1985–86 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 1985–86 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach Bill Trumbo, and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

1985–86 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record11–18 (4–10 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Garry Mendenhall
  • Pat Rafferty
Home arenaKibbie Dome
1985–86 Big Sky Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Arizona95 .6431910  .655
Montana95 .6432111  .656
Idaho State86 .5711512  .556
Weber State77 .5001811  .621
Nevada77 .5001315  .464
Montana State68 .4291417  .452
Boise State68 .4291216  .429
Idaho410 .2861118  .379
1986 Big Sky tournament winner

Prior to the season, the coaches picked Idaho to finish fifth in the conference, and the media had them at sixth. The Vandals returned all but one starter from the previous year, but were 11–17 overall in the regular season and 4–10 in conference play, last in the standings for a third consecutive year. At the conference tournament in Reno, they met second-seed Montana in the quarterfinals and lost by eight points, their third consecutive loss in the Big Sky quarterfinals.

In three seasons, Trumbo's teams were 27–59 (.314) overall (9–33 (.214) in conference) and he was relieved of his duties in March, succeeded by Tim Floyd, an assistant under hall of fame head coach Don Haskins at Texas-El Paso.

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