, TX | L 50-58 | |
| Jan 22 (Wed) | TBA | Away | Baylor | Waco, TX | L 49-53 | |
| Jan 25 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Texas A&M | College Station, TX | L 55-68 | |
| Jan 29 (Wed) | TBA | Home | SMU | Houston, TX | L 52-68 | |
| Feb 1 (Sat) | TBA | Home | TCU | Houston, TX | L 49-69 | |
| Feb 5 (Wed) | TBA | Away | Texas | Austin, TX | L 56-62 | |
| Feb 8 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Texas Tech | Lubbock, TX | W 52-50 | |
| Feb 12 (Wed) | TBA | Home | Houston | Houston, TX | L 69-71 | |
| Feb 19 (Wed) | TBA | Away | Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | L 59-60 | |
| Feb 22 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Baylor | Houston, TX | L 44-57 | |
| Feb 26 (Wed) | TBA | Home | Texas A&M | Houston, TX | L 62-70 | |
| Mar 1 (Sat) | TBA | Away | SMU | Dallas, TX | L 42-48 | |
| Mar 7 (Fri) | TBA | Neutral | TCU | Dallas, TX | Southwest Conference Postseason Classic | L 59-78 |